1. Loose glass tesserae and lost decorations: chronology and production of mosaics from Gerasa’s Northwest Quarter
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Boschetti, C., Lichtenberger, A., Raja, R., Wootton, W., Schibille, N., IRAMAT - Centre Ernest Babelon (IRAMAT-CEB), Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux (IRAMAT), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM), and Université d'Orléans (UO)
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010506 paleontology ,Archeology ,History ,Glass recycling ,HIMT ,[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry ,mosaics ,01 natural sciences ,[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences ,0601 history and archaeology ,Levantine I ,glass recycling ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Roman glass tesserae and Byzantine glass tesserae ,Jordan ,060102 archaeology ,Original Articles ,06 humanities and the arts ,[CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry ,Archaeology ,Foy 2.1 ,Original Article ,Geology ,Chronology - Abstract
Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) analyses of loose glass tesserae from the Northwest Quarter of Gerasa/Jerash has enhanced our understanding of the dynamics regulating the production and circulation of glass tesserae in second- to eighth-centuries ce Jordan and the diachronic development of mosaics at the site. The identification of Levantine and Egyptian compositions (Roman-Mn, Levantine I, HIMT, Foy 2.1) proves the continuous production of mosaics from the second to the seventh centuries. The Levantine I tesserae were made by the recycling and colouring of glass cullet. The gilded tesserae, in contrast, were all of an Egyptian base glass, likely illustrating the import of finished tesserae.
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- 2021
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