1. Isotopes on the beach, Part 2: Neodymium isotopic analysis for the provenancing of Roman glass-making
- Author
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Brems, D., Ganio, M., Latruwe, K., Balcaen, L., Carremans, M., Gimeno, D., Silvestri, Alberta, Vanhaecke, F., Muchez, P., and Degryse, P.
- Subjects
Neodymium ,Western Mediterranean ,ROMAN ,RAW MATERIALS ,NEODYMIUM ,ISOTOPES ,PROVENANCE STUDIES ,NATRON GLASS ,BEACH SAND ,WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN ,Roman ,Natron glass ,Isotopes ,Provenance studies ,Raw materials ,Beach sand - Abstract
In this study, we have evaluated the applicability of Nd isotopic analysis for the provenancing of Roman glass and we present a database of Nd isotopic compositions of possible sand raw materials from the western Mediterranean, as a means of comparison for the growing number of isotopic studies on ancient glass. The 143Nd/144Nd isotope ratio of sands is a good indicator for their geological (and sometimes geographical) provenance. The use of the isotopic signature of Nd as a proxy for the source of silica in glass is, however, not always straightforward because of the possible overlap of signatures from different suppliers. ispartof: Archaeometry vol:55 issue:3 pages:449-464 status: published
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- 2013