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) more...
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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. more...
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- 2021
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