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Author:   Caroline Jackson ,  C. Jackson ,  Emma C. Wager
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Volume:   9
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9781842172612

ISBN 10:   1842172611
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   18 November 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Chronology (Jacke Phillips) Vitreous materials in the Late Bronze Age Aegean: A window to the East Mediterranean (Caroline M Jackson and Emma C Wager) Glass and faience production sites in New Kingdom Egypt: A review of the evidence (Paul T Nicholson) Crushed rock and molten salt? Some aspects of the primary glass production at Qantir/Pi-Ramesse (Thilo Rehren and Edgar B Pusch) The technological development of Aegean vitreous materials in the Bronze Age (Marina Panagiotaki) Tiny, fragile, common, precious. Mycenaean glass and faience beads and other objects (Georg Nightingale) The scientific examination of Aegean vitreous materials - problems and potentials (Michael Tite, Andrew Shortland, Gareth Hatton, Yannis Maniatis, Despina Kavoussanaki, Mathilda Pyrli and Marina Panagiotaki) Relief beads and glass seals: Design and craftsmen (Helen Hughes-Brock) Palace TM: Speculations on palatial production in Mycenean Greece with (some) reference to glass (John Bennet) Minoan faience revisited (Karen Polinger Foster) Colour use and symbolism in Bronze Age Crete: Exploring social and technological relationships (Mark Peters) Vitreous materials in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages: Some questions of values (Susan Sherratt)

Reviews

This book should be in every serious library used by those interested in Aegean prehistory, and the volume also provides a fine introduction to the subject as a whole, so it will also be of interest to those who study Medieval and later vitreous materials.' -- Philip P. Betancourt Journal of Archaeological Science 36, 2009 An excellent contribution to the archaeology of LBA Aegean.' -- P. Manti Glass News July 2009

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