Glass import and production in Hispania during the early medieval period: The glass from Ciudad de Vascos (Toledo).

ABSTRACT: One hundred and forty-one glass fragments from medieval Ciudad de Vascos (Toledo, Spain) were analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). The glasses fall into three types according to the fluxing agents used: mineral natron, soda-rich plant ash, and a combination of soda ash and lead. The natron glasses can be assigned to various established primary production groups of eastern Mediterranean provenance. Different types of plant ash glasses indicate differences in the silica source as well as the plant ash component, reflecting changing supply mechanisms. While the earlier plant ash groups can be related to Islamic glasses from the Near East, both in terms of typology and composition, the chemical signature of the later samples appear to be specific

SUBMITTER: de Juan Ares J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5529010 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature