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Ring-eye blue beads in Iron Age central Italy – Preliminary discussion of technology and possible trade connections

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Data di Pubblicazione:
2023
Abstract:
The Iron Age was a remarkable period in glass technology development and its spread across the Mediterranean. Communities that populated what is nowadays Central Italy underwent profound changes during this period forming more complex societies, developing proto-urban and urban centres, and incorporating into a wide trade network of the Mediterranean Sea and beyond. Glass objects in that small region are frequently found in burial sites dated to the first half of the first millennium BCE, with small blue beads with simple ring eyes being among the most abundant types. Fifty-six objects of this type (both whole beads and fragments) were studied with a non-invasive approach by means of Optical Microscopy, Fibre Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy, and portable X-ray Fluorescence spectroscopy. The analyses were conducted at the Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia and at the Museo delle Civiltà (both in Rome, Italy). Five samples from the main set were also analysed with a Scanning Electron Microscope coupled to an Energy Dispersive Spectrometer. The data gave preliminary information on the raw materials used to prepare the glass, the manufacturing techniques, and offered some hints to (tentatively) locate the region of provenance. In particular, the analyses established that the beads are soda-lime-silica glass and the source of cobalt, used as the blue colorant, could be an ore from Egypt. Within this general frame, a smaller group showed a different compositional pattern. These preliminary results contribute new knowledge for tracing exchange routes within the Mediterranean during the Iron Age.
Tipologia CRIS:
03A-Articolo su Rivista
Keywords:
Glass, Iron Age, Etruria, Latium, Beads, FORS, p-XRF
Elenco autori:
Yatsuk, Oleh; Gorghinian, Astrik; Fiocco, Giacomo; Davit, Patrizia; Francone, Serena; Serges, Alessandra; Koch, Leonie; Re, Alessandro; Lo Giudice, Alessandro; Ferretti, Marco; Malagodi, Marco; Iaia, Cristiano; Gulmini, Monica
Autori di Ateneo:
GULMINI Monica
IAIA Cristiano
LO GIUDICE Alessandro
RE Alessandro
Link alla scheda completa:
https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1883902
Link al Full Text:
https://iris.unito.it/retrieve/handle/2318/1883902/1543898/ICAS-EMME_3_Yatsuk_et_al_revised_accepted_changes.pdf
Pubblicato in:
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE: REPORTS
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Settori (9)


PE4_5 - Analytical chemistry - (2022)

SH6_3 - General archaeology, archaeometry, landscape archaeology - (2022)

CULTURA, ARTE e CREATIVITA' - Fisica e Beni Culturali

LINGUE e LETTERATURA - Antichistica

PIANETA TERRA, AMBIENTE, CLIMA, ENERGIA e SOSTENIBILITA' - Energia e Fonti Energetiche

SCIENZE DELLA VITA e FARMACOLOGIA - Chimica Analitica e Farmaceutica

SCIENZE DELLA VITA e FARMACOLOGIA - Tecnologie Farmaceutiche e Cosmetiche

SCIENZE MATEMATICHE, CHIMICHE, FISICHE - Materiali Avanzati

STORIA, FILOSOFIA ed EDUCAZIONE - Archeologia
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