Journal
ARCHAEOMETRY
Volume 53, Issue -, Pages 81-102Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00536.x
Keywords
SODA ASH GLASS; SODA LIME GLASS; WOOD ASH GLASS; QUARTZ SAND; HALOPHYTIC PLANT ASH; TRONA; BEECHWOOD; CALCIUM STABILIZER; COLOURS; MICROPROBE; LA-ICP-MS
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Sets of 20 soda ash, 16 soda lime and 23 wood ash glasses mainly from excavations in Europe were analysed by microprobe and LA-ICP-MS for 61 elements and are presented as average concentrations with standard deviations. Concentrations of sodium, potassium and magnesium allow the major glass type to be identified. Specific compositions of the raw materials of glass production indicate certain sources, technical processes and ages. Heavy minerals etc. of quartz sands contain rare earth elements (REE) from crustal fractionations that are different for the three major glass types. Accumulations of P, B, Ba, Mn and K in wood from soils by organic processes can characterize glass from certain regions.
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