Archaeological and chemical variability of glass beads: olive
and fusiform beads in central Europe

J 2023

Archaeological and chemical variability of glass beads: olive and fusiform beads in central Europe

TOMKOVÁ, Kateřina, Šárka KŘÍŽOVÁ, Veronika FALTUSOVÁ, Nadine SCHIBILLE, Tomáš VACULOVIČ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Archaeological and chemical variability of glass beads: olive and fusiform beads in central Europe

Authors

TOMKOVÁ, Kateřina (guarantor), Šárka KŘÍŽOVÁ, Veronika FALTUSOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Nadine SCHIBILLE and Tomáš VACULOVIČ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Springer, 2023, 1866-9557

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60102 Archaeology

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.200 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00131370

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01717-4

UT WoS

000925715300001

Keywords in English

Glass beads; Early middle ages; Central Europe; Soda glass; Recycled glass; Glass-working

Abstract

V originále

The distribution of olive and fusiform beads, geographically limited to Bohemia, Moravia (Czech Republic), Bavaria (Germany) and its surrounding area in the eighth–tenth centuries, suggests local central European glass-working. Archaeological differences in regional preference for olive or fusiform beads, typological details and their not entirely synchronous occurrence point to their production in several workshops. LA-ICP-MS analyses of 76 beads show that most of the beads were made from recycled soda-lime-silica natron glass of the older Roman tradition and Late Antique tradition, including Roman Mn, Mn-Sb, HIMT and Foy 2.1/2.2 subgroups, and contemporary glass from Egypt (so-called Egypt 2). Only isolated finds of olive beads from Bohemia were made from Islamic plant ash and western European wood ash glass. The reuse of glasses of different opacity and multiple colours was investigated by SEM-EDS on four beads. The present paper raises the question of glass sources for local glass-working in central Europe and contributes to the study of reuse and recycling of glass in this part of Europe.

Links

MUNI/A/1298/2022, interní kód MU

Name: Základní a aplikovaný výzkum a vývoj metod chemické a fyzikálně chemické analýzy pro studium přírody a pokročilé technologie

Investor: Masaryk University, Basic and applied research and development of chemical and physicochemical analytical methods for the study of nature and advanced technology

Citovat

TOMKOVÁ, Kateřina, Šárka KŘÍŽOVÁ, Veronika FALTUSOVÁ, Nadine SCHIBILLE and Tomáš VACULOVIČ. Archaeological and chemical variability of glass beads: olive and fusiform beads in central Europe. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. Springer, 2023, vol. 15, No 3, p. 1-25. ISSN 1866-9557. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01717-4.

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TOMKOVÁ, Kateřina, Šárka KŘÍŽOVÁ, Veronika FALTUSOVÁ, Nadine SCHIBILLE and Tomáš VACULOVIČ. Archaeological and chemical variability of glass beads: olive and fusiform beads in central Europe. \textit{Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences}. Springer, 2023, vol.~15, No~3, p.~1-25. ISSN~1866-9557. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01717-4.

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