The archaeological excavation of ‘Piazza Bovio’ at Naples has yielded a large deposit,characterized by exceptional findings relating to the production of a glass workshop dated tothe sixth to seventh centuries AD. The workshop features, coupled with the presence of brokenglass for recycling and abundant glass scrap, leads us to identify the area as part of asecondary workshop. Selected finished objects and glass scraps were characterized by SEM/EDS and LA–ICP–MS and compared with major compositional groups of glass recognized inthe western Mediterranean during the first millennium AD. The aim is to verify the hypothesisof a secondary production in Naples, using raw glass from the Levant area. Three differentnatron groups were identified on the basis of the colour and the chemical composition. Thenaturally coloured (blue–green) group is consistent with Levantine I glass. The yellow–greengroup is associated with HIMT glass, while the colourless glass was produced with differentraw materials and probably in another specialized workshop.
ANALYSIS OF EARLY MEDIEVAL GLASS FROM EXCAVATIONS AT ‘PIAZZA BOVIO’, NAPLES ( ITALY )
DE FRANCESCO, Anna Maria;
2014-01-01
Abstract
The archaeological excavation of ‘Piazza Bovio’ at Naples has yielded a large deposit,characterized by exceptional findings relating to the production of a glass workshop dated tothe sixth to seventh centuries AD. The workshop features, coupled with the presence of brokenglass for recycling and abundant glass scrap, leads us to identify the area as part of asecondary workshop. Selected finished objects and glass scraps were characterized by SEM/EDS and LA–ICP–MS and compared with major compositional groups of glass recognized inthe western Mediterranean during the first millennium AD. The aim is to verify the hypothesisof a secondary production in Naples, using raw glass from the Levant area. Three differentnatron groups were identified on the basis of the colour and the chemical composition. Thenaturally coloured (blue–green) group is consistent with Levantine I glass. The yellow–greengroup is associated with HIMT glass, while the colourless glass was produced with differentraw materials and probably in another specialized workshop.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
