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Abstracts – supplementum Primus Conventus Austriacus Archaeometriae - MMIX<br />
Plant-ash glass beads from Elateia-Alonaki, Greece: the study of technology<br />
and provenance<br />
Kalliopi Nikita<br />
University of Nottingham, School of Humanities, Department of Archaeology, University Park, NG7 2RD,<br />
Nottingham, Great Britain, +44-11595-14820, Kalliopi.Nikita@nottingham.ac.uk<br />
The current paper presents the results from the chemical analyses of glass from the cemetery<br />
site of Elateia-Alonaki in east central mainland Greece. The materials date to the Late Bronze<br />
Age and the Early Iron Age covering the chronological range between the 14 th and early 10 th<br />
century BC. The research population consists of one hundred and fifty-five glass samples of a<br />
wide range of colours and forms, such as simple monochrome and bichrome beads as well as<br />
monochrome relief plaques. Electron probe microanalysis allowed identification of the major<br />
and minor, and trace elements of glass. Owing to variations in the alkali contents and their<br />
associated impurities three major compositional groupings were distinguished suggesting<br />
three distinct alkali sources employed in their production, namely ashes from halophytic<br />
plants, natron and mixed-alkalis. Special emphasis is placed on the technology and production<br />
of the cobalt blue glass of the plant-ash type. Compositional analyses of glass from<br />
contemporary sites in east central mainland Greece – Thebes, Leivanates-Kokkinonyzes and<br />
Atalanti-Spartia - will be considered in conjunction with the published glass analyses for<br />
Egypt and Mesopotamia. The paper aims to discuss variations and affinities amongst the<br />
plant-ash glass technology of Mycenaean Greece and the eastern glass producing centres and<br />
define the degree of specialization of the Mycenaean glass industry. Ultimately, plant-ash<br />
glass beads from Elateia-Alonaki will provide valuable insights into the archaeology of the<br />
Mycenaean peripheral world.<br />
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