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Ancient Glass of South Asia = Archaeology, Ethnography and Global Connections /

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Title/Author:	Ancient Glass of South Asia/ edited by Alok Kumar Kanungo, Laure Dussubieux.
Reminder of title:	Archaeology, Ethnography and Global Connections /
other author:	Kanungo, Alok Kumar.
Description:	XXVI, 557 p. 304 illus., 245 illus. in color.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Archaeology. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3656-1
ISBN:	9789811636561

Ancient Glass of South Asia = Archaeology, Ethnography and Global Connections /
Ancient Glass of South AsiaArchaeology, Ethnography and Global Connections /[electronic resource] :edited by Alok Kumar Kanungo, Laure Dussubieux. - 1st ed. 2021. - XXVI, 557 p. 304 illus., 245 illus. in color.online resource.

The Origin of Glass and the First Glass Industries -- Glass in the Middle-East and Western Europe at the end of the 1st millennium CE, Transition from Natron to Plant Ash Soda or Forest Glasses -- Glazed Steatite and Faience Technology at Harappa, Pakistan (>3700-1900 BCE): Technological and Experimental Studies of Production and Variation -- Traditional Bead and Bangle Crafts in India -- Scientific Study and Care of Glass -- Elemental Compositions and Glass Recipes -- Isotope Analysis and its Applications to the Study of Ancient Indian Glass -- The Conservation of Glass -- Typology of Glass Beads: Techniques, Shapes, Colours, and Dimensions -- Glass in Indian Archaeology, Ancient Literature, Historical Records and Colonial Accounts -- Situating Harinagar Finds in Pre Iron Age Glass Crafts.History of Glass Ornaments in Tamil Nadu, South India: Cultural Perspectives -- Traditional Glass Mirror Making in Kapadvanj, Gujarat, India and an outline of the use.

This book provides a comprehensive research on Ancient Indian glass. The contributors include experienced archaeologists of South Asian glass and archaeological chemists with expertise in the chemical analysis of glass, besides, established ethnohistorians and ethnoarchaeologists. It is comprised of five sections, and each section discusses different aspects of glass study: the origin of glass and its evolution, its scientific study and its care, ancient glass in literature and glass ethnography, glass in South Asia and the diffusion of glass in different parts of the world. The topic covered by the different chapters ranges from the development of faience, to the techniques developed for the manufacture of glass beads, glass bangles or glass mirrors at different times in south Asia, a major glass producing region and the regional distribution of key artefacts both within India and outside the region, in Africa, Europe or Southeast Asia. Some chapters also include extended examples of the archaeometry of ancient glasses. It makes an important contribution to archaeological, anthropological and analytical aspects of glass in South Asia. As such, it represents an invaluable resource for students through academic and industry researchers working in archaeological sciences, ancient knowledge system, pyrotechnology, historical archaeology, social archaeology and student of anthropology and history with an interest in glass and the archaeology of South Asia.

ISBN: 9789811636561

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-16-3656-1doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

558465
Archaeology.

LC Class. No.: CC1-960

Dewey Class. No.: 930.1

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