Late Antique and Early Medieval Glass Vessels from Faragola (Italy)

Abstract

Thirty‐two glass objects (third to ninth centuries ad) have been investigated by means of SEM–EDS, EMPA, ICP–MS and LA–ICP–MS. Siliceous sands and natron were identified as the vitrifying and the fluxing agents, respectively. Colouring agents were iron for yellow/–green, aqua blue and blackish glass; cobalt for blue and, combined with iron, for brownish glass; and copper and lead antimonates for one emerald green glass. Antimony was the main decolourizer, while manganese was rarely used or effective. Half of the collection was probably of Levantine origin, while the other half was assigned to the North African coast (Egypt?). The reliability of the CaO‐rich HIMT glass group has been consolidated.

The Supply of Glass at Portus Ilicitanus (Alicante, Spain): A Meta‐Analysis of HIMT Glasses

“…) and in Herdonia , Foggia, Faragola and Rome (Gliozzo et al . ,b, ,b), as well as several sites in Emilia Romagna (Arletti et al . ), are consistent with HIMTa characteristics (Fig.…”

“…Given the overlap of the two groups at low iron concentrations, a second criterion was applied, whereby all samples with Fe 2 O 3 < 2% were attributed to HIMTa. Data were taken from Rius et al (), Mirti et al (), Freestone et al (, ), Foy et al (), Uhlir (), Arletti et al (, ), Wolf et al (), Blin and Vanpeene (), Gómez‐Tubío et al (), Carmona et al (), Da Cruz (), Foster and Jackson (), Rehren et al (), Castelo et al (–12), Schibille (), Palomar et al (), Schiavon et al (), Schibille et al (, ), Conte et al (), Möncke et al (), Rosenow and Rehren (), Agua et al (), Di Bella et al (), Gliozzo et al (), Gliozzo et al (,b, ,b), Maltoni et al (, ), Rehren and Brüggler (), Jackson and Paynter (), Smith et al (), Ceglia et al (), De Juan Ares and Schibille (,b) and Siu et al (). [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]…”

Late antique glass from Salapia: Tracking production and trading networks

“…Samples subjected to archaeometric analysis were selected above all for their conformity to the established Mediterranean typology and its chronology; archaeological stratigraphy was an important, but secondary, consideration. Selections were also made to maximise comparability with Apulian glass vessels previously subjected to archaeometric analysis from Faragola, Herdonia , and San Giusto (Gliozzo, Braschi, et al, 2019; Gliozzo, Turchiano, Giannetti, & Memmi, 2016; Gliozzo, Turchiano, Giannetti, & Santagostino Barbone, 2016; Turchiano et al, 2021). Indeed, sampling was done using the same systematic approach to include the most represented types in use between the fourth and the seventh c., items with the same functions and recurrent morphological elements and decorations, which were also the most abundant morphological types in the stratigraphy, and best represented manufacturing methods, colors, and decoration techniques among the glass objects in the collection.…”

“…• Group E (Mirti et al, 1993), HIMT (Freestone, 1994), Group 1, 2.1 and 3.2 (Cholakova & Rehren, 2018;Foy et al, 2003), HIMT1-HIMT2 (Foster & Jackson, 2009), HIT (Rehren & Cholakova, 2010), weak and strong HIMT (Rosenow & Rehren, 2014), HIMTa-b and HLIMT (Ceglia et al, 2015), CaO-rich HIMT (Gliozzo, Turchiano, Giannetti, & Memmi, 2016), and Egypt series (Schibille et al, 2019) for the Egyptian (or deemed Egyptian) area.…”

“…This research forms part of a broader agenda aimed at studying several types of glass and ceramic products found in the main archaeological sites of northern Apulia . Salapia , as a coastal site, can be compared with those found at inland sites such as Faragola (Gliozzo et al, 2010, 2012; Gliozzo, Turchiano, Giannetti, & Memmi, 2016; Santagostino Barbone et al, 2008), Herdonia (Gliozzo, Turchiano, Giannetti, & Santagostino Barbone, 2016), San Giusto (Gliozzo, Braschi, et al, 2019), San Lorenzo in Carmignano (Gliozzo et al, 2021) and Canusium (ongoing). How did the patterns at Salapia compare to those at similar urban and rural sites in the region?…”