An EU-funded interdisciplinary study has contributed a deeper understanding of glass production in Italy in the Roman age.
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| Roman glass tesserae [Credit: University of Nottingham] |
The
project ‘The provenance of mosaic tesserae: an interdisciplinary study
on Roman age glass production and trade in Italy’ contributed knowledge
and offered possible answers to open questions surrounding the Roman age
glassmaking industry. An existing reconstruction of the economic model
of ancient glass production, focusing on Italy and vitreous mosaic
tesserae materials dating from 3rd century BC to 2nd century AD, has
been advanced on the basis of archaeological and archaeometric
literature. Hypothesising a three-phase productive system, information
was lacking on the location of the primary productive centres and
trading routes.
The
EU-funded study worked to improve knowledge of ancient vitreous
materials and develop a work procedure for applying trace and isotope
analysis to the ancient glasses, as well as clarify the origin of the
Roman age glasses in Italy. Integrating archaeological fieldwork with
analytical characterisation of glass samples, research was successful in
a number of areas.
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