Recent advances in the scientific research on ancient glass and glaze

• Titel: Recent advances in the scientific research on ancient glass and glaze
• Mitwirkende: Gan, Fuxi [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Li, Qinghui [MitwirkendeR]
• Mitwirkende: Henderson, Julian [MitwirkendeR]
• Verf.angabe: editor-in-chief: Fuxi Gan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; co-editors: Qinghui Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Julian Henderson, The University of Nottingham
• Verlagsort: New Jersey
• Verlag: World Scientific/World Century
• E-Jahr: 2016
• Jahr: [2016]
• Umfang: xiii, 555 Seiten
• Format: 24 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Series on archaeology and history of science in China ; vol. 2
• Fussnoten: Enthält Literaturverzeichnis und Index
• ISBN: 978-981-4630-27-6
• ISBN: 981-4630-27-6
• ISBN: 978-981-4630-28-3
• ISBN: 981-4630-28-4
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1620298147

Abstract

"The aim of the book is to report the recent research development of ancient glass and glazing technology and the historical-cultural exchange of the East and West along the Silk and Steppe Roads. The contents of this book are dedicated to promote the exchanges between researchers in both social and scientific fields. The scope of this book includes the new archaeological findings of ancient glass and faience in the world, the relationship of glassmaking with glazing technology, the development and application of modern techniques used for the characterization of ancient glass and glaze, compound colorants/opacifiers among ancient glass, the early exchanges of culture and techniques used between China and elsewhere along the Silk and Steppe Roads, and so on"--