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Ancient Glass
An Interdisciplinary Exploration
Julian Henderson
Hardback
ISBN: 9781107006737
$110

This book is an interdisciplinary exploration of archaeological glass
in which technological, historical, geological, chemical, and cultural
aspects of the study of ancient glass are combined. The book examines
why and how this unique material was invented some 4,500 years ago and
considers the ritual, social, economic, and political contexts of its
development