Composition and affinities of glass from the Ma'agan Mikhael B shipwreck, Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8353719 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Agnese Benzonelli (0000-0001-8282-9952, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research University of Cambridge Cambridge UK), Eyal Natan (UCL Institute of Archaeology London UK), Yael Gorin‐Rosen (Department of Maritime Civilisations University of Haifa Haifa Israel), Ian C Freestone (0000-0002-8223-4649, Glass Department, Israel Antiquities Authority Jerusalem Israel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 340-351 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeometry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/arcm.12929 |
| OpenAlex | W4387866985 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
Material recovered from the Ma'agan Mikhael B shipwreck, off the coast of northern Israel, includes a significant assemblage of glass, which appears to represent waste workshop material (cullet) collected for recycling. Twenty‐three samples were selected for analysis for major and minor elements using SEM‐EDS, to provide insight into the activities and dating of the ship. The glass corresponds to known primary glass types, comprising a high‐ and a low‐lime subgroup of Levantine 1 (Apollonia type), and Egypt 1b. The assemblage is likely to date to the early part of the eighth century CE and, in conjunction with the radiocarbon dating of the ship, gives a possible date range for the wreck of 710–740 C.E. All groups contain glass‐working waste, glass chunks, and vessel fragments, and the majority are likely to have been collected from one or more workshops. It is unclear whether this cargo represents the byproducts of several campaigns of a single workshop which used different consignments of raw glass, or material from different workshops, collected at different ports of call
Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology) · Geography · Glass recycling · Metallurgy · Radiocarbon dating · Raw material · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Chemistry · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Geology · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Materials Science
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |