24835
Accession Number
22621
Title Of Article Chaper
Finds from the earthwork at Carvossa, Probus
Title Of Journal Book
Cornish archaeology
Volume
26
Pages
103-141
ISSN
0070-024X
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
This report on the excavation of a Romano-British earthwork in Cornwall (1st-4th centuries AD) includes chemical analyses of five samples of iron smelting slags, brief notes on nonferrous metalworking debris, and analyses of glass beads (by Julian Henderson) by x-ray fluorescence. Some of the beads are of the common Roman composition; an annular blue bead with applied white wave of decoration contained approximtely equal amounts of soda and potash (ca. 7%), which breaks from the tradition of soda-lime-silica glasses of this period. Other colors analyzed included black, opaque yellow, pale green, and blue. -- AATA
Keywords
Site Roman Cornwall (England);Slag Analysis Chemical;Iron Metallurgy Roman;Bead Glass X-ray fluorescence (XRF) AATA
pub_id
24835