1. Ashley Brennaman
August 25, 2012
Session 6

2. Ancient Glassmaking
 4000 years ago
 Mesopotamia
 Sand, Alkali (Soda) &
Lime
 Core forming technique
 Coloration: mimic
precious stones

3. Mediterranean Glass Trade
 Phoenician trade
 Maritime bases in the
Balearic Islands (Ibiza)
 Rich Phoenician tombs
with grave goods:
Almuñécar, Ibiza, Mallo
rca
 Exported precious
metals, jewelry & glass
vessels

4. Examples: Pre-Roman

5. Punte de Noy, Almuñécar Laurita Necropolis, Almuñécar
Puig Des Molins, Ibiza Goddess Tanit
Puig Des Molins, Ibiza

6. This Week at the Cave

7. Roman Glass
 2nd century BC/
Hellenistic period:
Mosaic glass technique
 1st century AD: Glass
blowing technique

8. References
 The Corning Museum of Glass: http://www.cmog.org/
 http://www.costatropical.net/Almunecar/Almunecar_Monuments_La
urita_Necropolis.asp
 http://www.costatropical.net/Almunecar/Almunecar_Monuments_No
y_Bridge.asp
 A Rossella, D Ferrari & G Vezzalini (2012) “Pre-Roman glass from Mozia
(Sicily-Italy): the first archaeometrical data”. Journal of Archaeological
Science 39: 3396-3401.
 M Garcia-Heras, JMA Rincon, A Jimeno & MA Villegas (2005) “Pre-
Roman coloured glass beads from the Iberian Peninsula: a chemico-
physical characterisation study”. Journal of Archaeological Science 32: 727-
738.
 MS Walton, A Shortland, S Kirk & P Degryse (2009) “Evidence for the
trade of Mesopotamian and Egyptian glass to Mycenaean Greece”.
Journal of Archaeological Science 36: 1496-1503.