1. Glass as a material: a technological background in fiaence, pottery and metal? 2. Ways to flux silica: ashes and minerals 3. Silica, lime and glass colorants 4. Glass chemical compositions 5. Early glass: archaeology 6. Scientific analysis of early glass 7. Hellenistic to Roman: a change from small- to large-scale glass production? 8. Scientific studies of Hellenistic and early Roman glass 9. Islamic glass: technological continuity and innovation 10. Chemical analyses of Islamic glasses 11. The provenance of ancient glass 12. Conclusions.
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