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DOI	10.1111/arcm.12680
	Beads for the nomads of late antiquity: Chemical characterization of glass from the Blemmyan tumuli at Kalabsha, Nubia, of the mid-fourth century CE
	Then-Obluska, J.; Dussubieux, L.
通讯作者	Then-Obluska, J (corresponding author), Univ Warsaw, Antiqu Southeastern Europe Res Ctr, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 32, PL-00927 Warsaw, Poland.
来源期刊	ARCHAEOMETRY
ISSN	0003-813X
EISSN	1475-4754
出版年	2021
英文摘要	The mobility of the Blemmyes between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea coast, and their skill in trading, are well attested in the literary sources and in the archaeological record. While they operated mainly in the Eastern Desert, their cemeteries, dated to the mid-fourth century ce, were located in the strategic region of the Dodekaschoinos of Lower Nubia. The personal adornments of the Blemmyes are mainly composed of beads, but the glass imports have not yet been scientifically studied. This paper presents the results of an analysis of 34 glass beads from Blemmyan cemeteries around Kalabsha. Compositional analyses using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry has identified glass belonging to four groups. Numerous glass beads were made from low alumina soda-lime glass (m-Na-Ca, m/v-Na-Ca), mainly associated with Egyptian production. Five beads were made of high-alumina glass. While three of them were produced in South India/Sri Lanka, mixed or recycled glass was the probable source of high alumina in another two beads. One bead was made of plant ash-soda glass. Results provide scientific evidence for the northernmost presence of South Indian/Sri Lankan glass beads in the Nile Valley and hint at the Blemmyan participation in broader regional exchange networks in North-east Africa during a time of intensive overseas trade.
英文关键词	Glass elemental composition Nubia Egypt Indian Ocean trade late antiquity LA‐ ICP‐ MS
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000645455600001
WOS类目	Archaeology ; Chemistry, Analytical ; Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Archaeology ; Chemistry ; Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/352053
作者单位	[Then-Obluska, J.] Univ Warsaw, Antiqu Southeastern Europe Res Ctr, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 32, PL-00927 Warsaw, Poland; [Dussubieux, L.] Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Then-Obluska, J.,Dussubieux, L.. Beads for the nomads of late antiquity: Chemical characterization of glass from the Blemmyan tumuli at Kalabsha, Nubia, of the mid-fourth century CE[J],2021.
APA	Then-Obluska, J.,&Dussubieux, L..(2021).Beads for the nomads of late antiquity: Chemical characterization of glass from the Blemmyan tumuli at Kalabsha, Nubia, of the mid-fourth century CE.ARCHAEOMETRY.
MLA	Then-Obluska, J.,et al."Beads for the nomads of late antiquity: Chemical characterization of glass from the Blemmyan tumuli at Kalabsha, Nubia, of the mid-fourth century CE".ARCHAEOMETRY (2021).