Methods of faience manufacture in antiquity: Investigation of colorants and technological processes

Lesley Frame; Donna Bright DeSorda; Yuan Chi Chiang; Pamela Vandiver

doi:10.1557/opl.2011.927

Methods of faience manufacture in antiquity: Investigation of colorants and technological processes

Lesley Frame, Donna Bright DeSorda, Yuan Chi Chiang, Pamela Vandiver

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Abstract

Faience production methods include efflorescence, direct glaze application, and cementation glazing. However, similar processing has been used with a variety of other materials, such as glazed monolithic quartz, ground and re-fired faience, and steatite bodies. Furthermore, faience technology has been linked by similar processing to glass, synthetic pigment and glazing technologies. Here we reinforce these cross-craft relationships by comparing the range of similar functioning chemical elements in faience and glazed artifacts from a variety of archaeological sites that range from the Indus Valley to the Mediterranean. This broad comparative method based primarily on x-ray fluorescence analysis reveals trends in faience production, relationships with metallurgical technologies, and aspects of processing that provide areas of study that may be considered more closely in the future.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IX
Pages	43-54
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2011.927
State	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	2010 MRS Fall Meeting - Boston, MA, United States Duration: Nov 29 2010 → Dec 3 2010

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Name	Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Volume	1319
ISSN (Print)	0272-9172

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Other	2010 MRS Fall Meeting
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	11/29/10 → 12/3/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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Methods of faience manufacture in antiquity: Investigation of colorants and technological processes. / Frame, Lesley; DeSorda, Donna Bright; Chiang, Yuan Chi et al.
Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IX. 2011. p. 43-54 (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings; Vol. 1319).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Frame, L, DeSorda, DB, Chiang, YC & Vandiver, P 2011, Methods of faience manufacture in antiquity: Investigation of colorants and technological processes. in Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IX. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, vol. 1319, pp. 43-54, 2010 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, 11/29/10. https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2011.927

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