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Isotopic investigations of Chinese ceramics (2020)
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Henderson, J., Ma, H., Cui, J., Ma, R., & Xiao, H. (2020). Isotopic investigations of Chinese ceramics. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 12, Article 201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01138-7

This chapter provides insights into Chinese ceramic technologies of both bodies and glazes as well as provenance by using isotopes applied to a number of case studies. The use of Sr isotopes to investigate Chinese high fired Celadon wares and Blue an... Read More about Isotopic investigations of Chinese ceramics.

Structural and chemical heterogeneity in ancient glass probed using gas overcondensation, X-ray tomography, and solid-state NMR (2020)
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Rigby, S. P., Stevens, L., Meersmann, T., Pavlovskaya, G. E., Rees, G. J., Henderson, J., …Fletcher, R. S. (2020). Structural and chemical heterogeneity in ancient glass probed using gas overcondensation, X-ray tomography, and solid-state NMR. Materials Characterization, 167, Article 110467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2020.110467

Rare ancient glasses have complex, multi-scale structures requiring more sophisticated and non-destructive pore characterisation techniques than usual. Homotattic patch models for nitrogen adsorption gave better fits to the isotherm data, more accura... Read More about Structural and chemical heterogeneity in ancient glass probed using gas overcondensation, X-ray tomography, and solid-state NMR.

Seventh to eleventh century CE glass from Northern Italy: between continuity and innovation (2020)
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Bertini, C., Henderson, J., & Chenery, S. (2020). Seventh to eleventh century CE glass from Northern Italy: between continuity and innovation. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 12, Article 120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01048-8

Previous analytical studies show that most of Northern Italian glass has been heavily recycled and that mixing of natron and plant ash glass was occurring (Verità and Toninato 1990; Verità et al. 2002; Uboldi and Verità 2003; Andreescu-Treadgold and... Read More about Seventh to eleventh century CE glass from Northern Italy: between continuity and innovation.

A study of the glazing techniques and provenances of Tang sancai glazes using elemental and lead isotope analyses (2018)
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Shen, J. Y., Henderson, J., Evans, J., Chenery, S., & Zhao, F. Y. (2019). A study of the glazing techniques and provenances of Tang sancai glazes using elemental and lead isotope analyses. Archaeometry, 61(2), 358-373. https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12436

© 2018 The Authors Archaeometry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of University of Oxford This study discusses the elemental compositions and lead isotope ratios of Tang sancai glazes unearthed from the Huangpu kiln, Huangye kiln and two... Read More about A study of the glazing techniques and provenances of Tang sancai glazes using elemental and lead isotope analyses.

Structure of ancient glass by 29Si magic angle spinning NMR (2018)
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Bradford, H., Ryder, A., Henderson, J., & Titman, J. J. (2018). Structure of ancient glass by 29Si magic angle spinning NMR. Chemistry - A European Journal, 24(29), 7474-7479. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201800483

29Si magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectroscopy is applied for the first time to the structural analysis of ancient glass samples obtained from archaeological excavations. The results show that it is possible to establish the distribution of Si envi... Read More about Structure of ancient glass by 29Si magic angle spinning NMR.

The archaeometry and archaeology of ancient Chinese glass: a review (2018)
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Henderson, J., An, J., & Ma, H. (2018). The archaeometry and archaeology of ancient Chinese glass: a review. Archaeometry, 60(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12368

This paper provides a new review of archaeometric research carried out on glass found in China, set in an archaeological context, from its earliest occurrence, to the Song dynasty. It is set within a broad geographical context taking the terrestrial... Read More about The archaeometry and archaeology of ancient Chinese glass: a review.

The provenance of export porcelain from the Nan'ao One shipwreck in the South China Sea (2016)
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Zhu, J., Ma, H., Li, N., Henderson, J., & Glascock, M. (2016). The provenance of export porcelain from the Nan'ao One shipwreck in the South China Sea. Antiquity, 90(351), 798-808. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.67

A compositional study employing neutron activation analysis was performed on eleven fragments of Ming dynasty blue-and-white export porcelain recovered from the Nan’ao One shipwreck and 64 samples from three kiln sources. Examination of the compositi... Read More about The provenance of export porcelain from the Nan'ao One shipwreck in the South China Sea.

An archaeometric study of Hellenistic glass vessels: evidence for multiple sources (2016)
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Oikonomou, A., Henderson, J., Gnade, M., Chenery, S., & Zacharias, N. (in press). An archaeometric study of Hellenistic glass vessels: evidence for multiple sources. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-016-0336-x

In the present study, 53 glass fragments from core-formed vessels and 3 glass beads are investigated using SEM/EDX, EPMA and LA-ICP-MS. All samples were excavated in the Latin settlement of Satricum in central west Italy and apart from two, were foun... Read More about An archaeometric study of Hellenistic glass vessels: evidence for multiple sources.

The use of electron probe microanalysis and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry for the investigation of 8th–14th century plant ash glasses from the Middle East (2016)
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Henderson, J., Chenery, S., Faber, E., & Kroeger, J. (2016). The use of electron probe microanalysis and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry for the investigation of 8th–14th century plant ash glasses from the Middle East. Microchemical Journal, 128, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2016.03.013

This is the first broad survey using major, minor and trace element analysis of 8th-15th AD plant ash glass from the Middle East across a 2000 mile area stretching from Egypt to northern Iran. This was part of the ancient Silk Road that extended from... Read More about The use of electron probe microanalysis and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry for the investigation of 8th–14th century plant ash glasses from the Middle East.