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The provenance of export porcelain from the Nan'ao One shipwreck in the South China Sea (2016)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.