FINAL BRONZE-AGE GLASS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ITALY: IS FRATTESINA THE ONLY GLASS PRODUCTION CENTRE? By Ivana Angelini and Paolo Bellintani

https://www.academia.edu/991170/FINAL_BRONZE_AGE_GLASS_IN_NORTHERN_AND_CENTRAL_ITALY_IS_FRATTESINA_THE_ONLY_GLASS_PRODUCTION_CENTRE?nav_from=cf399a1c-bed6-4474-a7d0-ed8c492b7fb9 The earliest evidence of glass working in Western Europe occurs in Veneto (Italy), in the period XII-X centuries BC. As a matter of fact, despite the wide diffusion of glass materials during the Final Bronze Age (FBA) (Gratuze et al. 1998; Hartmann et al. 1997; Henderson 1988, 1993), Frattesina and the nearby sites represent to date the only archaeological records of glassworking and/or production in Europe (Henderson 1988; Brill 1992; Towle et al. 2001). A few crucibles and a large quantity of glass ingot fragments (Fig. 1a), beads and ornamental objects have been found. The glass invariably belongs to the low-magnesium, high-potassium (LMHK) mixed-alkali glass that is generally considered typical of protohistoric European glass production (Biaviati & Verità 1989; Brill 1992; Santopadre & Verità 2000; Towle et al. 2001; Angelini et al. 2004). ...