Nondestructive characterization of ancient faience beads unearthed from Ya’er cemetery in Xinjiang, Early Iron Age China
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.05.086
Abstract: Abstract Faience is a kind of ancient ceramic product which was widely found in many areas. Chinese faience appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771BCE), about three thousand years later than western Asia. The sudden… read more here.
Keywords: cemetery; faience; characterization ancient; central china ... See more keywords
New evidence for the transcontinental spread of early faience
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105093
Abstract: Abstract This paper presents compositional results for six faience beads from Adunqiaolu, an Early Bronze Age site in western Xinjiang, China. It is shown that all analysed samples were made of mixed-alkali flux with sodium… read more here.
Keywords: new evidence; faience; transcontinental spread; evidence transcontinental ... See more keywords