Revisiting the earliest Islamic glazed ceramics of Córdoba from an archaeometric approach
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https://doi.org/10.17561/aytm.v27.5416Keywords:
Glazes, Polychrome decoration, Glaze technology, Lead transparent glaze, tinopaque glazes, al-Andalus, emirate periodAbstract
In this paper a review for the earliest glazed ceramics from al-Andalus is proposed. From archaeometrical analyses, the first glazes are characterised, their preservations and alteration problems are explained and the different technological traditions that coexisted during the Late Emirate period in Córdoba are identified. Moreover, technological connections are sought with other contemporary Islamic and Byzantine territories.
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