EXAMINATION AND ANALYSIS OF GLASS BEADS FROM GREAT CHESTERFORD, ESSEX
Author(s): M P Heyworth
Beads from a number of burials at the Pagan Saxon cemetery site at Great Chesterford were examined. The beads were a range of shapes and colours and varied fromtranslucent to opaque. A selection of beads were analysed qualitatively to determine the range of colourants and decolourants used in their production. The composition of the beads seems to reflect a North European tradition of glassmaking.
- Report Number:
- 137/1988
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 7
- Keywords:
- Glass
