Chemical Composition of Glass from the Glass-Making Workshop at the Selitrennoye Settlement (materials from the 2017–2018 field seasons)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2026.3.302.310Keywords:
archaeology, Golden Horde, Selitrennoye settlement, glass-making workshop, medieval technologies, chemical composition, Jochid numismaticsAbstract
The paper deals with the results of an analysis of the chemical composition of glass from the excavation III at the Selitrennoye settlement. The samples were analyzed using optical emission spectroscopy. The sample assemblage comprised 42 finds of various colours and textures. A comparative analysis of the data revealed a highly homogeneous chemical composition, indicating that all the glass was manufactured according to a single recipe The concentrations of 10-14% sodium and 4-9% potassium in the finds suggest that plant ash was used in the glass-making process. The coloring was done with traditional dyes: blue and turquoise were produced with ionic copper, red by molecular copper, yellow by lead-temper and white by tin-temper. Opaque glass was produced using a tin-based agent. A comparison of the trace element profiles revealed specific characteristics of these glass finds.
References
Galkin, L. L. 1984. In Sovetskaya Arkheologiya (Soviet Archaeology) (2), 213–221 (in Russian).
Zhuruhina, E. Yu., Khramchenkova, R. Kh. 2012. In Filologiia i kul’tura (Philology and Culture) 29 (3), 226-234 (in Russian).
Zeleneev, Yu. A., Pigarev, E. M. 2020. In Makarov N. A., Derevianko A. P., Mochalov, O. D. (eds.). Trudy VI (XXII) Vserossiyskogo arkheologicheskogo s"ezda v Samare (Proceedings of the 6th (22th) All-Russia Archaeological Congress in Samara) III. Samara: Samara State Pedagogical University, 18–20 (in Russian).
Kutuzova, D. O., Vorob'eva, E. E. 2018. In Arkheologiya Evraziyskikh stepey (Archaeology of Eurasian Steppes) (4), 103–108 (in Russian).
Lihter, Yu. A., Shchapova, Yu. L. 1991. In Avdusin, D. A. (ed.). Smolensk i Gnezdovo (k istorii drevnerusskogo goroda) (Smolensk and Gnezdovo (on History of the Ancient Russian Town)). Moscow: Moscow State University, 244–259 (in Russian).
Pigarev, E. M. 2025. In Derevyanko, A. P., Makarov N. A., Polyakov, A. V., Mandryka, P. V. (eds.). Trudy VII (XXIII) Vserossiyskogo arkheologicheskogo s"ezda v Krasnoyarske (Proceedings of the 7th (23rd) All-Russia Archaeological Congress in Krasnoyarsk). Vol. II. Krasnoyarsk: Siberian Federal University, 404–407 (in Russian).
Rumyantseva, O. S. 2014. In Sitdikov A. G., Makarov N. A., Derevianko A. P. (eds.). Trudy IV (XX) Vserossiiskogo arkheologicheskogo s″ezda v Kazani (Proceedings of the 4th (20th) All-Russia Archaeological Congress in Kazan) II. Kazan: “Otechestvo” Publ., 398–402 (in Russian).
Rumyantseva, O. S. 2020. In Stratum Plus (4), 83–93 (in Russian).
Rumyantseva, O. S. 2020. In Rossiyskaya arkheologiya (Russian Archaeology) (2), 72–84 (in Russian).
Khramchenkova, R. Kh., Degri, P., Sitdikov, A. G., Kaplan, P. Yu. 2017. In Steklo i keramika (Glass and Ceramics) (5), 38–42 (in Russian).
Sarah Paynter, David Dungworth. 2018. Historic England. Archaeological Evidence for Glassworking: Guidelines for Recovering, Analysing and Interpreting Evidence. Swindon. Historic England. Available at: https://historicengland.org.uk/research/methods/archaeology/materials-science/ (Accessed: 12.06.2024)
Schibille, N, Meek, A, Wypyski, MT, Kröger, J, Rosser-Owen, M, Wade Haddon, R. 2018. In PLoS ONE 13(8): e 0201749. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201749
Sitdikov, A. G., Abdullin, Kh. M., Khramchenkova, R. Kh., Kaplan, P. Y. 2016. In The Turkish Online Journal of Design, Art and Communication. 6, November Special Edition, 2869–2875.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2026 E.M. Pigarev, R. Kh. Khramchenkova
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
