Pages: 199-210 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp255199210

Evidence of a glass-making workshop dating to the 11th century was unearthed in the Zemlyanoye Gorodishche district of Staraya Ladoga. The site yielded over 200 fragments of multicolored glass, along with chips from raw ingots, semi-finished products, technological waste, and sintered multicolored glass, distributed over an area of approximately 500 square metres within the central portion of the cultural layer. In addition, the remains of a production furnace, constructed from stones laid on a clay base, were uncovered. A piece of sintered white quartz sand, with its surface covered by a thin layer (up to 3 mm) of transparent glass, was found among the materials related to the workshop. The colored glass, sintered sand, and thin layer of transparent glass were analyzed using geochemical methods (pXRF, SEM-EDX, m-CT). The data obtained confirmed that both local and imported raw materials were used in the manufacture of glass products in the territory of Staraya Ladoga in the 11th century.

Keywords: medieval glass, chemical composition of glass, Staraya Ladoga, SEM-EDX of glass, pXFR analysis, glass-making workshop

Information about authors:

NataljaGrigoreva (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences. DvortsovayaEmb., 18, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-1033-6259
Marianna Kulkova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Doctor of Geologo-Mineralogical Sciences. Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. Moyka River Emb., 48/12, Saint Petersburg, 191186, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-9946-8751