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<p>Excavations at Novo Mesto have yielded one of the most abundant assemblages of prehistoric glass beads in Europe, leading to speculation about the existence of local glass workshops in the area, and suggestions that they produced primary glass. In the first comprehensive compositional study of prehistoric glass from Novo Mesto, forty-nine samples (91 individual glasses) dating from Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age were analysed by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). A range of primary glass types were detected, attributable to Levantine, Egyptian and Mesopotamian origins and paralleled in other prehistoric assemblages. Therefore, despite the retrieval of exceptionally high amounts of glass and the presence of sands in the vicinity which have been used in modern glassworking, there is no evidence for the local production of raw glass. Evidence for recycling, along with the combination of glass of diverse origins in single beads and typological considerations suggest the presence of secondary workshops in the territory, which made a substantial contribution to the rich Novo Mesto assemblage. The import of finished products however cannot be dismissed and indeed may have provided the raw materials for the inferred local production.</p>

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Stranded in Novo Mesto: compositional analysis of prehistoric beads from Lower Carniola, Slovenia

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    2026年5月7日

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  • A. Franjić,
  • I. C. Freestone,
  • D. Günther,
  • P. Stipančić,
  • B. Križ,
  • M. Novič,
  • H. Potrebica,
  • P. Degryse

摘要

Excavations at Novo Mesto have yielded one of the most abundant assemblages of prehistoric glass beads in Europe, leading to speculation about the existence of local glass workshops in the area, and suggestions that they produced primary glass. In the first comprehensive compositional study of prehistoric glass from Novo Mesto, forty-nine samples (91 individual glasses) dating from Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age were analysed by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). A range of primary glass types were detected, attributable to Levantine, Egyptian and Mesopotamian origins and paralleled in other prehistoric assemblages. Therefore, despite the retrieval of exceptionally high amounts of glass and the presence of sands in the vicinity which have been used in modern glassworking, there is no evidence for the local production of raw glass. Evidence for recycling, along with the combination of glass of diverse origins in single beads and typological considerations suggest the presence of secondary workshops in the territory, which made a substantial contribution to the rich Novo Mesto assemblage. The import of finished products however cannot be dismissed and indeed may have provided the raw materials for the inferred local production.