Glass from Islamic Sicily: typology and composition from an urban and a rural site
Journal: Mélanges de l'École française de Rome. Moyen Age
Year: 2023

As part of the Sicily in Transition and GlassRoutes projects glass artefacts from various medieval Sicilian sites have been analysed by LA-ICP-MS. This made it possible to collect data on the circulation of glass on the island in the Middle Ages. The comparison of the data from the coastal town of Mazara with those from the rural area of Castronovo di Sicilia allowed us to establish a continuity in the supply of fresh Levantine glass to the island as late as the end of the 7th century. The resul