Natron glass beads reveal proto-Silk Road between the Mediterranean and China in the 1st millennium BCE

Abstract Natron-based glass was a vital part of material culture in the Mediterranean and Europe for nearly two millennia, but natron glass found elsewhere on the Eurasian Continent has not received adequate discussion, despite its influence on ancient Asian glass. Here we present a new interpretati...

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Main Authors: Qin-Qin Lü, Julian Henderson, Yongqiang Wang, Binghua Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82245-w