Open AccessWas glass the classical currency of the yoruba?
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
petroleum and chemical industry international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2639-7536
DOI - 10.33140/pcii.04.03.02
Subject(s) - crucible (geodemography) , soda lime glass , glass recycling , glass production , metallurgy , materials science , flat glass , glass ceramic , lime , archaeology , mineralogy , ceramic , composite material , geology , chemistry , history , computational chemistry
“The findings from the archaeological excavations at Ile-Ife include several pits that appeared to be furnace ruins, over 20,000 glass beads, 1,500 crucible fragments (ceramic vessels used in glass production), and several kilograms of glass waste. Results of the analysis show that Ile-Ife glass is chemically distinctive. It is now referred to as high lime high alumina (HLHA) glass — Not Known from Anywhere Else in The World” [1].