Análisis de Piezas de Vidrio procedentes de la excavación "Mercado del Borne" de Barcelona

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the type of glass of a representative selection of glass pieces from the archaeological excavation of the Borne Market in the old historic center of Barcelona, provided by the Historical Museum of the City of Barcelona.

From the XII^th to the XVIII^th century the commercial, political and economic development of the city was in the Borne area. During the War of Succession between the Royal Houses of Austria and Borbón in 1714, this area was destroyed and a large amount of debris of everyday life in eighteenth century was buried. We have made a selection of the most representative pieces for analysis. These were analyzed with a non-destructive technique, fluorescence spectroscopy of scattered X-ray energy (EDXRF) and other destructive, optical emission spectroscopy inductively coupled plasma (ICP-OES).

Stylistically, the pieces are the “Venetian way” and “Bohemian fashion”, however, the finish and the quality of them is closer to Catalan origin item. This work offers the possibility of a confirmation of these hypotheses from analytical data.