A SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF MEDIEVAL TILES FROM BORDESLEY ABBEY, NEAR REDDITCH (HEREFORD AND WORCESTER) |
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| Authors: | J. STOPFORD M.J. HUGHES M.N. LEESE |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Archaeology University of Reading P.O. Box 218 Reading RG6 2AA
British Museum Dept. of Scientific Research London WC1B 3DG |
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| Abstract: | Summary. Archaeological work, based on the external characteristics of decorated floor tiles from the Cistercian monastery of Bordesley, has identified and characterised a series of industries supplying that site from the earlier 13th century through to dissolution in 1538. In this paper we extend these interpretations by means of neutron activation analysis (NAA) data on the body compositions of the tiles, and compare these results with manually recorded descriptions. |
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