PUBLICATIONS
Books:
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2004: Shine Like the Sun:
Lustre-painted and Associated Pottery from the Medieval Middle
East, Mazda Press, Costa Mesa, California, and Royal Ontario
Museum, Toronto (publisher's blurb online)
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1996: L. Golombek, R. B. Mason, and G.
Bailey, Tamerlane's Tableware: a new approach to the
Chinoiserie Ceramics of Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Iran,
Mazda Press, Costa Mesa, and Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
(publisher's blurb online ).
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1994: Islamic Glazed Pottery 700-1250,
D.Phil thesis, University of Oxford.
Articles (* refereed):
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2003 R. B. Mason, "Trade and Industry at Qal'at Halab: Petrographic analysis of the medieval pottery from the recent excavations at the Aleppo Citadel, Syria," The Old Potter's Almanac 11, No. 1 March 2003: 1-5.
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2003* R. B. Mason and L. Golombek, "Petrography of Iranian Safavid Ceramics" Journal of Archaeological Science 30: 251-261. (abstract online).
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2003* R. B. Mason, "Petrography of pottery from Kirman," Iran XLI: 271-8. (volume contents
online).
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2003* Wolf, S, S. Stos, R.B. Mason, and M. S. Tite, Lead Isotope Analyses of Islamic Pottery Glazes from Fustat, Egypt, Archaeometry 45: 405-420.
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2001*, R. B. Mason, M. S. Tite, S. Paynter
and C. Salter, "Advances in Polychrome ceramics in the Islamic
world of the 12th century AD, "Archaeometry.
43:191-209.
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2001, R. B. Mason, "Petrography of Stonepaste
Ceramics," in Cahiers d'archéologie du CELAT, no.
10: 149-160.
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2000*, R. B. Mason and Julia Gonnella, "The
Petrology of Syrian Stonepaste Ceramics: The View from Aleppo,"
Journal of Internet Archaeology (full article
online).
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2000, R. B. Mason, "Petrology of Pottery from
Mesopotamia: Towards a Predictive Model," Bulletin of the
Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies 35: 43-48. (volume contents
online).
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1999, R. B. Mason and E. J. Keall, "Between
Basra and Samarra: petrographic analysis of Tell Aswad pottery,"
in P. A. Miglus et al., ar-Raqqa I. Die Frühislamische
Keramik von Tall Aswad, Deutschen Archäologischen
Institut Damaskus, verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein:
139-142, tafel 123-124.
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1999*, R. B. Mason and Lisa Cooper,
"Petrographic analysis of Bronze Age pottery from Tell Hadidi,
Syria," Levant 31: 135-147 (abstract online).
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1999*, R. B. Mason and Lisa Cooper, "Grog,
Petrology, and Early Transcaucasians at Godin Tepe," Iran
37: 25-31, pls. X-XI (volume contents online).
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1998*, M. S. Tite, I. Freestone, R. B. Mason,
J. Molera, M. Vendrell-Saz and N. Wood, "Lead glazes in antiquity
- methods of production and reasons for use," Archaeometry
40: 241-260.
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1998*, R. B. Mason and Marcus Milwright,
"Petrography of Middle Islamic pottery from Karak," Levant
XXX: 175-190 (abstract online).
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1997*, R. B. Mason and M. S. Tite, "The
Beginnings of Tin-opacification of Pottery Glazes,"
Archaeometry 39: 41-58.
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1997*, R. B. Mason, "Mediaeval Iranian
Lustre-painted and Associated Wares: Typology in a
multidisciplinary study," Iran 1997: 103-135 and Plates
XVIII to XX (volume contents online).
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1997*, R. B. Mason, "Medieval Syrian
Lustre-painted and Associated Wares: Typology in a
Multidisciplinary Study," Levant XXIX: 167-198 (abstract
online).
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1997*, R. B. Mason, "Early Mediaeval Iraqi
Lustre-painted and Associated Wares: Typology in a
Multidisciplinary Study," Iraq LIX: 1-47 (volume contents
online).
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1997*, R. B. Mason, "Medieval Egyptian
Lustre-painted and Associated Wares: Typology in a
Multidisciplinary Study," Journal of the American Research
Centre in Egypt, XXXIV: 201-242 (link to the PDF online).
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1997*, R. B. Mason, "Cobalt and Lustre and
the publication of Islamic ceramics," Review essay, Ars
Orientalis XXVII: 131-135 (journal homepage online).
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1996*, R. B. Mason "Petrography and
provenance of Timurid Ceramics," in L. Golombek, R. B. Mason, and
G. Bailey, Tamerlane's Tableware: a new approach to the
Chinoiserie Ceramics of Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Iran,
Royal Ontario Museum and Mazda Press: 16-56.
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1996*, R. B. Mason, G. Bailey and L.
Golombek, "Stylistic Groups and their production centres," in L.
Golombek, R. B. Mason, and G. Bailey, Tamerlane's Tableware: a
new approach to the Chinoiserie Ceramics of Fifteenth and
Sixteenth Century Iran, Royal Ontario Museum and Mazda Press:
109-123.
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1995, R. B. Mason, "Analytical Techniques in
Near Eastern Archaeology: Materials and the Scanning Electron
Microscope," Biblical Archaeologist 58: 237. (link to PDF of volume contents online).
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1995*, R. B. Mason, "Criteria for the
Petrographic Characterization of Stonepaste Ceramics,"
Archaeometry 37: 307-322.
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1995*, R. B. Mason, "New Looks at Old Pots:
Results of Recent Multidisciplinary Studies of Pottery from the
Islamic World," Muqarnas 12: 1-10 (link to PDF online).
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1995*, L. Golombek and R. B. Mason, "New
evidence for Safavid ceramic production at Nishapur,"
Apollo CXLII No.401: 33-36.
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1995*, R. B. Mason, "Defining Syrian
stonepaste ceramics: petrography of pottery from Ma'arrat
al-Nu'man," in J. Allan (editor), Islamic Art in the Ashmolean
Museum, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art Volume X: Part 2:
1-18.
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1995*, L. Golombek, R. B. Mason and G.
Bailey, "Economics of the Ceramic Industry in Timurid/Turkman
Iran," in B. Fragner et al (editors) Proceedings of the Second
European Conference of Iranian Studies, Is.M.E.O., Rome:
233-240.
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1995*, R. B. Mason and M. Mundell Mango,
"Glazed 'Tiles of Nicomedia' in Bithynia, Constantinople, and
elsewhere," in C. Mango and G. Dagron (editors),
Constantinople and its Hinterland, Society for the
Promotion of Byzantine Studies. Aldershot: Variorum: 313-331.
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1995*, L. Golombek, R. B. Mason and G.
Bailey, "Persian potters in the Ottoman World: New data from the
Timurid ceramics project of the Royal Ontario Museum," 9
Milletlerasi Turk Sanatlari Kongresi, Cilt II, Ankara:
181-188.
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1994, R. B. Mason, "In Sindbad's steps: a
sherd in every port," Royal Ontario Museum Archaeological
Newsletter New Series No 53: 1-4.
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1994*, R. B. Mason and M. S. Tite, "The
Beginnings of Islamic Stonepaste Technology," Archaeometry
36: 77-91
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1994*, R. B. Mason and M. S. Tite, "Islamic
pottery: a tale of men and migrations," Museum
International 46: 33-37.
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1992*, R. B. Mason, R. M. Farquhar and P. E.
Smith, "Lead-Isotope Analysis of Islamic Glazes: An Exploratory
Study," Muqarnas 9: 67-71 (link to PDF online).
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1991*, R. B. Mason, "Petrography of Islamic
Ceramics," in A. Middleton and I. Freestone (editors), Recent
Developments in Ceramic Petrology, British Museum Occasional
Papers No. 81, London: 185-210.
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1991*, R. B. Mason, "Petrographic analysis of
the jar," Apollo CXXXIV No. 356 (New Series): 265.
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1991*, R. B. Mason & E. J. Keall, "The
Abbasid Glazed Wares of Siraf and the Basra Connection:
Petrographic Analysis," Iran XXIX: 51-66.
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1990*, R. B. Mason & L. B. Golombek,
"Differentiating early Chinese-influenced Blue and White ceramics
of Egypt, Syria and Iran," in E. Pernicke and G. A. Wagner
(editors), Archaeometry '90 (Proceedings of the 27th
International Archaeometry Symposium April 1990, Heidelberg),
Birkhauser Verlag, Basel: 165-74.
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1990, R. B. Mason, "Report on the 27th
International Symposium on Archaeometry," Ceramic Petrology
Group Newsletter No.5, October 1990: 3.
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1990*, R. B. Mason & E. J. Keall,
"Petrography of Islamic pottery from Fustat," Journal of the
American Research Centre in Egypt XXVII: 165-184.
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1989, R. B. Mason, "Ceramic Petrography at
the Royal Ontario Museum," Ceramic Petrology Group
Newsletter, No. 3, August 1989: 3.
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1989*, R. B. Mason, J. R. Hallett & E. J.
Keall, "Provenance studies of Islamic pottery from Yemen: INAA
and petrographic analysis," in Y. Maniatis (editor),
Archaeometry: Proceedings of the 25th International
Symposium, Elsevier, Amsterdam: 543-550.
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1988*, R. B. Mason & E. J. Keall,
"Provenance of local ceramic industry and the characterization of
imports: petrography of pottery from medieval Yemen",
Antiquity 62: 452-63.
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1988*, R. B. Mason & E. J. Keall,
"Islamic ceramics: petrography and provenance," in R. M. Farquhar
et al (editors), Proceedings of the 26th International
Archaeometry Symposium: Toronto 1988: 184-187.
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1988*, J. R. Hallett, M. Thompson, E. J.
Keall, & R. B. Mason, "Archaeometry of medieval Islamic
glazed ceramics from North Yemen," Canadian Journal of
Chemistry 66: 266-272.
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1987, R. B. Mason, "Petrographic analysis of
pottery," in K. Grzymski (editor), Archaeological
reconnaissance in Upper Nubia, Society for the Study of
Egyptian Antiquities XIV, Toronto: 46-8, 61, 66-9.
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