PUBLICATIONS

Books:

  • 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)
  • 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 ).
  • 1994: Islamic Glazed Pottery 700-1250, D.Phil thesis, University of Oxford.

Articles (* refereed):

  • 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.
  • 2003* R. B. Mason and L. Golombek, "Petrography of Iranian Safavid Ceramics" Journal of Archaeological Science 30: 251-261. (abstract online).
  • 2003* R. B. Mason, "Petrography of pottery from Kirman," Iran XLI: 271-8. (volume contents online).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2001, R. B. Mason, "Petrography of Stonepaste Ceramics," in Cahiers d'archéologie du CELAT, no. 10: 149-160.
  • 2000*, R. B. Mason and Julia Gonnella, "The Petrology of Syrian Stonepaste Ceramics: The View from Aleppo," Journal of Internet Archaeology (full article online).
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 1999*, R. B. Mason and Lisa Cooper, "Petrographic analysis of Bronze Age pottery from Tell Hadidi, Syria," Levant 31: 135-147 (abstract online).
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 1998*, R. B. Mason and Marcus Milwright, "Petrography of Middle Islamic pottery from Karak," Levant XXX: 175-190 (abstract online).
  • 1997*, R. B. Mason and M. S. Tite, "The Beginnings of Tin-opacification of Pottery Glazes," Archaeometry 39: 41-58.
  • 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).
  • 1997*, R. B. Mason, "Medieval Syrian Lustre-painted and Associated Wares: Typology in a Multidisciplinary Study," Levant XXIX: 167-198 (abstract online).
  • 1997*, R. B. Mason, "Early Mediaeval Iraqi Lustre-painted and Associated Wares: Typology in a Multidisciplinary Study," Iraq LIX: 1-47 (volume contents online).
  • 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).
  • 1997*, R. B. Mason, "Cobalt and Lustre and the publication of Islamic ceramics," Review essay, Ars Orientalis XXVII: 131-135 (journal homepage online).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 1995*, R. B. Mason, "Criteria for the Petrographic Characterization of Stonepaste Ceramics," Archaeometry 37: 307-322.
  • 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).
  • 1995*, L. Golombek and R. B. Mason, "New evidence for Safavid ceramic production at Nishapur," Apollo CXLII No.401: 33-36.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1994, R. B. Mason, "In Sindbad's steps: a sherd in every port," Royal Ontario Museum Archaeological Newsletter New Series No 53: 1-4.
  • 1994*, R. B. Mason and M. S. Tite, "The Beginnings of Islamic Stonepaste Technology," Archaeometry 36: 77-91
  • 1994*, R. B. Mason and M. S. Tite, "Islamic pottery: a tale of men and migrations," Museum International 46: 33-37.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 1991*, R. B. Mason, "Petrographic analysis of the jar," Apollo CXXXIV No. 356 (New Series): 265.
  • 1991*, R. B. Mason & E. J. Keall, "The Abbasid Glazed Wares of Siraf and the Basra Connection: Petrographic Analysis," Iran XXIX: 51-66.
  • 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.
  • 1990, R. B. Mason, "Report on the 27th International Symposium on Archaeometry," Ceramic Petrology Group Newsletter No.5, October 1990: 3.
  • 1990*, R. B. Mason & E. J. Keall, "Petrography of Islamic pottery from Fustat," Journal of the American Research Centre in Egypt XXVII: 165-184.
  • 1989, R. B. Mason, "Ceramic Petrography at the Royal Ontario Museum," Ceramic Petrology Group Newsletter, No. 3, August 1989: 3.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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