David Grose

David Frederick Grose (born November 21, 1944 in Faribault , Minnesota , † October 13, 2004 ) was an American archaeologist and specialist in the field of research into ancient glass .

He studied history and archeology at St. Olaf College and Harvard University , where he received his PhD in 1975. He was a scholarship holder at the American Academy in Rome from 1969–1970 and 1972–1974 , then Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri from 1975–76, and from 1976–77 curator of antique glass at the Toledo Museum of Art . In 1977 he became Professor of Classics and Archeology at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and from 1997 “chair of the department”, which he remained until his death.

His specialty was antique , medieval and Islamic glass. He has worked as a consultant for many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the British Museum in London. He worked on excavations in England, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Tunisia, Egypt and Israel.

He worked with American and European colleagues on a 10-year project aimed at creating a complete history of the glass. This includes archeometry , art history , archeology , economic, social and technological history .

He believed that a multidisciplinary view of archaeological finds, including engineering and social sciences, was essential for a full understanding of the evolution of human civilization.

Publications

• Early blown glass. The Western evidence. In: Journal of Glass Studies. 19, pp. 9-29 (1977).
• The Syro-Palestinian glass industry in the later hellenistic period. In: Muse. 13: 54-67 (1979).
• The hellenistic glass industry reconsidered. In: Annales du 8e Congrès international d'étude historique du verre. Londres - Liverpool, September 18-25, 1979. Liège 1981, pp. 61-72.
• The hellenistic and early Roman glass from Morgantina (Serra Orlando), Sicily. In: Journal of Glass Studies. 24: 20-29 (1982).
• The Formation of the Roman Glass Industry. In: Archeology. 36: 38-45 (1983).
• The Origins and Early History of Glass. In: The History of Glass. London 1984.
• Glass forming methods in classical antiquity. Some considerations. In: Journal of Glass Studies. 26: 25-34 (1984).
• Roman vessels with double-line Greek inscriptions. A new inventory. In: Archaeological News. 14: 23-28 (1985).
• The glass vessels from the sanctuary of Apollo Hylates, Kourion (Cyprus). In: Report of the Department of Antiquities Cyprus 1986. pp. 187-191.
• The Toledo Museum of Art. Early ancient glass. Core-formed, rod-formed, and cast vessels and objects from the late bronze age to the early Roman Empire, 1600 BC to AD 50 . New York 1989
• Early Imperial Roman cast glass. The translucent colored and colorless fine wares. In: Roman glass. Two centuries of art and invention. London 1991, pp. 1-18.
• The Pre-Hellenistic, Hellenistic, Roman, and Islamic Glass in Tel Anafa . In: Final Report of Ten Years of Excavation at a Hellenistic and Roman Settlement in Northern Israel. Vol. II, pt. I, (in press).
• The Hellenistic, Roman and Medieval Glass from Cosa. (In print).
• Morgantina. The Pre-hellenistic, Hellenistic, Roman, and Medieval Glass. (In print).

obituary

• David Whitehouse: David Frederick Grose (1945-2004). In: Journal of Glass Studies. 47 (2005) pp. 198-200 (with picture and bibliography).

Web links

• Profile on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology website