BOOKS
2025
Matin, M., Tite, M., Glazed Ceramics of the Islamic World 700-1600 CE, volume in series ‘Cambridge Elements in Archaeological Perspectives on Material and Technologies’, M. Pollard and Ch. Gosdon (Series Eds.), Cambridge University Press.
BOOK CHAPTERS AND ENCYCLOPAEDIA ENTRIES
Forthcoming
Matin, M., The cobalt mine of Kashan, Iran: A brief overview of its history from the pre–Mongol period to the early twentieth century, in: Andrew Shortland and Patrick Degryse (eds.), Of Goblins and Gods: 3,500 years of Cobalt and its Pigments, Leuven University press.
2020
Matin, M., Two medieval Persian manuscripts on the manufacture of ceramics, appendix in: Oliver Watson, Persian Ceramics: Islamic Pottery in the Sarikhani Collection, Yale University Press.
2022
Matin, M., La tecnologia delle ceramiche islamiche medievali: uno studio su due manoscritti persiani, appendix in: Oliver Watson, Ceramiche dell’Iran: Il vasellame islamico della collezione Sarikhani, Traduzione di Michela Volante, Giulio Einaudi editore s.p.a, Torino.
2018
Matin, M., “Glazes, slips and paints”, in Lopez Varela, S., and Barbara, L. (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Archaeological Sciences, Wiley-Blackwell.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
2024
Matin, M., A medieval stonepaste production site in Moshkin Tepe, Iran: ceramics, wasters, and manufacturing equipment, IRAN (Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies), 1–15, DOI: 10.1080/05786967.2022.2080580.
2023
Matin, M., Ownby, M., Early stonepaste ceramic technology in Fustat, Egypt, Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports, 50, 1–9, DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104105.
2020
Matin, M., Gholamnejad, M., Nemati Abkenar, A., ‘We must send you a sample’– A Persian-European dialogue: Insights into nineteenth century Persian ceramic technology based on chemical analysis of tile from the Ettehadieh House, Tehran, Iran, Notes and Records of the Royal Society, DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2020.0015.
2019
Leoni, F., Norris, D., Matin, M., Domoney, K., Shortland, A., The Illusion of an Authentic Experience: A Lustre Bowl in the Ashmolean Museum, Muqarnas, 36, 229–249, DOI: 10/22118993-00361P11.
Salinas, E., Pradell, T., Matin, M., Tite, M., From tin- to antimony-based opacifiers in early Islamic Egyptian Glazes, Journal of Archaeological Science:Reports, 26, DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101923.
2018
Matin, M., Tin-based opacifiers in archaeological glass and ceramic glazes: a review and new perspectives, Journal of Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 11(4): 1159–1167, DOI:10.1007/s12520-018-0735-2.
Matin, M., Matin, M., Preliminary Study of a Nineteenth-Century Persian Manuscript on Porcelain Manufacture in the Collection of the Sepahsalar Library, Tehran, Muqarnas, 35, 293–299, DOI:10.1163/22118993_03501P013.
Matin, M., Tite, M., Watson, O., On the Origins of tin-opacified ceramic glazes: new evidence from early Islamic Egypt, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Iran and Central Asia, Journal of Archaeological Science, 97: 42–66, DOI:10.1016/j.jas.2018.06.011.
2017
Matin, M., Pollard, M., From Ore to Pigment: A Description of the Minerals and an Experimental Study of Cobalt Ore Processing from the Kashan Mine, Iran, Archaeometry, 59(4): 731–746, DOI:10.1111/arcm.12272.
2016
Tite, M., Herringer, S., Shortland, A., Matin, M., Pradell, T., Alcock, S., 2016, Production Technology of Nabatean Painted Pottery compared with that of Roman Terra Sigillata, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21: 1073–1078, DOI:10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.09.010.
2015
Matin, M., Pollard, M., Historical Accounts of Cobalt Ore Processing from the Kashan Mine, IRAN (Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies), 53:171–183, DOI: 10.1080/05786967.2015.11834755.
Tite, M., Watson, O., Pradell, T., Matin, M., Molina, G., Domoney, K., Bouquillon, A., Revisiting the beginnings of Islamic Glazes, Journal of Archaeological Science 57: 80–91, DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.005.
2014
Matin, M., Matin, M., Egyptian faience glazing by the cementation method part 2: a probable source of alkali fluxes, Journal of Archaeological and Anthropological Science, 39: 736–776, DOI: 10.1007/s12520-014-0218-z.
Matin, M., Experimental investigation into the accidental invention of ceramic glazes, Archaeometry, 56: 591–600, DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12039.
2012
Matin, M., Matin, M., Egyptian faience glazing by the cementation method part 1: an investigation of the glazing powder composition and glazing mechanism, Journal of Archaeological Science, 39: 763–776, DOI:10.1016/j.jas.2011.11.013.