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Food and S.T.O.N.E.S.: Ships, Trade, Objects, Networks, Economy, Society

Atti di Convegno (Venezia, 9-11 maggio 2024)

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Abstract
This volume brings together the papers presented at the Food and S.T.O.N.E.S. conference (Venice, 9-11 May 2024) and explores the economic and social structures of the Early Middle Ages in the Adriatic region. It focuses on stone artefacts, metal objects, glass, and amphorae, re-examined through innovative analytical frameworks within an integrated methodology that places written sources in critical dialogue with archaeological evidence. This approach has enabled the reconstruction of material provenance and the identification of ancient riverine and maritime sites. The project’s findings are further enriched by the theoretical contributions of the conference discussants.

Keywords Legnago • Port city of Sipontum • Trade • Trading • Verona • Longobards • Rotharis • Database • Natron • SEM-EDXS • Northern Italy • Middle Ages • Mineralogical analysis • Northern Apulia • XRF • Late Antiquity • Trade and sea routes • Tartaro • Piuro • X-ray fluorescence • Apulia • Late Antique • Lead • Medieval archaeology • Well-heads • Mountain archaeology • Coastal landscapes • Negotiatores • Written sources • Carolingians • Adriatic • Siliquaticum • Negotiantes • Theoderic • Early Medieval Northern Italy • Vangadizza • Aistulf • Landscape archaeology • Roman period • Ottonian Age • Otto II • Fiscal properties • Classification of early medieval amphorae • Recycling • Anastasius • Selected samples • Early medieval and medieval amphorae • Tradings • Medieval Archaeology • Ostrogoths • Sanctuary of Venus Sosandra • Economy • Early Middle Age • Glass • Material sources • Sarcophagi • Copper-base alloys • Cassiodorus • Amphorae and production • Early medieval archaeology • Circulation and reuse of stone • Markets • Reconstruction • Raman spectroscopy • Alps • Paleoproteomics • Adelchis • Amphorae • Archaeology • Po • Early Middle Ages economy • Adriatic Sea • Networks • Puglia • Procurement • JavaScript • Varolingians • Salt • Food • Berengar I • South Adriatic • Medieval economy • Lombards • Production and distribution centres • Ports • Early Middle Ages • WebGIS • Production • Fiscal lands • Albania • Quarries • Archaeometry • Teloneo • Commerce • Early medieval Upper Adriatic • Machine learning • Methods and types of discovery sites • Adige • Metals • Pietra ollare • Pensio • Networks between amphorae and ports • Po River • Precious items • Soapstone • Exchange Networks

Thema codes NKD • NHTM • 1QSMC • 3KH

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/979-12-5742-002-4 | e-ISBN 979-12-5742-002-4 | ISBN (PRINT) 979-12-5742-047-5 | Published March 5, 2026 | Language en, it

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