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

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 it, en

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