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

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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