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

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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