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

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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