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

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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