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

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 en, it

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