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

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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