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

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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