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

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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