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

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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