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

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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