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

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 it, en

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