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

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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