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

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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