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Le anfore altomedievali da contesti basso-adriatici e pugliesi

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Abstract

The data deduced from the presence of transport containers from the early Middle Ages in relation to the lower Adriatic region and especially Apulia represent a reference for understanding a series of phenomena related to the production, trade and consumption of foodstuffs. Between the seventh and eleventh century A.D., the so-called ‘globular amphorae’, also known as ‘Early globular amphorae’, also known as ‘Early Byzantine Amphorae’ while, in a period immediately afterwards, between the end of the ninth and tenth centuries AD and then again between the eleventh and twelfth centuries AD, there is a greater diffusion of ‘amphorae the so-called ‘series’ of Otranto, probably derived from Aegean production models derivation from Aegean production models and the import of containers probably imported probably from Ganos in Thrace or from workshops that gravitated around the Sea of Marmara or in the Aegean area. The analysis of the phenomenon of diffusion in the region and the southern Adriatic area of these amphorae seems at present to define preferential areas gravitating around coastal centres and port centres, as opposed to inland sites. The finds from underwater contexts related to the Adriatic and Ionian coasts of Apulia constitute a first reference for the reconstruction of the distribution systems of these amphorae within a complex network.


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Submitted: June 9, 2025 | Accepted: Nov. 25, 2025 | Published March 5, 2026 | Language: it

Keywords Trade and sea routes • Production and distribution centres • South Adriatic • Early medieval and medieval amphorae

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