From one sea to another. Trading places in the European and Mediterranean Early Middle ages: Proceedings of the International Conference, Comacchio 27th-29th March 2009 / Da un mare all’altro. Luoghi di scambio nell’Alto Medioevo europeo e mediterraneo Atti del Seminario Internazionale Comacchio, 27-29 marzo 2009

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Recent excavations at Comacchio as well as archaeological research in the Venetian lagoon are defining the northern Adriatic region as an especially dynamic area in demographic rather than economic terms during the early Middle Ages. This dynamism is best expressed in the form of new centres of settlement with specific characteristics, principally associated with short- and long-distance trade. This phenomenon possesses a strong resemblance to the emergence of similar places along the North Sea coastline from more or less the same period. This phenomenon has been much debated by historians and archaeologists, who have ascribed the source of these new specialized centres (defined as emporia or wics) as prototypes for future mercantile cities and the rebirth of the medieval economy. The scope of the congress at Comacchio was to evaluate the most recent evidence, in a historical and archaeological context, addressingthe importance of these new Adriatic centres as well as considering comparisons for the first time with the more familiar northern European trading centres. Front Matter ("Title Page", "Copyright Page", "Index", "Preface"), p. 1 Free Access The new wiks or emporia and the development of a maritime economy in the Northern Seas (7th-9th centuries), p. 11 Stéphane Lebecq https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101085 River-based trade centres in early medieval northwestern Europe. Some ‘reactionary’ thoughts, p. 25 Frans Theuws https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101086 Markets, towns and currencies in Scandinavia ca. AD 200-1000, p. 47 Dagfinn Skre https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101087 Dorestad, a medieval metropolis, p. 65 Annemarieke Willemsen https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101088 On Wulfstan’s right hand – the Viking Age emporia in West Slav Lands, p. 81 Mateusz Bogucki https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101089 Ribe: emporia and town in the 8th and 9th century, p. 111 Claus Feveile https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101090 Central-places, exchange and maritime-oriented identity around the North Sea and western Baltic, AD 600-1100, p. 123 Chris Loveluck https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101091 The history of a forgotten town: Comacchio and its archaeology, p. 169 Sauro Gelichi, Diego Calaon, Elena Grandi, Claudio Negrelli https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101092 Adriatic Sea trade in an European perspective, p. 207 Richard Hodges https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101093 Coinage, Trade and the Origins of the English Emporia, ca. AD 650-750, p. 237 John Naylor https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101094 Gold, silver and bronze: an analysis of monetary circulation along the Italian coasts, p. 267 Alessia Rovelli https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101095 The numismatic evidence from the southern Adriatic (5th-11th centuries): some preliminary observations and thoughts, p. 297 Pagona Papadopoulou https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101096 An analysis of early medieval silver coins: towards a better understanding of the trading role of the Adriatic emporia?, p. 321 Guillaume Sarah https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101097 From Italy to the Aegean and back – notes on the archaeology of Byzantine maritime trade, p. 337 Paul Arthur https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101098 From One Coast to Another: early medieval ceramics in the southern Adriatic region, p. 353 Joanita Vroom https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101099 Towards a definition of early medieval pottery: amphorae and other vessels in the northern Adriatic between the 7th and the 8th centuries, p. 393 Claudio Negrelli https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101100 Ricchezza e investimento della chiesa di Ravenna tra la tarda antichità e l’alto medioevo, p. 417 Salvatore Cosentino https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101101 To the Other Shore: West African trade centre and the wics, p. 441 Anne Haour https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101102 Questioni di mare e di costa, p. 459 Paolo Delogu https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101103 Emporia, money and exchanges. Some reflections, p. 467 Cécile Morrisson https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101104 Comparing and connecting: Comacchio and the early medieval trading towns, p. 477 Michael McCormick https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101105 Comacchio and the central Mediterranean, p. 503 Chris Wickham https://doi.org/10.1484/M.SCISAM-EB.1.101106 Colour Plates, p. 511 Back Matter ("Index of Names"), p. 545