The last few years have witnessed an upsurge in archaeological and historical studies of the Adriatic, with the creation of a few major projects and increase in analytical publications. Sometimes considered to be relatively marginal in the light of Roman political and economic development, the sea became evermore fundamental to late antique and medieval commercial geography with the establishment of the new capital at Constantinople and the gradual breakdown of the old Roman communication system and markets. With the eventual loss to the Empire of much of the Italian peninsula following the Lombard invasion in the late 6th century, the Adriatic developed as a preferential route linking the Aegean and the entire Byzantine world with northern Italy, the Rhine corridor, the north-western Balkans, and beyond. From the perspective of someone living and working at the entrance to the Adriatic, not far from the ports of Brindisi and Otranto, I intend examining how the study of ceramics is helping us to understand the complex dynamics of changing relations between late antiquity and early Middle Ages. I hope to illustrate some of the things that have been achieved in recent years, as well as to indicate directions for future research.
Riflessioni introno alla produzione e circolazione della ceramica nel basso Adriatico
ARTHUR, Paul Raymond
2010-01-01
Abstract
The last few years have witnessed an upsurge in archaeological and historical studies of the Adriatic, with the creation of a few major projects and increase in analytical publications. Sometimes considered to be relatively marginal in the light of Roman political and economic development, the sea became evermore fundamental to late antique and medieval commercial geography with the establishment of the new capital at Constantinople and the gradual breakdown of the old Roman communication system and markets. With the eventual loss to the Empire of much of the Italian peninsula following the Lombard invasion in the late 6th century, the Adriatic developed as a preferential route linking the Aegean and the entire Byzantine world with northern Italy, the Rhine corridor, the north-western Balkans, and beyond. From the perspective of someone living and working at the entrance to the Adriatic, not far from the ports of Brindisi and Otranto, I intend examining how the study of ceramics is helping us to understand the complex dynamics of changing relations between late antiquity and early Middle Ages. I hope to illustrate some of the things that have been achieved in recent years, as well as to indicate directions for future research.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
