BYZANTINE 'GLOBULAR AMPHORAE' AND THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES: ATTEMPTING TO SHED LIGHT ON A DARK-AGE ENIGMA

• Published in: Archeologia medievale Vol. 45; p. 281
• Main Author: Arthur, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Italian
• Published: Florence Archeologia Medievale 01.01.2018
• Subjects: 8th century; Archaeology; Byzantine civilization; Containers; Early Middle Ages

This paper, in summarising some of the results of the Rome conference, suggests an explanation for the supremacy of globular amphorae in and around the eighth century.