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New evidence on the origins of Venice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

A. J. Ammerman ,
Maurizia De Min  and
Rupert Housley
A. J. Ammerman
Affiliation:
Department of Classics, Colgate University, Hamilton NY 13346-1398, USA
Maurizia De Min
Affiliation:
Department of Classics, Colgate University, Hamilton NY 13346-1398, USA
Rupert Housley
Affiliation:
Oxford University Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QJ, UK
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Despite the city's long and illustrious history, little is known about the urban origins of Venice from the archaeological record. Recent excavations at the church of San Lorenzo have produced radiocarbon dates that give direct evidence for human occupation in the late 6th and 7th centuries AD, lending support to the tradition of settlement by refugees from the Lombard occupation of the mainland.

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Antiquity , Volume 66 , Issue 253 , December 1992 , pp. 913 - 916
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1992

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