Primary Dataset to PhD thesis "Metals, Craft Products and Urban Economy in Late Antique RomePrimary dataset collecting data from PhD research on late antique metallurgy in Rome

This primary dataset contains all preliminary observations and measurements on the materials from my PhD research entitled "Metals, Craft Products and Urban Economy in Late Antique Rome".My research explores metalworking, with particular regard to structures installed in previously public spaces, in Late antique Rome, combining the archaeological study of three as-of-yet unpublished sites with the archaeometric analysis of their archaeometallurgy-related finds.The results of my research also show that the looting and recycling of metals took place at different levels and scales; it also shows how this practice could involve different levels of the city's society, reconstructing an economic and social circuit which must have represented an important economic resource for the city.My conclusions confirm the importance of an approach that combines archaeological and scientific analysis in order to obtain a complete and in-depth picture of the social and economic dynamics at work in late antique and early medieval Rome.

本原始数据集涵盖了我的博士研究课题《古典晚期罗马的金属、手工业制品与城市经济》（Metals, Craft Products and Urban Economy in Late Antique Rome）相关材料的全部初步观测与测量数据。本研究聚焦古典晚期罗马的金属加工活动，尤其关注设于原有公共空间内的金属加工设施；研究结合了对三处尚未刊布的考古遗址的考古学研究，以及对遗址中与考古冶金学（archaeometallurgy）相关出土遗物的考古计量分析（archaeometric analysis）。研究结果同时表明，金属的劫掠与回收活动在不同层级与规模上均有发生；该行为还波及城市社会的不同阶层，进而重构出一条曾为该城市提供重要经济支撑的经济与社会循环体系。本研究结论证实，结合考古学与科学分析的研究方法至关重要，唯有通过该路径方能全面且深入地刻画古典晚期至中世纪早期罗马的社会与经济运行动态。