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

<p dir="ltr">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".</p><p dir="ltr">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installed in previously public spaces, in Late antique Rome, combining the archaeological study of three as-of-yet unpublished sites with the archaeometric analysis of their archaeometallurgy-related finds.</p><p dir="ltr">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.</p><p dir="ltr">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.</p>