La lavorazione della lana e dei tessuti fra Padova e Venezia: tracce strutturali e documentarie di età post-antica

Among the studies on wool production and manufacturing in Veneto, there is so far no search relating to archaeological records from the early Middle Ages. Therefore a new topic for discussion may be presented by two underwater discoveries near Fusina (Venice), in the Malamocco-Marghera Canal, dating from the 7th to the 11th century A.D. Bringing additional elements to corroborate the hypothesis about the wool-textile destination of these archaeological finds, three kinds of indicators are proposed: firstly, the archaeological findings inland near Fusina, confirming attendance from the imperial to the late-antiquity age; secondly, the role of a branch of the river Brenta, called Maior, that was excluded from the Lagoon of Venice only in the 17th century; finally, the manuscript sources from the Middle Ages and the Modern Age are discussed, clearly attesting dying plants and other wool-textile buildings in this land.