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Salt in prehistoric Europe
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Salt was a commodity of great importance in the ancient past, just as it is today. Its roles in promoting human health and in making food more palatable are well-known; in peasant societies it also plays a very important role in the preservation of foodstuffs and in a range of industries. Uncovering the evidence for the ancient production and use of salt has been a concern for historians over many years, but interest in the archaeology of salt has been a particular focus of research in recent times.This book charts the history of research on archaeological salt and traces the story of its prod
| כותר |
Salt in prehistoric Europe / Anthony Harding. |
|---|---|
| מהדורה |
1st ed. |
| מוציא לאור |
Leiden : Sidestone Press |
| שנה |
[2013] |
| הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references. English |
| הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface 1 Introduction The uses of salt The action of salt in the body History of research Conclusion 2 Salt: what it is, where and why it appears What is salt? Origin and occurrence of salt deposits 3 Production techniques through the ages The techniques Ethnography Written sources: classical antiquity, medieval and early modern 4 From earliest times to the Chalcolithic Introduction Salt up to the end of the Chalcolithic: conclusions 5 The Bronze Age Briquetage Mines and quarries The trough technique The Bronze Age - summary6 The Iron Age: Austrian mines, French briquetage, English Red Hills and other sites Lagoons and salt-pans: Greece and Rome Mining and quarrying Salt-boiling using briquetage The Iron Age: summary 7 The development of salt working through European prehistory The salt zones of Europe 8 Salt as an economic resource The scale of production The movement of salt Salt and metal Salt as an economic resource: conclusion 9 Salt and society Chaînes opératoires Cross-craft interaction Commoditization/Commodification Technological innovation Salt and society Gender aspectsProvisioning production sites Towards a new narrative of salt production 10 Conclusions and prospects Salt today The future of salt from the past Appendix References |
| היקף החומר |
1 online resource (276 p.) |
| שפה |
אנגלית |
| שנת זכויות יוצרים |
©2013 |
| מספר מערכת |
997010710291505171 |
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