Salt : white gold in early Europe / Anthony Harding.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harding, Anthony, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the archaeology of Europe, 2632-7058.

Cambridge elements. Elements in the archaeology of Europe, 2632-7058

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salt--Europe--History--To 1500.

Salt.

Salt industry and trade--Europe--History--To 1500.

Salt industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (93 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This Element provides a concise account of the archaeology of salt production in ancient Europe. It describes what salt is, where it is found, what it is used for, and its importance for human and animal health. The different periods of the past in which it was produced are described, from earliest times down to the medieval period. Attention is paid to the abundant literary sources that inform us about salt in the Greek and Roman world, as well as the likely locations of production in the Mediterranean and beyond. The economic and social importance of salt in human societies means that salt has served as a crucial aspect of trade and exchange over the centuries, and potentially as a means of individuals and societies achieving wealth and status.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Salt: White Gold in Early Europe

Contents

1 Introduction

The Importance of Salt

Salt in the World

2 What Salt Is, Where It Occurs and How It Is Exploited

Exploitation of Salt Sources

Quarrying and Mining

The Trough Technique

Evaporation

Evaporating Seawater

Evaporating Brine

Other Techniques

Relative Efficiency of Different Methods

3 Production from Earliest Times Down to the Neolithic

4 The Copper and Bronze Ages

Mining and Quarrying

Salt Boiling: Briquetage and Other Techniques in the Copper and Bronze Ages

5 From Iron Age to Roman in Northern Europe

Mining

Evaporation Techniques

France

Seille Valley

Atlantic and Channel Ccoasts

Spain

Germany

Other Parts of Northern Europe

Britain

6 Greek and Roman Salt in the Mediterranean

Literary Sources

The Location of Salt Pans and Lagoons Potentially Used in Ancient Times

Greece

Italy

Salinae

Archaeological Evidence

Summary

7 Salt as an Economic and Social Mover

The Personnel and Context of Salt Production

Effects of Wealth in Salt

Processes: Production, Transport and Distribution

8 Conclusion

Bibliography

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Jul 2021).

ISBN:

1-009-03739-0

1-009-03897-4

OCLC:

1266909130