LEADER 03774nam 2200649 450 001 9910453617303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a90-8890-238-0 010 $a90-8890-201-1 010 $a90-8890-202-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000001191412 035 $a(EBL)1602350 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001167613 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11668412 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001167613 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11129396 035 $a(PQKB)11576970 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1602350 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4949937 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1602350 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10829862 035 $a(OCoLC)881162706 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4949937 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL570835 035 $a(OCoLC)1024267780 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001191412 100 $a20140203h20132013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSalt in prehistoric Europe /$fAnthony Harding 210 1$aLeiden :$cSidestone Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (276 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-306-39584-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover 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; Conclusion; 3 Production techniques through the ages; The techniques; Ethnography; Written sources: classical antiquity, medieval and early modern; Conclusion; 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 327 $aThe 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; Chai?nes ope?ratoires; Cross-craft interaction; Commoditization/Commodification; Technological innovation; Salt and society 327 $aGender 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 330 $aSalt 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 606 $aSalt$zEurope$xHistory 606 $aMines and mineral resources, Prehistoric 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSalt$xHistory. 615 0$aMines and mineral resources, Prehistoric. 676 $a553.632 700 $aHarding$b Anthony$0936196 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453617303321 996 $aSalt in prehistoric Europe$92487323 997 $aUNINA