In ancient historical records, the significance of salt (NaCl) has consistently held
considerable prominence. Consider, for instance, its pivotal role in the genesis and …

The landscape characteristics and salt production methods along the coasts of peninsular
Italy from the Bronze Age to the Roman period are examined, with a focus on the …

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 …

Abstract During the Copper Age and onwards, unique archaeological sites emerged
throughout Europe. These sites exhibit distinct features such as the absence of typical …

Abstract Along the southern North Sea coast, Roman salt production sites are characterised
by extensive refuse zones containing large quantities of what has been described as 'salt …

For a long time, reference has been made to the so-called" giacimenti a olle rossicce",
hypothetically linking them to salt production through briquetage or some treatment with salt …

With the aim of dating the early salt production at Puntone di Scarlino (Central Tuscany,
Italy) and establishing the environmental history of this coastal site, a sediment core was …

While processes involved in the protohistoric briquetage at Puntone (Tuscany, Italy) have
been reconstructed in detail, the age of this industry remained uncertain since materials …

Excavations in the urban area of the Etruscan port city of Spina near Ferrara (Italy) have
shown that the city had a roughly trapezoidal ground plan and covered an area of about 6 …

In this work, we study salt-production settlement in central Italy with an exploratory
application of centrality indexes, common in social network analysis: betweenness centrality …