Object structure
Title:

Mining for Salt in European Prehistory

Subtitle:

Between History and Archaeology : papers in honour of Jacek Lech

Creator:

Harding, Anthony

Publisher:

Archaeopress Archaeology

Place of publishing:

Oxford; England

Date issued/created:

2018

Description:

ill. ; 29 cm

Type of object:

Book/Chapter

Subject and Keywords:

salt mining ; Hallstatt ; Romania ; troughs ; brine

Abstract:

Salt was produced in a number of ways in ancient times. Evaporation using briquetage was the commonest, but mining or quarrying rock salt is better known, especially from the famous mines at Hallstatt (Gmunden district) and the Dürrnberg (Hallein district). One of the richest areas for salt is the Carpathian zone; the article describes the results of recent fieldwork in Romania, where a technique using wooden troughs and wattle-framed ponds was used. It is argued that a form of open-cast mining was employed, the troughs used to assist breaking up the rock salt surface, and perhaps also to facilitate concentration of brine

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323

End page:

329

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eng

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