Salt In Prehistoric Europe Anthony Harding by Anthony Harding W4TAGAAQBAJ instant download after payment.

Salt was a commodity of great importance in theancient past, just as it is today. Its roles in promoting human healthand in making food more palatable are well-known; in peasant societiesit also plays a very important role in the preservation of foodstuffsand in a range of industries. Uncovering the evidence for the ancientproduction and use of salt has been a concern for historians over manyyears, but interest in the archaeology of salt has been a particularfocus of research in recent times.This book charts the history of research on archaeological salt andtraces the story of its production in Europe from earliest times down to the Iron Age. It presents the results of recent research, which hasshown how much new evidence is now available from the differentcountries of Europe. The book considers new approaches to thearchaeology of salt, including a GIS analysisof the oft-cited association between Bronze Age hoards and salt sources, and investigates the possibility of a new narrative of salt productionin prehistoric Europe based on the role of salt in society, includingissues of gender and the control of sources.The book is intended for both academics and the general readerinterested in the prehistory of a fundamental but oftenunder-appreciated commodity in the ancient past. It includes the results of the author’s own research as well as an up-to-date survey of current work.