[HTML][HTML] Salt production by ignition during the prehistory in the Iberian Peninsula with special focus on the archaeological site of Espartinas (Ciempozuelos, Spain)

FJ Jiménez-Espejo, JA López-Sáez, F Bulian… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the prehistoric techniques of salt production consisted of using ceramic vessels,
known as briquetage, for the artificial evaporation of salt water. This paper summarizes all …

[HTML][HTML] A review of available analytical methods to detect ancient salt production

L Alessandri, G Sottili, C Belardelli - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
In ancient historical records, the significance of salt (NaCl) has consistently held
considerable prominence. Consider, for instance, its pivotal role in the genesis and …

[Књига][B] Salt: white gold in early Europe

A Harding - 2021 - cambridge.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Salt in Late Iron Age Italy. A multidisciplinary approach to the exploration of Italy's coastal exploitation sites: Piscina Torta (Ostia, Rome) case study

L Alessandri, PAJ Attema, F Bulian, J Sevink… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Copper Age and onwards, unique archaeological sites emerged
throughout Europe. These sites exhibit distinct features such as the absence of typical …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing the Late Pleistocene–Anthropocene interaction between the neotectonic and archaeological landscape evolution in the Apennines (La Sassa …

L Alessandri, GL Cardello, PAJ Attema… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Caves are one of the most conservative environments on Earth, where archaeological,
anthropological, climatic and tectonic data can be well-preserved. Here, we present the …

[HTML][HTML] Bronze Age to Roman period salt production in the coastal areas of peninsular Italy: Palaeoenvironments, production methods and archaeological evidence

F Bulian, L Alessandri, P Attema, J Sevink - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
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 …

Fuelling the Roman salt industry. Develo** a new multiproxy approach to identify peat fuel from archaeological combustion residue

M Dekoninck, K Deforce, J Kaal, WA Out… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract In Europe, especially the Low Countries, peat was intensively used as a fuel
source. Yet, the identification of peat as a fuel source from archaeological combustion …

Protohistoric briquetage at Puntone (Tuscany, Italy): principles and processes of an industry based on the leaching of saline lagoonal sediments

J Sevink, W De Neef, L Alessandri… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A protohistoric (c. 10th–5th c. BC) briquetage site at Puntone (Tuscany, Italy) was
studied to unravel the salt production processes and materials involved. Geophysical …

[HTML][HTML] The protohistoric briquetage at Puntone (Tuscany, Italy): a multidisciplinary attempt to unravel its age and role in the salt supply of Early States in Tyrrhenian …

J Sevink, G Muyzer, I Arienzo, A Mormone… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

New insights into Early Iron Age connections between Sardinia and Etruria: Archaeometric analyses of ceramics from Tavolara

S Amicone, KP Freund, P Mancini, R D'Oriano… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The island of Tavolara off the coast of northeastern Sardinia (Italy) was intermittently
occupied from Neolithic to modern times, and recent excavations at the site of Spalmatore di …