Production and Demand of Salt in Ancient Italy from the Bronze Age to the Roman Period

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Abstract

This chapter presents an overview of current knowledge on the modes of marine salt production and related food production along the Italian coasts from the second millennium BCE to the Roman imperium. It explores the growing demand for salt in the context of the early urban Etruscan and Latin economies and the subsequent Roman colonization and examines the ways in which this challenge was met by technological change and geopolitical control.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInterdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
EditorsPaul N. Eubanks, Ashley A. Dumas, Heather McKillop, Marius Alexianu
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages211-233
Number of pages23
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-96692-7
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-96691-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025

Publication series

NameInterdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
VolumePart F954
ISSN (Print)1568-2722

Keywords

  • Ancient Italy
  • Archaeology
  • Briquetage
  • Demand
  • Salinae
  • Salt

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