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Mirrors of Salt: Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Anthropology of Salt - 20-24 August 2015, ‘Al. I. Cuza’ University, Iași, Romania
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Mirrors of Salt: Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Anthropology of Salt - 20-24 August 2015, ‘Al. I. Cuza’ University, Iași, Romania
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Mirrors of Salt publishes the proceedings of the First
International Congress on the Anthropology of Salt, which took
place at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iasi (Romania). The
impact of salt on the development of human communities, from the
Neolithic to the present, has generated a huge number of
specialized studies. However, scientific research has become so
atomized that the primordial importance of the mineral has been
lost, creating a need for a holistic, comprehensive vision of the
dimensions generated by salt. This can only be achieved through
anthropology. The anthropology of salt encompasses the entirety of
human behavior, i.e. cognitive, spiritual, pragmatic, and social
reactions to salt, and provides a holistic view of its role in the
evolution of human communities. The anthropology of salt thus
brings salt studies from an ancillary position to an autonomous
discipline. The papers in this volume are organized into six
sections: theory, archaeology, history, ethnography/
ethnoarchaeology/ethnohistory, linguistics, and literature. Topics
include salt in Greek and Roman antiquity, as well as from
Cameroon, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia,
Nigeria, Peru, Romania, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, the USA and
Venezuela. The congress was organized within the project The
Ethnoarchaeology of the Salt Springs and Salt Mountains from the
Extra-Carpathian Areas of Romania, financed by the Government of
Romania (CNCS – UEFISCDI) (2011-2016). Its theoretical novelty
and geographical range render Mirrors of Salt a unique study of the
world’s most-used non-metallic mineral.
General
Imprint: |
Archaeopress Archaeology
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
July 2023 |
Editors: |
Marius Alexianu
(Senior Researcher)
• Roxana-Gabriela Curcă
(Associated Professor)
• Olivier Weller
• Ashley Dumas
(Associate Professor of Anthropology)
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Dimensions: |
290 x 205mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
478 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78491-456-1 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-78491-456-8 |
Barcode: |
9781784914561 |
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