Download or read book Mirrors of Salt: Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Anthropology of Salt written by Marius Alexianu and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-07-13 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of salt from an anthropological perspective provides a holistic view of its role in the evolution of human communities. Studies from around the world, ranging from prehistory to modern times, are here organized into 6 sections: theory, archaeology, history, ethnography/ ethnoarchaeology/ethnohistory, linguistics, and literature.