Books edited by Rosa Maria Lanaspa
by Marius Alexianu, Mihaela Asăndulesei, Valentin Arapu, Andrei Emilciuc, Martin Hees, Argelia del Carmen Montes Villalpando, Mădălina Necula, Tamara Montalvo-Arce, Edoardo Vanni, Sorin Stratulat, Mera Ovidiu, Konrad A. Antczak, Oriol Beltran, Robin Brigand, Neculai Bolohan, Blas Román Castellón Huerta, Cavruc (Kavruk) Valeriu (Valerii), Jorge A. Ceja Acosta, Franck Derrien, Maciej Dębiec, Diaconu Vasile, Ashley A Dumas, Alfons Fíguls Alonso, Mircea-Cristian Ghenghea, Elisa Guerra Doce, Catherine Liot, Ileana Oana Macari, Nuria Morere, Ivana Pandzic, Razvan Victor Pantelimon, Alex Popa, Gustavo Ramirez, alfonso stiglitz, Felix-Adrian Tencariu, Edoardo Vanni, Olivier Weller, Igor Lyman, Victoria Konstantinova, Iuri (Gheorghe) Simionca, Tasha Maroulis, Rosa Maria Lanaspa, and Coralie GRADEL Common salt (sodium chloride) is an invisible object for archaeological research, but the ancient... more Common salt (sodium chloride) is an invisible object for archaeological research, but the ancient texts, the history, the ethnography and our everyday life confirm that both Man and Animal cannot live without it. Salt is a primordial reference for humanity. This “fifth element” is universal in a double sense, diachronically and diatopically. How can archaeology and related disciplines or sciences approximate this soluble good, this “white gold”, this invisible past?
From the diatopic and diachronic perspective, common salt—with all its natural or artificial metamorphoses—has influenced humanity in the most diverse aspects. This is why, within a brief enumeration, the salt-related research themes are intriguingly various: explorations (hunting for salt), exploitation techniques, techniques to obtain different products, exploitation and use tools, transport and storage containers, human and animal feeding, conservation (meat, bacon, cheese, vegetables, green goods, fruits). The themes also include manufacture-related uses (including the construction of salt houses), mythology, religion, cult, rituals, beliefs, superstitions, mentalities, secret societies, magic, vows, curses, prohibitions, popular medicine, sexuality, economy, hide working, population, alchemical procedures, scientific and cultural representations, treatment of the deceased, barter, commerce, contraband, robbery.
On the other hand, the themes also include human and animal mobility, the attraction exerted on savage beasts, symbolic uses, folk literature (stories, tales, and proverbs) and cult literature, the control of salt resources, conflicts, strategic value, geographic perceptions, professions related to salt exploitation and uses, economic, legal and administrative regulations, vocabulary, toponymy, anthroponomy and the list can go on.
All these themes already constitute a study object for an impressive number of sciences, disciplines, or sub-disciplines, such as archaeology, heritage studies, history, ethnography, ethnoarchaeology, economic anthropology, food sciences, statistics, sociology, geology, mineralogy, geography, hydrology, botany, chemistry, medicine, pharmacology, ethology, theology, agronomy, symbology, linguistics, folklore studies, cultural studies, literary studies, hermeneutics, legal sciences, etc. Obviously, some themes must be approached only in an interdisciplinary vision.
Papers by Rosa Maria Lanaspa
Chungará (Arica), 2013
En este artículo se hace balance de los resultados obtenidos sobre la primera explotación europea... more En este artículo se hace balance de los resultados obtenidos sobre la primera explotación europea de sal minera desarrollada alrededor de la Muntanya de Sal de Cardona (España), la única montaña de sal gema de Europa occidental. Se considera que esta actividad minera se inició entre 4.500-4.200 a.C. y fue una explotación a cielo abierto durante el Neolítico medio catalán. Se han analizado los procesos de producción utilizados en la Vall Salina y los procesos mecánicos que intervienen en la extracción de la sal a partir del análisis de 225 herramientas de piedra pulida. Por último, se valoran los flujos de intercambios existentes durante el Neolítico medio y la importancia socioeconómica de la sal gema de Cardona. Palabras claves: Cardona, Cataluña, industria lítica pulida, Neolítico, sal, intercambios. This article presents results concerning the earliest exploitation of rock salt in Europe at the Muntanya de Sal, Cardona (Spain), a unique salt mountain in Western Europe. This mining activity began c. 4,500-4,200 B.C. and was an open quarry during the Catalan Middle Neolithic. We analysed 225 polished stone tools to determine the processes of production used in the Vall Salina and the mechanical processes used in salt extraction. Finally, we stress the importance of the exchanges and the trade during the Middle Neolithic and the socio-economical value of rock salt from Cardona.
Chungara, Revista de Antropología Chilena Volumen 45, Nº 1, 2013. Páginas 177-195, 2013
"En este artículo se hace balance de los resultados obtenidos sobre la primera explotación europe... more "En este artículo se hace balance de los resultados obtenidos sobre la primera explotación europea de sal minera desarrollada alrededor
de la Muntanya de Sal de Cardona (España), la única montaña de sal gema de Europa occidental. Se considera que esta actividad
minera se inició entre 4.500-4.200 a.C. y fue una explotación a cielo abierto durante el Neolítico medio catalán.
Se han analizado los procesos de producción utilizados en la Vall Salina y los procesos mecánicos que intervienen en la extracción
de la sal a partir del análisis de 225 herramientas de piedra pulida. Por último, se valoran los flujos de intercambios existentes
durante el Neolítico medio y la importancia socioeconómica de la sal gema de Cardona.
This article presents results concerning the earliest exploitation of rock salt in Europe at the Muntanya de Sal, Cardona (Spain),
a unique salt mountain in Western Europe. This mining activity began c. 4,500-4,200 B.C. and was an open quarry during the
Catalan Middle Neolithic.
We analysed 225 polished stone tools to determine the processes of production used in the Vall Salina and the mechanical processes
used in salt extraction. Finally, we stress the importance of the exchanges and the trade during the Middle Neolithic and
the socio-economical value of rock salt from Cardona.
"
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Books edited by Rosa Maria Lanaspa
From the diatopic and diachronic perspective, common salt—with all its natural or artificial metamorphoses—has influenced humanity in the most diverse aspects. This is why, within a brief enumeration, the salt-related research themes are intriguingly various: explorations (hunting for salt), exploitation techniques, techniques to obtain different products, exploitation and use tools, transport and storage containers, human and animal feeding, conservation (meat, bacon, cheese, vegetables, green goods, fruits). The themes also include manufacture-related uses (including the construction of salt houses), mythology, religion, cult, rituals, beliefs, superstitions, mentalities, secret societies, magic, vows, curses, prohibitions, popular medicine, sexuality, economy, hide working, population, alchemical procedures, scientific and cultural representations, treatment of the deceased, barter, commerce, contraband, robbery.
On the other hand, the themes also include human and animal mobility, the attraction exerted on savage beasts, symbolic uses, folk literature (stories, tales, and proverbs) and cult literature, the control of salt resources, conflicts, strategic value, geographic perceptions, professions related to salt exploitation and uses, economic, legal and administrative regulations, vocabulary, toponymy, anthroponomy and the list can go on.
All these themes already constitute a study object for an impressive number of sciences, disciplines, or sub-disciplines, such as archaeology, heritage studies, history, ethnography, ethnoarchaeology, economic anthropology, food sciences, statistics, sociology, geology, mineralogy, geography, hydrology, botany, chemistry, medicine, pharmacology, ethology, theology, agronomy, symbology, linguistics, folklore studies, cultural studies, literary studies, hermeneutics, legal sciences, etc. Obviously, some themes must be approached only in an interdisciplinary vision.
Papers by Rosa Maria Lanaspa
de la Muntanya de Sal de Cardona (España), la única montaña de sal gema de Europa occidental. Se considera que esta actividad
minera se inició entre 4.500-4.200 a.C. y fue una explotación a cielo abierto durante el Neolítico medio catalán.
Se han analizado los procesos de producción utilizados en la Vall Salina y los procesos mecánicos que intervienen en la extracción
de la sal a partir del análisis de 225 herramientas de piedra pulida. Por último, se valoran los flujos de intercambios existentes
durante el Neolítico medio y la importancia socioeconómica de la sal gema de Cardona.
This article presents results concerning the earliest exploitation of rock salt in Europe at the Muntanya de Sal, Cardona (Spain),
a unique salt mountain in Western Europe. This mining activity began c. 4,500-4,200 B.C. and was an open quarry during the
Catalan Middle Neolithic.
We analysed 225 polished stone tools to determine the processes of production used in the Vall Salina and the mechanical processes
used in salt extraction. Finally, we stress the importance of the exchanges and the trade during the Middle Neolithic and
the socio-economical value of rock salt from Cardona.
"
From the diatopic and diachronic perspective, common salt—with all its natural or artificial metamorphoses—has influenced humanity in the most diverse aspects. This is why, within a brief enumeration, the salt-related research themes are intriguingly various: explorations (hunting for salt), exploitation techniques, techniques to obtain different products, exploitation and use tools, transport and storage containers, human and animal feeding, conservation (meat, bacon, cheese, vegetables, green goods, fruits). The themes also include manufacture-related uses (including the construction of salt houses), mythology, religion, cult, rituals, beliefs, superstitions, mentalities, secret societies, magic, vows, curses, prohibitions, popular medicine, sexuality, economy, hide working, population, alchemical procedures, scientific and cultural representations, treatment of the deceased, barter, commerce, contraband, robbery.
On the other hand, the themes also include human and animal mobility, the attraction exerted on savage beasts, symbolic uses, folk literature (stories, tales, and proverbs) and cult literature, the control of salt resources, conflicts, strategic value, geographic perceptions, professions related to salt exploitation and uses, economic, legal and administrative regulations, vocabulary, toponymy, anthroponomy and the list can go on.
All these themes already constitute a study object for an impressive number of sciences, disciplines, or sub-disciplines, such as archaeology, heritage studies, history, ethnography, ethnoarchaeology, economic anthropology, food sciences, statistics, sociology, geology, mineralogy, geography, hydrology, botany, chemistry, medicine, pharmacology, ethology, theology, agronomy, symbology, linguistics, folklore studies, cultural studies, literary studies, hermeneutics, legal sciences, etc. Obviously, some themes must be approached only in an interdisciplinary vision.
de la Muntanya de Sal de Cardona (España), la única montaña de sal gema de Europa occidental. Se considera que esta actividad
minera se inició entre 4.500-4.200 a.C. y fue una explotación a cielo abierto durante el Neolítico medio catalán.
Se han analizado los procesos de producción utilizados en la Vall Salina y los procesos mecánicos que intervienen en la extracción
de la sal a partir del análisis de 225 herramientas de piedra pulida. Por último, se valoran los flujos de intercambios existentes
durante el Neolítico medio y la importancia socioeconómica de la sal gema de Cardona.
This article presents results concerning the earliest exploitation of rock salt in Europe at the Muntanya de Sal, Cardona (Spain),
a unique salt mountain in Western Europe. This mining activity began c. 4,500-4,200 B.C. and was an open quarry during the
Catalan Middle Neolithic.
We analysed 225 polished stone tools to determine the processes of production used in the Vall Salina and the mechanical processes
used in salt extraction. Finally, we stress the importance of the exchanges and the trade during the Middle Neolithic and
the socio-economical value of rock salt from Cardona.
"