Salt and Power. Early States, Rome and Resource Control

Title

Salt and Power. Early States, Rome and Resource Control

Alternative Title

Salt and Power project

Description

eng The project aim is to establish how salt was produced before their installation and how salt production kept pace with the rising population of the early states, in particular Rome. We will investigate these questions with an up-to-date methodology to contribute with a historically important case study to the global archaeological and anthropological debate on salt-making and resource control in the context of prehistoric and early state societies.

Date

November 10, 2021 – October 31, 2025

Status

Ongoing

Subject

eng SH6_3 Archaeology of early literate societies and early civilizations

eng SH6_6 Digital, computational, virtual and geospatial archaeologies

Funded By

Dutch Research Council (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek)

Homepage

https://saltandpower.gia-mediterranean.nl/

Project Member(s)

Peter A. J. Attema

Value Annotations

Description

eng Project Supervisor

Luca Alessandri

Value Annotations

Description

eng Principal Investigator

Jan Sevink

Value Annotations

Description

eng Supervisor

Agostino Sotgia

Francesca Bulian

Project Contributor(s)

University of Groningen

Sapienza Università di Roma

Tor Vergata Università degli Studi di Roma

University of Amsterdam