Evidence for Prehistoric Salt Extraction Rediscovered in the Hungarian Central Mining Museum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8888274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Harding (0000-0002-6289-8253), Attila Szemán (BM Központi Kórház, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Pages | 27-49 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Antiquaries Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5815 • E-ISSN: 1758-5309 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003581511000023 |
| OpenAlex | W2320398905 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
This paper describes a group of wooden objects (a trough, ladder, mallet and other pieces) found in 1817 in a salt mine in north-eastern Austria-Hungary, now Ukraine, which have recently come to light in the Hungarian Central Mining Museum in Sopron. It presents new radiocarbon dates indicating that the objects date to the Bronze Age, except for one that belongs to the early medieval period. Their function is briefly considered in the context of recent excavation and survey work in Romania, and specifically the remarkable discoveries from Băile Figa near Beclean, northern Transylvania, where several similar troughs and other objects have been found. Taken together, the finds shed light on the scale of salt exploitation in central and eastern Europe in prehistoric times
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze Age · Context (archaeology · Excavation · Geography · Period (music · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History
The Carpathian and Danubian area
The Decline of the Neolithic and the Rise of Bronze Age Society
Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age habitat in the Someşul Mic Basin
The early medieval origins of copper ore extraction in the Carpathian Mountains
A Bronze Age salt production technique from Transylvania and western Ukraine
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |