Approaches to an invisible past: Ethnoarchaeological researches on the salt springs of the Moldavian Subcarpathians (Romania) Cover Image

Annäherungen an eine Unsichtbare Vergangenheit: Ethnoarchäologische Forschungen zu den Salzwasserquellen der Moldauischen Vorkarpaten (Rumänien)
Approaches to an invisible past: Ethnoarchaeological researches on the salt springs of the Moldavian Subcarpathians (Romania)

Author(s): Marius Alexianu, Olivier Weller, Robin Brigand, Roxana-Gabriela Curcă
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Comparative history, Ancient World, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: ethnoarchaeology; recent Prehistory; modelling; salt; mineral springs;Romania;

Summary/Abstract: The sub-Carpathian area of Moldavia (Romania) represents the ideal framework to perform extensive ethno-archaeological research as the area harbours over 200 salt springs near which are found remarkable archaeological deposits related to salt exploitation, in particular from Neolithic and Chalcolithic times (6000-3500 BC). Nowadays, these mineral springs are still exploited at an unexpected degree of intensity by members of rural as well as of urban communities. The main research focuses on the identification of all salt springs in sub-Carpathian Moldavia and on the completion of complex ethno-archaeological research (exploitation, uses, distribution networks, trade, social contexts, symbolism, etc.) in order to propose new and more varied models for explaining prehistoric situations.

  • Issue Year: 20/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 7-35
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: German