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Kibiro : the salt of Bunyoro, past and present
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ISBN: 9781872566085 Year: 1996 Publisher: London : British institute in Eastern Africa,


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Salt in prehistoric Europe
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ISBN: 9789088902017 9088902011 9088902380 908890202X 9789088902024 1306395844 9781306395847 Year: 2013 Publisher: Leiden Sidestone Press

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Abstract

Salt was a commodity of great importance in the ancient past, just as it is today. Its roles in promoting human health and in making food more palatable are well-known; in peasant societies it also plays a very important role in the preservation of foodstuffs and in a range of industries. Uncovering the evidence for the ancient production and use of salt has been a concern for historians over many years, but interest in the archaeology of salt has been a particular focus of research in recent times.This book charts the history of research on archaeological salt and traces the story of its prod

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