Dear colleagues,
We are glad to inform you of the First International Congress on the Anthropology of Salt, organized between the 20th and 24th of August 2015 at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi (Romania), within the framework of the project The ethno-archaeology of the salt springs and salt mountains from the extra-Carpathian areas of Romania.
Presentations are invited on any of the following open themes: archaeological investigation, exploitation and product manufacturing techniques, exploitation and use tools, transport and storage containers, human and animal alimentation, food preservation, mythology, religion, cult, rituals, beliefs, superstitions, mentalities, secret societies, magic, vows, curses, prohibitions, folk medicine, alchemical procedures, symbolic uses, folk (stories, tales and proverbs) and high literature, sexuality, demography and population studies, human and animal mobility, scientific and cultural representations, treatment of the deceased, economy, hide working, trade, barter, contraband, robbery, the control of salt resources, conflicts, strategic value, geographic perceptions, professions related to salt exploitation and use, economic, legal and administrative regulations, vocabulary, toponymy, anthroponymy, etc.