Salt Archaeology in China

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Salt is indispensable for maintaining life on earth and its reproduction, as essential as air, food, and water. It is a necessity for daily human life and an important resource related to the national economy and people’s livelihood. Thus, in China, it is regarded as a ‘national treasure’. Salt archaeology as a discipline was born in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century, but the Chinese case remained unexplored for a long time. Over the past 20 years, Chinese archaeologists have started exploring this field of research systematically. The work started with excavations in the Chengdu Plain and the Three Gorges of the Yangzi River. Shortly after, a group of workshops for sea salt production was discovered in Laizhou Bay in the lower Yellow River Valley. From the beginning, the field of salt archaeology has developed within an international sphere of collaborative international research, broadening horizons on all sides and pushing the discipline forward. Since the initial discoveries, there have been many new archaeological discoveries related to salt production all over the country and China’s salt archaeology has been developing rapidly. The present chapter describes these developments and what pushed them forward, paying attention to the particular ways this discipline has developed in China and the reasons for its special characteristics.
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Authors LI Shuicheng
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197800324.013.0033
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197800324.013.0033
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