Examines the organisation of specialised salt production at Zhongba, one of the most important prehistoric sites in China.
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"This book examines the organization of specialized salt production at Zhongba, one of the most important prehistoric sites in the Three Gorges of China's Yangzi River valley"--. "This book examines the organization of specialized salt production at Zhongba, one of the most impo…
"This book examines the organization of specialized salt production at Zhongba, one of the most important prehistoric sites in the Three Gorges of China's Yangzi River valley. Rowan K. Flad demonstrates that salt production emerged in the second millennium BCE and developed into…
"This book examines the organization of specialized salt production at Zhongba, one of the most important prehistoric sites in the Three Gorges of China's Yangzi River valley"-- "This book examines the organization of specialized salt production at Zhongba, one of the most impo…
Examines the organisation of specialised salt production at Zhongba, one of the most important prehistoric sites in China.
This book takes a look at an ordinary substance--salt, the only rock humans eat--and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning.
Homer called salt a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Today we take for granted; however as Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates in this world encompassing book, salt-the only rock we eat--has shaped civilization from the very beginning. Its s…
This book takes a look at an ordinary substance--salt, the only rock humans eat--and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning.
This book takes a look at an ordinary substance--salt, the only rock humans eat--and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning.
