Romanian Salt Springs, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Archaeological Reconstruction: A Variable Geometry

Neo-Eneolithic settlement pattern and salt exploitation in Romanian Moldavia

“…In this article we concentrate on salt springs of geological origin, directly linked to the deposits in the foothills, and whose use in recent times (for food preservation, fodder and therapeutic purposes) is well attested in ethnographic studies (Alexianu et al 2011;Alexianu et al 2016). The only known spring on the Moldavian Plain has been excluded, namely the spring located close to the thermal spa site which shares the same name as the Cucuteni Culture (Weller et al 2007).…”

Kernel density estimation and transition maps of Moldavian Neolithic and Eneolithic settlement

“…The salt resources of this region (sodium chloride springs, rock salt outcrops, saline soils), among the most abundant in Europe, have been systematically surveyed and have been the subject of bibliographical and cartographical research by our team since 2005. In this article we concentrate on salt springs of geological origin, directly linked to the deposits in the foothills, and whose use in recent times (for food preservation, fodder and therapeutic purposes) is well attested in ethnographic studies [2] .…”