A Model of Salt Production and Consumption Patterns in Bronze Age Anatolia

The procurement and use of salt in Anatolia has received limited scholarly attention despite its abundance the region. This study synthesizes geological, archaeological, ethnoarchaeological, textual data to assess role within socioeconomic setting third early second millennia bc ( c. 3000–1730 ) Anatolia. easy accessibility rock saltpans ranks lower among strategically controlled materials era. author argues that non-state Anatolian communities’ strategy for obtaining distributing this was community-driven. Unlike societies Mesopotamia Europe, which production distribution contributed significantly their political economy, never became a prestige good, nor did it contribute accumulation wealth Bronze Age