„Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași invites you, between 20-24 of August 2015, to the FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF SALT. The programme of the event is available at Ethnosal Ro.

PROGRAM

21.08.2015

REGISTRATION: 8.30-9.00

GREETINGS: 9.00-9.30

PLENARY SESSION: 9.30-14.00

PLENARY SESSION

Chairmen: Roxana-Gabriela Curcă, Olivier Weller, Valeriu Cavruc, Marius-Tiberiu Alexianu

Marius-Tiberiu Alexianu, Anthropology of Salt: challenges of a new discipline
Marius-Tiberiu Alexianu, Olivier Weller, Ion Sandu, Gheorghe Romanescu, Robin Brigand, Roxana-Gabriela Curcă, Vasile Cotiugă, Felix Tencariu, Andrei Asăndulesei, Ștefan Caliniuc, Radu-Ștefan Balaur, Mihaela Asăndulesei, EthnosalRo project. Work in progress
Ashley A. Dumas, Recent Archaeology of Salt in the Eastern United States
Li Shuicheng, Archaeology of Salt Production in the Three Gorges Region: Focus on the Zhongba Site
Olivier Weller, First Salt Making in Europe: an Overview from Neolithic times
Takamune Kawashima, Archaeology and ethnology of salt in Japan
Blas Castellón, Anthropology of salt in Mexico in the past 10 years. An overview

Discussions

Coffee Break

Anthony Harding, ‘Salt in Prehistoric Europe’: the challenges and perspectives of a general book on ancient salt
Dulam Sendenjav, Usage, Therapy and Magical Cure of Salt among Mongolian Ethnic Groups
Jayaram Gollapudi, Depressed classes of Madigas and its culture reflects in using of Salt in tanning and traditional buried the body in South India
Felix Tencariu, Marius-Tiberiu Alexianu, Vasile Cotiugă, Viorica Vasilache, Ion Sandu, Clay, fire and salt. Experimental approaches on the Prehistoric briquetage technique
Valeriu Cavruc, The Archaeological Evidence for Salt Production in Romania

Discussions

LUNCH: 14.00-15.30

PRESENTATIONS: 15.30-20.00

I.ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Chairmen: Paolo Zuppi, Ashley A. Dumas, Takamune Kawashima, Blas Castellón, Valeriu Cavruc, Thomas Saile, Martin Hees, Olivier Weller
Michele Zuppi, Andrea Zuppi, Paolo Zuppi, Elisabetta Rossi, “Cum grano salis” a model of man’s complexity
Andrea Zuppi, Michele Zuppi, Paolo Zuppi, Elisabetta Rossi, “Sapientia” and salt
Ralph M. Rowlett, The Role of Salt in the Fame and Prosperity of Ancient Pompeii
Tasha Vasiliki Athena Maroulis, An insight into the use of salt in the Aboriginal Culture in Australia
Francesca Lugli, The use of salt in Mongolia. An example of Mogod region (Bulgan aimag)
Henry Kam Kah, Salt, History and Culture among the Western Grasslanders of Cameroon
P-J Ezeh, Unity of sacred and profane in traditional salt industry of the Okposi Igbo of south-eastern Nigeria
Ioan Cojocariu, Two examples of unusual uses of salt in Romania
Ralph M. Rowlett, Salt and Shell-tempered Pottery in European Prehistory
Vassil Nikolov, Formation of the prehistoric urban center Provadia-Solnitsata
Gheorghe Dumitroaia, Archaeological Research in the Salt Sources Area of Lunca and Oglinzi (Neamţ County)
Alfons Fíguls, Olivier Weller, Thomas Xaver Schuhmacher, Mireia Martínez, Raül Segarra, Rosa M. Lanaspa, Marc Cots, Aitor Henestrosa, The Vall Salina: more than 6500 years of halite exploitation. Cardona, the salt of history
Gheorghe Dumitroaia, Vasile Diaconu, Dorin-Ciprian Nicola, Briquetage in the Cucuteni settlements from Moldavia (Romania)
Alfons Fíguls, Olivier Weller, Fidel Grandia, The “Vall Salina” of Cardona and the role of salt in the exchange network in the Middle Neolithic (4500-3500 BC) in Catalonia
Andrei Asăndulesei, Settlement Density around salt springs from Solca and Cacica in Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods
Ionuț Cristi Nicu, Andrei Asăndulesei, Gheorghe Romanescu, Alin Mihu-Pintilie, Vasile Cotiugă, Archaeological approaches of salted areas from Northeastern Romania
Elisa Guerra Doce, F. Javier Abarquero Moras, Germán Delibes de Castro, Brine processing at the Beaker site of Molino Sanchón II (Zamora, Spain): A technological approach
Maciej Dębiec, Thomas Saile, Tyrawa Solna. Salt, settlements and a magnetometer survey along the lower course of the Tyrawka River (SE-Poland)

Discussions

Coffee Break

Gheorghe Dumitroaia, Constantin Preoteasa, Ciprian-Dorin Nicola, Unique Cucutenian artefacts related to salt recrystallization
Robin Brigand, Olivier Weller, Neolithic territories and salt exploitation in Moldavia (Romania)
Roxana Munteanu, Sărata Monteoru: a Chalcolithic site in a Saliferous Region
Qiaowei Wei, Ceramic Management at the Salt Production Site during the early Bronze Age in the North Shandong, China
Valeriu Cavruc, The Bronze Age Salt Production Technologies in Transylvania and Maramureș
Tomaso Di Fraia, Reddish ollas and production and use of salt: an open question
Daniel Costache, Laurențiu Grigoraș, Settlements, microregions and natural resources in Bronze Age in Subcharpatians Area
Vasile Diaconu, Salt in the Bronze Age. An overview to the sub-Carpathian Moldavia (Romania)

Discussions

Coffee Break

Neculai Bolohan, Luminița Bejenaru, Alexandru Gafincu, A tiny story about salt, herding and landscape in Late Bronze Age (LBA), Eastern Romania (Work in progress)
Alfons Fíguls, Hans Reschreiter, Kerstin Kowarik, Research about the use of Hallstatt’s stone axes: Study of mechanics
Martin Hees, Salt in southwestern Germany at the end of the Iron Age
Alfonso Stiglitz, Archaeology of salt works in ancient Sardinia
Blas Castellón, Subterranean water as a source of salt. Reflections on technological variations of their use in the south of Mexico
Magda Mircea, The Sacred Salt Spring of Erechtheion, or how the Aegean Sea got to flow high on the top of Athens’ Acropolis
Wes Forsythe, The Archaeology of Salt in Ireland
Alexandru Popa, Salt vs. Limes in the eastern part of Roman province of Dacia
Shinsaku Tanaka, The development of salt industry during the state formation period
Takamune Kawashima, Kei Aoshima, Viorica Vasilache, Ion Sandu, Felix Tencariu, Archeometric analyses on briquetages from Minogahama site, Japan (ca. 6-7 century AD)
Catherine Liot, Elodie Mas, Javier Reveles, Salt, shell and obsidian. The role of salt producers- craftsmen in the sociocultural dynamic of the Sayula Basin (Mexico) between 500 and 1000 A.D.
Ashley A. Dumas, Salt Production as a Reflection of Inter-Ethnic Contact and Culture Change during Late Prehistory (A.D. 800-1100) in South Alabama, United States
Jorge Alejandro Ceja Acosta, María Luisa Martell, Archaeological observations on the salt production in Mesoamerica and other parts of the world. Technological implications
Jorge Alejandro Ceja Acosta, Braulio Pérez, Ethnoarchaeology of salt production in saltplaces from Oaxaca, Mexico
Dan Lucian Buzea, Andrea Chiricescu, The People of Salt and Experimental Archaeology

Discussions

DINNER

22.08.2015

PRESENTATIONS: 9.00-19.00

II.HISTORY

Chairman: Răzvan Pantelimon, Andrei Emilciuc

Sebastian Fink, Salinization as a trigger for historical change? The case of Mesopotamia
Nuria Morère, Salt and antiquity in the Iberian Peninsula: study perspectives
Bernard Moinier, Salt outlets: which statistical profiles in the Roman Empire?
Iulia Dumitrache, The halieutic circuit in Scythia Minor
Ioan Iațcu, Use of salt in the Christian Church of Late Antiquity: literary and archeological evidence
Mihai-Cristian Amăriuței, Ludmila Bacumenco-Pîrnău, Salt “roads” in Moldavia by the 18^th century: production, transportation, and consumption
Natalia Matveeva, Salt works in Western Siberia in the first half of 18^th century influence on the foreign affairs
Ioan Iaţcu, Salt and Economic activities on the Pruth River, from Antiquity until the Late Medieval Period
Andrei Emilciuc, Organization and functioning of salt extracting industry in Bessarabia (1812-1850)
Irina Cereş, The Export of Salt from the Principality of Moldova in the Russian Empire at the end of the XVIIIth – early XIXth century
Valentin Tomuleţ, Salt exports of Bessarabia to Ukrainian and Russian Guberniyas (1812-1850)
Mircea-Cristian Ghenghea, From Blessing to Punishment. The Salt Issue within the Romanian Space in the 19^th Century as Seen by Foreign Travellers
Valentin Arapu, The export of salt from the Country of Moldova to Poland (the second half of XVIII century – beginning of XIX century)
Răzvan Victor Pantelimon, Marine Salt Exploitation in the Coastal Area of Chile

Discussions

Coffee Break

III.HALOTHERAPY

Chairmen: Iuri Simionca

Roxana-Gabriela Curcă, Halotherapy in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
Iuri Simionca, The underground salt mine environment and therapeutic properties
Marius-Tiberiu Alexianu, Houses constructed of salt in Herodotus and Strabo: the first halo-chambers?
Roua Popescu, Cristina Nica, Mihaela Bertescu, Ovidiu Mera, Nicolae Tiganila, Mădălina Necula, Iuri Simionca, Gheorghe Stoian, New serum lipid biomarkers can be useful in bronchial asthma and speleotherapy treatment monitoring
Cristina Nica, Cristina Cercel, Mihaela Bertescu, Ovidiu Mera, Nicolae Tiganila, Rodica Rogojan, Iuri Simionca, Gheorghe Stoian, Oxidative stress biomarkers useful in bronchial asthma and speleotherapy treatment monitoring
Ioan-Sorin Stratulat, Studies regarding the balneoclimatic potential of Cacica Salt Mine, Suceava County
Maria Canache, Ion Sandu, Dan Canache, Andrei-Victor Sandu, Viorica Vasilache, Ioan Gabriel Sandu, Halotherapy and sports
Ștefana Andrei, Salina Center Iași – 5 years since we breathe healthy

Discussions

LUNCH: 14.00-15.30

IV HERITAGE

Chairmen: Katia Hueso Kortekaas, Igor Lyman, Ovidiu Mera

Gheorghe Romanescu, The distribution of resources and quality of salt in Europe
Ricardo N. Alonso, Neogene and Quaternary salt in the Central Andes (Perú, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina)
Takamune Kawashima, Ethnographical Perspective of Salt in Japan
Andrea Chiricescu, Traditional salt exploitation in south-east Transylvania
Katia Hueso Kortekaas, What factors contribute best to preserve the heritage of inland salinas in Iberia?
Arina Ceaușu, Yām HaMélah, The Sea of Salt
Martha Monzón Flores, Argelia del Carmen Montes Villalpando, Huixtocíhuatl. The Salt Goddess
Laurent Adopo Kouassi, Gheorghe Romanescu, The salt of Côte d’Ivoire (Africa)
Gustavo A. Ramírez Castilla, «Salt of the Earth». Salt Extraction and Trade in Lomas del Real (Costa de Altamira, Tamaulipas, México). A 3,000 year old tradition that is becoming extinct
Ioan Nistor, Gheorghe Romanescu, Salt in Canada-distribution and resources
Ramón Ojeda-Mestre, Tamara Montalvo-Arce, Jesús Montaño-Avilés, Maribel Patiño, Environmental care in modern salt production. An experience in Mexico

Discussions

Coffee Break

Jesús Montaño-Avilés, Baja California Sur the Queen of Salt in Mexico
Innocent Kouame Kouassi, Gheorghe Romanescu, Exploitation du sel en Afrique
Oriol Beltran Costa, La patrimonialización de las salineras de Maras (Cusco, Perú): sistemas tradicionales de producción de sal y usos turísticos
Igor Lyman, Viktoria Konstantinova, Ukrainian Traditional Salt Traders (“Chumaks”) in the North of the Sea of Azov (case study of Berdyansk district)
Ana Ilie, Salt in Romanians traditions. Notes for the intangible Heritage in the Dâmbovița County
Roxana Diaconu, Vasile Diaconu, Wooden recipients used for salt. An ethnographic approach
Ovidiu Mera, Dan Tiberiu Mera, Tudor-Gabriel Bodea, The transport of salt on vertical in Old Turda Salt Mine
Ovidiu Mera, Dan Tiberiu Mera, Tudor-Gabriel Bodea, Iuri Simionca, Mining and tourism in Turda Salt Mine

Discussions

Coffee Break

V.LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC APPROACHES

Chairmen: Mihaela Paraschiv, Adrian Poruciuc

Mihaela Paraschiv, Salt in the Opsartytique Ancient Literature
Claudia Tărnăuceanu, Testimonies in Latin Regarding Salt Exploitation in Moldavia in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Mihaela Asăndulesei, Salt Symbolism in the work of Elena Niculiță-Voronca
Peter A. Dimitrov, Indo-European Linguistics: IE Onomastics related to Salt and salt related Places
Adrian Poruciuc, Norbert Poruciuc, Salt terminology in Germanic languages
Ileana Oana Macari, The grammar of salt: morphosyntactic and morphosemantic features of salt idioms in English and Romanian
Mihaela Asăndulesei, Salt-related toponyms in the Romanian area between Carpathians and the Pruth

Discussions

CONCLUSIONS

VISIT OF THE CITY

DINNER

23.08.2015

STUDY TRIP TO THE TÂRGU OCNA SALT MINE

24.08.2015

DEPARTURE OF THE PARTICIPANTS