SALT & POWER
EARLY STATES, ROME AND RESOURCE CONTROL
The SALT & POWER project
The Salt and Power project is a four-year project based at the Groningen Institute of Archaeology and funded by the Dutch Research Council (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek).
Start date – 1st of November 2021
End date – 28th of February 2026
Host institution – Groningen Institute of Archaeology
International partner – La Sapienza University (Rome), Tor Vergata University (Rome)
The importance of salt
Salt is indispensable to society, past and present. Human and animal health depend on this resource
Problem description and research question
How was the salt produced in the Bronze and Iron ages, and by whom?
Meet Our Team
Latest Publications
Production and Demand of Salt in Ancient Italy from the Bronze Age to the Roman Period
Attema P., Alessandri L., Bulian F., Sevink J., Sotgia A., 2025, Production and Demand of Salt in Ancient Italy from the Bronze Age to the Roman Period, in Eubanks, P.N., Dumas, A.A., McKillop, H., Alexianu, M. (eds) Meridians of Salt. Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology, Springer, Cham DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-96692-7_11
Drone-based laser scanning for improved archaeological surveys in heavily vegetated zones: A Roman coastline case study
Alessandri L., Baiocchi V., Guarnieri A., Ciardulli A.M., 2025, Drone-based laser scanning for improved archaeological surveys in heavily vegetated zones: A Roman coastline case study., IEEE 12th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace), p. 838-842, DOI 10.1109/MetroAeroSpace64938.2025.11114655
From pencil to pixel: assessing Ceramatic 2.0 against manual and laser-aided techniques in archaeological pottery documentation
Alessandri L., Cardarelli L., Cesaretti A., Dan R., Fiorillo A., Sotgia A., Cusimano L., Della Sala G.A., Gianni V., Rossi C., 2025, From pencil to pixel: assessing Ceramatic 2.0 against manual and laser-aided techniques in archaeological pottery documentation, Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, DOI 10.1016/j.daach.2025.e00435
Archaeomagnetic Dating of Roman Iron Age Kilns
Bonilla Alba, R., Di Chiara, A., Alessandri, L., Cusimano, L., Della Sala, G. A., Fiorillo, A., Gianni, V., Rossi, C., Sotgia, A., and Florindo, F. 2025, Archaeomagnetic Dating of Roman Iron Age Kilns, EGU25-19529, DOI 10.5194/egusphere-egu25-19529
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