The Last Grain of Salt. Results and Stories from the Salt and Power Project
Saturday 18th of April 2026
Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR)
Via Omero 10/12 – Rome
PROGRAM
15:00 Introduction, the site of Piscina Torta
Attema, Alessandri
15:40 Experimental archaeology in Nazzano
Sotgia, Fischetti
16:10 coffee break
16:30 The video Salt and fire: the Nazzano experiment
Presentation with the authors, Damiani and Di Pietro
17:00 The comic Salt doesn’t wait for dreams
Presentation with the authors, Schreiner and Piacentini
17:30 Conclusions
Alessandri, Attema, Sotgia
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11.3.2026 The workshop poster can be downloaded here
The last grain of salt
The Last Grain of Salt. Results and Stories from the Salt and Power Project Saturday 18th of April 2026 Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR) Via Omero 10/12 - [...]
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
Salt Production, Trade and Consumption in European Pre-Industrial Societies: Analytical Methods and Socioeconomic Contexts
Alessandri L., Bulian F., Attema P., Sevink J. 2025, Salt Production, Trade and Consumption in European Pre-Industrial Societies: Analytical Methods and Socioeconomic Contexts, Quaternary Science Review, 356, DOI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109291
Bronze Age to Roman period salt production in the coastal areas of peninsular Italy: Palaeoenvironments, production methods and archaeological evidence
Bulian F., Alessandri L., Attema P., Sevink J. 2024, Bronze Age to Roman period salt production in the coastal areas of peninsular Italy: Palaeoenvironments, production methods and archaeological evidence, Quaternary Science Review, 344, DOI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108930
A review of available analytical methods to detect ancient salt production
Alessandri L., Sottili G., Belardelli C. 2024, A review of available analytical methods to detect ancient salt production, Quaternary Science Review 338, 2024, DOI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108809
Studying Coastal Resources and Resource Control in the Context of Early State Formation on the Tyrrhenian Coast (Italy)
Attema P. A. J., Alessandri L., Bulian F., De Neef W., Sevink J. Studying Coastal Resources and Resource Control in the Context of Early State Formation on the Tyrrhenian Coast (Italy), in Pirson F., Schütt B., Schulz T. (eds), Tagungen und Kongresse 3, p. 59-65, DOI (book) 10.34780/b573-qb3b
Salt Production in Central Italy and Social Network Analysis Centrality Measures: An Exploratory Approach
Fulminante, Francesca and Alessandri, Luca. "Salt Production in Central Italy and Social Network Analysis Centrality Measures: An Exploratory Approach" Open Archaeology, vol. 10, no. 1, 2024, pp. 20240003. https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2024-0003
Salt in Late Iron Age Italy. A multidisciplinary approach to the exploration of Italy’s coastal exploitation sites: Piscina Torta (Ostia, Rome) case study
Alessandri L., Attema P. A. J., Bulian F., Sevink J., De Neef W., Baiocchi V., Rolfo M. F., Cifani G., Ceccato Z. L. A., Cusimano L., De Vos M., Di Giacomo L., Fiorillo A., Gianni V., Improta C., Rossi C., Ter Horst Y., Vagliviello S., Salt in Late Iron Age Italy. A multidisciplinary approach to the exploration of Italy’s coastal exploitation sites: Piscina Torta (Ostia, Rome) case study, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DOI j.jasrep.2023.104361
Low-cost GPS/GNSS Real Time Kinematic receiver to build a cartographic grid on the ground for an archaeological survey at Piscina Torta (Italy)
Alessandri L., Baiocchi V., Monti F., Cusimano L., Fiorillo A., Gianni V., Rossi C., Attema P. A. J., Rolfo M. F., Low-cost GPS/GNSS Real Time Kinematic receiver to build a cartographic grid on the ground for an archaeological survey at Piscina Torta (Italy), ACTA IMEKO, 12(4) DOI 10.21014/actaimeko.v12i4.1561
