The Salt of the Earth: Ethnoarchaeology of Salt Production
The present study offers new information on salt production in Michoacan,broadening our perspectives on the role played by common salt,or sodium chloride,in the cultural development of the pre-Hispanic Tarascan state. The research on which this book is based began in with an interdisciplinary perspective that combines archaeological,ethnographic,and ethnohistorical approaches,as well as oral history. The geographical areas where fieldwork was conducted by the author were the eastern part of the L