c. 5,800 BCE
Technology
Eastern Europe
Salt production by brine boiling
Communities at Poiana Slatinei evaporated salt springs in coarse pots.
Why it mattered
Salt preserved food and became an early traded commodity.
Stone Age
5,800 BCE
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