PhysOrg.com [USA], November 29, 2010
French archeologists have recently provided proof that the Duzdagi salt
deposits, situated in the Araxes Valley in Azerbaijan, were already
being exploited from the second half of the 5th millennium BC. It is
therefore the most ancient exploitation of rock salt attested to date.
And, to the researchers' surprise, intensive salt production was carried
out in this mine at least as early as 3500 BC. This work, conducted in
collaboration with the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and
published on 1st December 2010 in the journal TUBA-AR, should help to
elucidate how the first complex civilizations, which emerged between
4500 BC and 3500 BC in the Caucasus, were organized.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-oldest-salt-date-azerbaijan.html
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