Home›Sources›The Earliest Salt Production in the World: An Early Neolithic Exploitation in Poiana Slatinei-Lunca, Romania (Antiquity)SourcesThe Earliest Salt Production in the World: An Early Neolithic Exploitation in Poiana Slatinei-Lunca, Romania (Antiquity)Academic Journal ArticleCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextFood and Drink Atlas. "The Earliest Salt Production in the World: An Early Neolithic Exploitation in Poiana Slatinei-Lunca, Romania (Antiquity)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://food.interactiveatlas.org/sources/antiquity-weller-poianaslatinei-2005.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextFood and Drink Atlas. (n.d.). The Earliest Salt Production in the World: An Early Neolithic Exploitation in Poiana Slatinei-Lunca, Romania (Antiquity). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://food.interactiveatlas.org/sources/antiquity-weller-poianaslatinei-2005Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{foodanddrinkatlas-the-earliest-salt-production-in-the-worl, author = {Food and Drink Atlas}, title = {The Earliest Salt Production in the World: An Early Neolithic Exploitation in Poiana Slatinei-Lunca, Romania (Antiquity)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://food.interactiveatlas.org/sources/antiquity-weller-poianaslatinei-2005}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedA 2005 Antiquity Project Gallery report by Olivier Weller and Gheorghe Dumitroaia on the Poiana Slatinei salt spring site at Lunca, Romania, presenting Early Neolithic salt production hearths radiocarbon dated to roughly 6050 to 5500 BCE, the earliest known salt exploitation in Europe.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (8 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedAntiquity Publications LtdURLWell-attestedhttps://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/weller306/Source TypeWell-attestedreferenceSourcesThe Earliest Salt Production in the World: An Early Neolithic Exploitation in Poiana Slatinei-Lunca, Romania (Antiquity)Antiquity Publications LtdView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (8 claims)This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicFood Traditions, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.Well-attested7Food TraditionsSalt Curing, Smoking and DryingSourcesThe Earliest Salt Production in the World: An Early Neolithic Exploitation in Poiana Slatinei-Lunca, Romania (Antiquity)General References1Food TraditionsSalt Curing, Smoking and DryingComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year