Working in the Salt Mine: Ancient and Historic Mining of Salt in Arizona (Sedona)
Working in the Salt Mine: Ancient and Historic Mining of Salt in Arizona (Sedona)
Salt has been a valuable trade item throughout human history. Native American salt procurement in the Southwest involved dangerous journeys across sacred landscapes associated with the deity Salt Woman. This presentation focuses on the prehistory of a famous salt mine in what is now known as Camp Verde. In the 1920s, miners discovered prehistoric salt-mining […]