Working in the Salt Mine: Native American Salt Mining In Arizona – Payson
Church of the Holy Nativity 1414 Easy Street, Payson, AZ, United StatesSalt has been a valuable trade item throughout human history. Native American salt procurement in the Southwest involved dangerous journeys across sacred landscapes associated with a deity called Salt Woman. This presentation describes the history of a famous salt mine in Camp Verde, Arizona, where prehistoric Sinagua tools used for mining salt were discovered in […]