New materials for the recognition of salt production in the Neolithic, Bronze and the Early Iron Age in western Lesser Poland : a case study of site No. 15 in Kraków-Bieżanów in the context of other archaeological sites in this region

In the following paper the author discusses ceramic materials and non-portable features associated with salt production, which were discovered at site 15 in Kraków-Bieżanów, as well as those found at other sites in western Lesser Poland, and dated back to the Neolithic, Bronze Age and early Iron Age. To certain extend, presented materials comply with the scheme of the development of local salt production that was proposed in 1970s. However, the majority of them belongs to cultural entities, whose communities until now have not been identified with salt production. This is particularly relevant in the case of the Mierzanowice culture, Trzciniec culture and early phases of the Lusatian culture.