考古所见莱州湾南岸地区元明时期制盐工艺

Salt Making Process on the South Bank of Laizhou Bay during Yuan and Ming Dynasty from Archeological Study

本文介绍了莱州湾南岸地区考古调查发现的元明时期盐业遗址情况,重点介绍了考古发掘出的地下卤水坑井、过滤沟、沉淀坑、盐灶以及盐工居住的房屋等遗存,并根据这些遗存复原了该地区包括制盐季节、原料、取卤与制卤方式、煮盐方式与场所在内的制盐工艺流程。通过对传世文献记录的梳理和比较,发现莱州湾南岸元明时期制盐工艺流程比较特殊,无论是制盐原料来源、取卤与制卤方式、盐灶,还是成盐过程,与已有的文献记录都有区别。

The paper introduces the salt relics on the south bank of Laizhou bay during Yuan and Ming Dynasty from archeological study, focuses on the unearthed brine well, filter ditch, settling hollow, salt stove, houses that salt workers lived in and other relics. Based on these relics, the paper restores salt making process including salt making season, sources, brine acquirement and brine making mode, salt cooking mode and places. Compared with the files and records that handed down, the author finds that the salt making process on the south bank of Laizhou bay during Yuan and Ming Dynasty are unique, for its sources, brine acquirement or salt making process are different from the existing files.