盐源县盐棚山盐业遗存初步分析与研究

Preliminary Analysis and Research on the Salt Production Site of Yanpengshan, Yanyuan County

盐棚山遗址发现了盐灶、木缸、铁盆、筒口锅等制盐遗物,确认了制盐地点、上下尖子、卤水池等制盐相关设施,揭示了该遗址是一个有着不同功能分区的盐业遗址。目前盐棚山遗址盐业遗存的时代上限可能在元代,元代以后随着规模的扩大,熬盐中心转移至沟口。盐矿、卤水、铁锅等标本的实验室分析表明当地盐业发生与发展有着优越的资源条件和独特的铁锅制作技术。盐棚山制盐遗存以实物资料丰富了盐源地区盐业工艺传统和盐业史研究,为四川地区元代盐业研究提供了重要的考古资料。

At Yanpengshan,various implements for salt processing have been found including salt cookers, wooden cylinders, iron basins, and cylindrical iron pots, proving that this was a salt production site, as does the presence of salt processing structures such as brine pools and other installations, showing that this was a salt processing site with a complex internal structure. At present, it seems that the upper temporal limit for salt production at Yanpengshan site may be the Yuan Dynasty, expanding in size during the Yuan until the salt processing facilities were translocated to Goukou. Salt mines, brine, iron pots and other items show that salt processing at the site was very developed with superior local resources and processing technology. The remains of the salt production site of Yanpengshan contribute a rich source of evidence for research on the salt industry of Yanyuan, furthermore contributing important archaeological evidence for the salt industry of Sichuan during the Yuan Dynasty.