Photo: McKillop et al., Antiquity 2022 Recent excavations of submerged Maya salt kitchens off the coast of Belize indicate that their ancient workers lived on the sites and possibly worked in kin ...

The recent discovery of ancient salt kitchens, found underwater in a Belize national park, is giving archaeologists new insight about the role of salt in the Mayan economy. In a study published in ...

Underwater archaeology excavations in a Belize lagoon discovered ancient Mayan salt kitchens showing families working from home, study says. Photo from Louisiana State University Salt is a dinner ...

But, unlike most households today, ancient Mayans produced salt in kitchens at their homes, according to findings from Belize. Archaeologists mapped one of the largest ancient Mayans salt kitchens ...