salignon

OBS: Le puits salant peut être une fontaine ou une autre source salée.

CONT: Less visible on the modern landscape is production [of salt] by evaporation of brine in pots over fires, a technique that leaves ""briquetage."" This is a term that archaeologists use worldwide to describe the broken pots used for evaporating brine over fires. ... At Sacapulas, brine collected from a spring is poured through salty soil in large containers with holes in the bottom to enrich the salt content of the brine. The enriched brine is then poured into a couple of dozen open bowls elevated above a slow fire on a table inside a building. By continuously pouring brine into the bowls, the water slowly evaporates, and loose salt fills the bowls; the salt is then transferred into a large jar. Sometimes salt is further heated to form solid cakes, in which case the bowls must be broken to extract the salt cakes.
OBS: salt cake; salt loaf: designations usually used in the plural.
OBS: salt loaf: The plural form is ""salt loaves.""