The Douzlākh salt deposit (region: Māhneshān, Zanjān Province, Iran) is unique for its pure and crystal rock salt and was an important supplier of culinary (‘table’) salt in Achaemenid, Sassanid and Middle Islamic times. At the same time, the site was of central importance to the economic life of the rural populations in the Talkherud Basin. This article focuses on the question of which strategies were decisive for the exploitation of the salt mountain and how a potential supra-regional interest in the culinary salt was perhaps reciprocally connected with a rural hinterland. This hinterland was recently investigated in greater detail by our ongoing research. Did a resource-scape based on salt develop with specific economic and social strategies and practices around the Douzlākh? And was this development triggered by state or imperial control and demand? These questions are being pursued from a perspective utilising a variety of subjects and methods in archaeology, archaeobiology, archaeometry and geoarchaeology. In addition to a detailed on-site artefact study, several on- and off-site datasets have been collected and analysed within a multidisciplinary framework. This article synthesises the results of a major 12-year project to identify the organisational principles and daily practices within this specific salt-scape. The sensational finds of the Douzlākh salt mummies, along with the generally outstanding preservation of organic ecofacts and artefacts, allow insights into antique lifeworlds that are otherwise hard to come by. The multidisciplinary study of on- and off-site data allows far-reaching insights into interdisciplinary topics, such as the social system, supply and logistics, or the presence of non-local or non-indigenous populations.

杜兹拉赫盐矿床（伊朗赞詹省马赫内什哈恩地区）以其纯净的结晶岩盐而闻名，是阿契美尼德王朝、萨珊王朝和中世纪伊斯兰时代食用盐（“食盐”）的重要供应地。与此同时，该地点对于塔尔赫鲁德盆地农村人口的经济生活至关重要。本文重点讨论哪些策略对于盐山的开发具有决定性作用，以及对食盐的潜在跨区域利益如何与农村腹地相互联系。我们正在进行的研究最近对这个腹地进行了更详细的调查。以盐为基础的资源景观是否随着杜兹拉赫周围特定的经济和社会战略和实践而发展？这种发展是由国家或帝国的控制和需求引发的吗？这些问题是从考古学、考古生物学、考古测量学和地质考古学的各种学科和方法的角度来探讨的。除了详细的现场文物研究之外，还在多学科框架内收集和分析了一些现场和场外数据集。本文综合了一个历时 12 年的重大项目的结果，以确定这个特定盐景观中的组织原则和日常实践。杜兹拉赫盐木乃伊的惊人发现，以及有机生态事实和手工艺品的普遍出色的保存，使人们能够深入了解以前很难获得的古代生活世界。对现场和场外数据的多学科研究可以对跨学科主题产生深远的见解，例如社会系统、供应和物流，或者非本地或非土著人口的存在。