This article summarizes the available information on salt production on the Croatian coast in antiquity. In the Roman world, salt was produced by urban settlements, villas and fish-salting facilities. The majority of Roman villas on the eastern Adriatic shore likely had their own saltpans, from where they extracted salt for their own needs. Salt exploitation and the making of fish sauces were closely related. For the moment, we lack clear evidence of fish processing facilities on the eastern Adriatic coast. Nevertheless, we can imagine that numerous Roman fishponds were connected to salt production sites. Locally produced fish-salting amphorae also provide indirect archaeological evidence of fish processing. Because of the still low anthropization of large parts of the Croatian shore, many archaeological remains of historical saltpans, both underwater and on the coast, survive to the present day, which makes the Croatian shore an exceptional location for studying the history of salt production in the Mediterranean. A first synthesis of the archaeological investigations conducted on saltpan sites in Croatia is presented. Ongoing research will hopefully soon provide further interesting elements about the salt history of this area.

本文总结了古代克罗地亚海岸盐生产的可用信息。在罗马世界，盐是由城市定居点、别墅和鱼盐设施生产的。亚得里亚海东部海岸的大多数罗马别墅可能都有自己的盐田，他们从那里提取盐以满足自己的需要。盐的开采与鱼酱的制作密切相关。目前，我们缺乏亚得里亚海东部海岸鱼类加工设施的明确证据。尽管如此，我们可以想象许多罗马鱼塘与盐生产地点相连。当地生产的咸鱼双耳罐也提供了鱼类加工的间接考古证据。由于克罗地亚海岸大部分地区的人类化程度仍然很低，许多历史盐田的考古遗迹，无论是在水下还是在海岸上，都存在至今，这使得克罗地亚海岸成为研究地中海盐生产历史的绝佳地点。介绍了对克罗地亚盐田遗址进行的考古调查的第一次综合。正在进行的研究有望很快提供有关该地区盐史的更多有趣元素。