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No, salt is readily available in parts of the southwest and they could have traded for it via the same long distance trade networks they used for other goods. T
by AlotOfReading 3y ago
No, salt is readily available in parts of the southwest and they could have traded for it via the same long distance trade networks they used for other goods. The salt pilgrimages were intensely religious.
The people of the southwest struggled with other nutritional deficits though. Lysine deficiencies, anemia, and scurvy were all present at fairly high rates throughout the population, especially in children.