The first history by Elizabeth Rively (historian of burial) is now available at The Elizabeths. (She is the maddest of the Elizabeths and you can learn a little about her here.) This Elizabeth writes of earth and the things it carries, and you’ll find this in The History of Salt.

For more on The Elizabeths, an ongoing experiment in conjectural sensual historiography, check out the main project site.