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Historical mining and smelting in the Vosges Mountains (France) recorded in two ombrotrophic peat bogs |
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| Authors: | B Forel F Monna C Petit O Bruguier R Losno P Fluck C Begeot H Richard V Bichet C Chateau |
| Institution: | 1. Laboratoire ARTéHIS, UMR 5594 CNRS, Culture Université de Bourgogne, UFR SVTE, 6 bd Gabriel, F-21000 Dijon, France;2. Géosciences Montpellier, UMR 5243 CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, CC 60, Place Eugène Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France;3. LISA, Universités Paris 7, Paris 12, CNRS, Faculté des Sciences, 61 av. du Gal de Gaulle F-94010 Créteil Cedex, France;4. CRESAT, UHA, 10 rue des frères Lumière, F-68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France;5. Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement, UMR 6249 CNRS, Université de Franche-Comté, UFR Sciences et Techniques, 16 route de Gray F-25030 Besançon Cedex, France;6. Université de Bourgogne, UFR SVTE, 6 bd Gabriel, F-21000 Dijon, France |
| Abstract: | Two peat sequences were sampled in the vicinity of the main mining districts of the Vosges Mountains: Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines and Plancher-les-Mines. Lead isotopic compositions and excess lead fluxes were calculated for each of these radiocarbon-dated sequences. Geochemical records are in very good agreement with the mining history of the area, well known over the last millennium. Except for an anomaly corresponding to the Middle Bronze Age which has not yet been resolved, there is no clear geochemical evidence of local metal production in the Vosges before the 10th century as excess lead deposition archived between 500 BC and 500 AD is attributed to long-range transport of polluted particulate matter. The approach described here can be applied to other mining districts where archaeological evidence is scarce or even lacking, but where past exploitation is suspected. |
| Keywords: | Environment Pollution Geochemistry Archaeology Lead isotopes Peat Mining Metal Vosges Medieval |
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