LONGMAN, Jack; VERES, Daniel; ERSEK, Vasile; TĂMAŞ, Călin Gabriel; HALIUC, Aritina; MAGYARI, Eniko; GOGALTAN, Florin; PANAJIOTIDIS, Sampson; PAPADOPOULOU, Maria

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2024.106093

VERES, Daniel
Romanian Academy [IASI]

ERSEK, Vasile
Northumbria University [Newcastle]

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Journal of Archaeological Science. 2024-12, vol. 172, p. 106093

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Bohemia to Greece is home to some of the richest ore deposits on earth, with archaeological evidence suggesting a long history of metal use. However, the exact timing and extent of past metal processing activities remains unclear. The Middle Ages and Early Modern period (c. 500-1800 common era (CE)) in Europe, saw the expansion of metal use at an unprecedented scale, continent-wide. Here we analysed rates of past atmospheric lead (Pb) deposition in six peat bogs from Romania, Serbia and Greece. We show that after 1000 CE, the redevelopment of central European mining industry was synchronous with Pb pollution in southeastern Europe, with the onset of metal pollution occurring in the area prior to central Europe. Therefore, southeastern Europe may have led regional mining developments, with technological advances rapidly shifting from east to west through the Middle Ages. This indicates how southeastern Europe should be included in future discussions of Middle Age metallurgy not simply as a contributor, but at times as a leader in metal production.< Leer menos

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2024.106093

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EPOC : Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux - UMR 5805

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Central-Eastern Europe as a centre of Middle Ages extractive metallurgy

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