An Imperial Legacy? An Exploration of the environmental impact of ancient metal mining and smelting in southern Jordan
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Registry Institute of Geography & Earth Sciences Quaternary Environmental Change Group |
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09/08/2006
09/08/2006
2000
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Resumo |
Pyatt, B. Gilmore, G. Grattan, J. Hunt, C. McLaren, S. An imperial legacy? An exploration of the environmental impact of ancient metal mining and smelting in southern Jordan. Journal of Archaeological Science. 2000. 27 pp 771-778 Extensive wastes from the copper mining and smelting activities of the Nabatean, Roman and Byzantine periods in the Wadi Faynan in the southern Jordanian desert continue to exert a profound influence upon the environment, mainly through processes of bioaccumulation. It is suggested that in antiquity both producers and consumers (plants and animals) would have similarly been subjected to enhanced bioaccumulation of potentially toxic heavy metals such as lead and copper, whose consequences are explored in this account. Peer reviewed |
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Pyatt , B , Gilmore , G , Grattan , J , Hunt , C & McLaren , S 2000 , ' An Imperial Legacy? An Exploration of the environmental impact of ancient metal mining and smelting in southern Jordan ' Journal of Archaeological Science , vol 27 , no. 9 , pp. 771-778 . DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0580 0305-4403 PURE: 70304 PURE UUID: bc6ca9c9-87f0-4642-b6b7-564abca0e829 dspace: 2160/232 |
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eng |
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Journal of Archaeological Science |
Palavras-Chave | #Jordan #Nabatean #Roman #Byzantine #Bioaccumulation #Partitioning #Environmental Pollution #Lead #Copper |
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