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Historical mining and smelting in the Vosges Mountains (France) recorded in two ombrotrophic peat bogs

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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.
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hal-00512409 , version 1 (15-06-2020)

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Benoît Forel, Fabrice Monna, Christophe Petit, Olivier Bruguier, R. Losno, et al.. Historical mining and smelting in the Vosges Mountains (France) recorded in two ombrotrophic peat bogs. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2010, 107 (1), pp.9-20. ⟨10.1016/j.gexplo.2010.05.004⟩. ⟨hal-00512409⟩
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