A Roman provincial city and its contamination legacy from artisanal and daily-life activities.

Roman metal use and related extraction activities resulted in heavy metal pollution and contamination, in particular of Pb near ancient mines and harbors, as well as producing a global atmospheric impact. New evidence from ancient Gerasa (Jerash), Jordan, suggests that small-scale but intense Roman,...

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Main Authors: Genevieve Holdridge, Søren M Kristiansen, Gry H Barfod, Tim C Kinnaird, Achim Lichtenberger, Jesper Olsen, Bente Philippsen, Rubina Raja, Ian Simpson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251923&type=printable