CHRISTOPHER LOVELUCK CHRISTOPHER.LOVELUCK@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Medieval European Archaeology
Alpine ice-core evidence for the transformation of the European monetary system, AD 640-670
Loveluck, Christopher P.; McCormick, Michael; Spaulding, Nicole E.; Clifford, Heather; Handley, Michael J.; Hartman, Laura; Hoffmann, Helene; Korotkikh, Elena V.; Kurbatov, Andrei V.; More, Alexander F.; Sneed, Sharon B.; Mayewski, Paul A.
Authors
Michael McCormick
Nicole E. Spaulding
Heather Clifford
Michael J. Handley
Laura Hartman
Helene Hoffmann
Elena V. Korotkikh
Andrei V. Kurbatov
Alexander F. More
Sharon B. Sneed
Paul A. Mayewski
Abstract
© Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2018. The seventh-century AD switch from gold to silver currencies transformed the socio-economic landscape of North-west Europe. The source of silver, however, has proven elusive. Recent research, integrating ice-core data from the Colle Gnifetti drill site in the Swiss Alps, geoarchaeological records and numismatic and historical data, has provided new evidence for this transformation. Annual ice-core resolution data are combined with lead pollution analysis to demonstrate that significant new silver mining facilitated the change to silver coinage, and dates the introduction of such coinage to c. AD 660. Archaeological evidence and atmospheric modelling of lead pollution locates the probable source of the silver to mines at Melle, in France.
Citation
Loveluck, C. P., McCormick, M., Spaulding, N. E., Clifford, H., Handley, M. J., Hartman, L., …Mayewski, P. A. (2018). Alpine ice-core evidence for the transformation of the European monetary system, AD 640-670. Antiquity, 92(366), 1571-1585. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.110
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 22, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 14, 2018 |
Publication Date | Dec 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jul 13, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Antiquity |
Print ISSN | 0003-598X |
Electronic ISSN | 1745-1744 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 92 |
Issue | 366 |
Pages | 1571-1585 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.110 |
Keywords | Archaeology; General Arts and Humanities |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1114631 |
Publisher URL | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/alpine-icecore-evidence-for-the-transformation-of-the-european-monetary-system-ad-640670/0727B4230C5DA92634B6251B9FBD3898 |
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