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Next generation ice core technology reveals true minimum natural levels of lead (Pb) in the atmosphere: insights from the Black Death (2017)
Journal Article
More, A. F., Spaulding, N. E., Bohleber, P., Handley, M. J., Hoffmann, H., Korotkikh, E. V., …Mayewski, P. A. (2017). Next generation ice core technology reveals true minimum natural levels of lead (Pb) in the atmosphere: insights from the Black Death. GeoHealth, 1(4), 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GH000064

Current policies to reduce lead pollution in the air are based on the assumption that pre-industrial levels of lead in the air were negligible, safe or non-existent. This trans-disciplinary article shows that this is not the case, using ‘next-generat... Read More about Next generation ice core technology reveals true minimum natural levels of lead (Pb) in the atmosphere: insights from the Black Death.

The Dynamics of Portable Wealth, Social Status and Competition in the Ports, Coastal Zones and River Corridors of Northwest Europe, c. AD 650-1100 (2017)
Book Chapter
Loveluck, C. (2017). The Dynamics of Portable Wealth, Social Status and Competition in the Ports, Coastal Zones and River Corridors of Northwest Europe, c. AD 650-1100. In V. Loré, G. Bührer-Thierry, & R. Le Jan (Eds.), Acquérir, prélever, contrôler: les ressources en compétition (400-1100) (299-322). Brepols Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.HAMA-EB.5.112183

Possession of portable wealth among the connected communities of ports, coasts and river valleys in early medieval northwest Europe reflected a complex web of social relationships of different kinds. It reflected competition in some circumstances, an... Read More about The Dynamics of Portable Wealth, Social Status and Competition in the Ports, Coastal Zones and River Corridors of Northwest Europe, c. AD 650-1100.