Record of human activities in the Pb isotopes signatures of coastal sediments from the Roman archaeological site of Cala Francese, Cape Corsica (France)
Nathalie Fagel
(1)
,
Marine Lechenault
(2, 3)
,
Francois Fontaine
(1)
,
Elisa Pleuger
(1)
,
Joel Otten
(1)
,
Mohammed Allan
(1)
,
Matthieu Ghilardi
(4)
,
Nadine Mattielli
(5)
,
Jean-Philippe Goiran
(6)
1
AGEs -
Argiles, Géochimie et Environnements sédimentaires - AGES (Liège, Belgium)
2 HiSoMA - Histoire et Sources des Mondes antiques
3 ASM - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes
4 CEREGE - Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l'environnement
5 Laboratoire Géochimie, Traçage Isotopique, Minéral et élémentaire - G-Time (Bruxelles, Belgium)
6 Archéorient - ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien
2 HiSoMA - Histoire et Sources des Mondes antiques
3 ASM - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes
4 CEREGE - Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l'environnement
5 Laboratoire Géochimie, Traçage Isotopique, Minéral et élémentaire - G-Time (Bruxelles, Belgium)
6 Archéorient - ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien
Nathalie Fagel
- Fonction : Auteur
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Francois Fontaine
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 743179
- IdHAL : francois-fontaine
- ORCID : 0000-0002-7408-5129
- IdRef : 059350687
Matthieu Ghilardi
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 745805
- IdHAL : matthieu-ghilardi
- IdRef : 111321743
Jean-Philippe Goiran
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1930
- IdHAL : jean-philippe-goiran
- ORCID : 0000-0003-4797-5799
- IdRef : 059908459
Résumé
The Mediterranean margins were characterized by intense maritime commercial exchanges since Antiquity. We conducted a lead isotope study of coastal sediments from Cala Francese, a Roman archaeological site at Cape Corsica (France) with the aim of evaluating the environmental contamination of lead over the historical period. The Pb content and isotope composition have been measured on the upper sections of three sedimentary columns. According to a radiocarbon chronological framework, the sampling interval covers the last ~ 3500 to 4000 years. Our results indicate that Pb enrichments in the Cala Francese sediments began during the Roman period and changes in the corresponding Pb isotope signatures are consistent with human perturbations of the local environment since the Roman period. Based on a literature compilation of the potential Pb mining districts, we discuss the sources of the Pb contamination. In addition to recording the signature of global atmospheric pollution in the upper samples, the Cala Francese site records a local contamination due to Roman occupation, as indicated by the occurrence of potsherds. The Miocene Pb mining districts from Cartagena and Mazaron in SE Spain are identified as the most probable sources of the local contamination, and are consistent with the archaeological information of the Roman trade routes.
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Record of human activities in the Pb isotopes signatures of coastal sediments from the Roman archaeological site of Cala Francese, Cape Corsica (France)
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Résumé |
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The Mediterranean margins were characterized by intense maritime commercial exchanges since Antiquity. We conducted a lead isotope study of coastal sediments from Cala Francese, a Roman archaeological site at Cape Corsica (France) with the aim of evaluating the environmental contamination of lead over the historical period. The Pb content and isotope composition have been measured on the upper sections of three sedimentary columns. According to a radiocarbon chronological framework, the sampling interval covers the last ~ 3500 to 4000 years. Our results indicate that Pb enrichments in the Cala Francese sediments began during the Roman period and changes in the corresponding Pb isotope signatures are consistent with human perturbations of the local environment since the Roman period. Based on a literature compilation of the potential Pb mining districts, we discuss the sources of the Pb contamination. In addition to recording the signature of global atmospheric pollution in the upper samples, the Cala Francese site records a local contamination due to Roman occupation, as indicated by the occurrence of potsherds. The Miocene Pb mining districts from Cartagena and Mazaron in SE Spain are identified as the most probable sources of the local contamination, and are consistent with the archaeological information of the Roman trade routes.
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Auteur(s) |
Nathalie Fagel
1
, Marine Lechenault
2, 3
, Francois Fontaine
1
, Elisa Pleuger
1
, Joel Otten
1
, Mohammed Allan
1
, Matthieu Ghilardi
4
, Nadine Mattielli
5
, Jean-Philippe Goiran
6
1
AGEs -
Argiles, Géochimie et Environnements sédimentaires - AGES (Liège, Belgium)
( 237177 )
- Belgique
2
HiSoMA -
Histoire et Sources des Mondes antiques
( 670 )
- 7 rue Raulin 69365 Lyon cédex 07
- France
3
ASM -
Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes
( 86793 )
- Route de Mende
Université Paul Valéry-Montpellier 3
34199 MONTPELLIER Cedex
- France
4
CEREGE -
Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l'environnement
( 1002357 )
- Europôle Méditerranéen de l'Arbois - Avenue Louis Philibert - BP 80 - 13545 Aix-en-Provence cedex 4
- France
5
Laboratoire Géochimie, Traçage Isotopique, Minéral et élémentaire - G-Time (Bruxelles, Belgium)
( 302974 )
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- France
6
Archéorient -
ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien
( 619 )
- Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean-Pouilloux 7 rue Raulin 69365 LYON Cedex 07
- France
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2017-04
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Volume |
12
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Page/Identifiant |
770-781
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Mots-clés |
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Pb isotopes, Coastal sediment, Environmental contamination, Last millennia, Roman trade routes, Geoarchaeology
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DOI | 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.08.002 |
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