Impact of ancient metal smelting on arsenic pollution in the Pecora River Valley, Southern Tuscany, Italy

Costagliola, Pilario; Benvenuti, Marco; Chiarantini, Laura; Bianchi, S.; Benedetto, Francesco Di; Paolieri, Mario; Rossato, Luca

doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.01.005

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“…For a detailed mineralogical and geological description, the reader is referred to Costagliola et al (2004Costagliola et al ( , 2008Costagliola et al ( , 2010, Di Benedetto et al (2006), andBenvenuti et al (2009).…”

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confidence: 98%

Arsenic uptake by natural calcite: An XAS study

Bardelli

Benvenuti

Costagliola

et al. 2011

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

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Section: Background Information For Natural Samplesmentioning

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Arsenic uptake by natural calcite: An XAS study

Bardelli

Benvenuti

Costagliola

et al. 2011

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

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“…Thus, the Tuscan mining district (Italy), which is primarily known for its Etruscan and Medieval activities (Chiarantini et al 2009;Costagliola et al 2008), appears to be a good candidate for the provenance of the copper of the lunulae from group A(I). The discovery of a copper ingot related to the Early Bronze Age near Serrabottini (Massa Marittima, Tuscany) proves that this mining district was in all likelihood exploited earlier (Aranguren and Sozzi 2005;Aranguren et al 2007).…”

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Provenance of Early Bronze Age metal artefacts in Western Switzerland using elemental and lead isotopic compositions and their possible relation with copper minerals of the nearby Valais

Cattin

Guénette-Beck

Curdy³

et al. 2011

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Ten Early Bronze Age (BzA1, 2200-2000 BC) copper artefacts from the central Valais region from Switzerland were studied for their elemental composition and lead isotope ratios. In order to answer the archaeological question of a local copper supply, a database for copper minerals across the Valais (Switzerland) has been established. This database contains 69 data on lead isotope ratios as well as additional information on the minerals and geochemical associations for copper minerals from 38 locations in the Valais. Comparisons of the artefacts were also made with data pertaining to minerals from various deposits from Europe and Anatolia taken from the literature. The provenance of the materials is very diverse. Some of the data are compatible with the data from the copper mineral deposits of the Valais region. Moreover, three copper lunulae were identified as possibly Tuscan, which demonstrates contacts between Italy and the Valais region. This pattern also establishes a multiplicity of provenances for the metal and cultural influences in the Alpine environment of the Rhone Valley of Switzerland at the beginning of the Early Bronze Age.

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“…Amiata geothermal fields (Batini et al, 2003 and references therein) and a large number of gas(CO 2 -H 2 S)-rich thermo-mineral springs (Minissale, 2004;Minissale et al, 1997, and references therein). This tectonic setting results from the convergence and collision (CretaceousEarly Miocene) between the Adria Plate and the SardiniaCorsica Massif with the consequent stacking of the tectonic units and their subsequent compression (to the East) and extension (to the West) from the Early-Middle Miocene to Present (Elter et al, 1975;Carmignani et al, 1995Carmignani et al, , 2001, and references therein) and late-Apenninic magmatism Lattanzi et al, 1994;Costagliola et al, 2008). Historically-exploited base metal-sulfur ore deposits and S-bearing mineralizations that form the mining district of Colline Metallifere, are hosted within sedimentary and Palaezoic (phyllites) and Triassic (dolostone and gypsum/anhydrite) rocks that are covered by Ligurian Units produced by an extensional detachment occurring in Middle-Late Miocene (Arisi Rota and Vighi, 1971;.…”

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confidence: 99%