Alpine ice-core evidence for the transformation of the European monetary system, AD 640-670
© 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 Swis...
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ftunnottinghamrr:oai:nottingham-repository.worktribe.com:1114631 2023-05-15T16:38:39+02:00 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. 2018-11-14 https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.110 https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/file/1114631/1/Alpine%20ice-core%20evidence%20for%20the%20transformation https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1114631 unknown Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1114631 Antiquity Volume 92 Issue 366 Pagination 1571-1585 doi:https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.110 https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/file/1114631/1/Alpine%20ice-core%20evidence%20for%20the%20transformation 0003-598X doi:10.15184/aqy.2018.110 openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY Archaeology General Arts and Humanities Journal Article publishedVersion 2018 ftunnottinghamrr https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2018.110 2022-10-13T22:12:02Z © 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper ice core University of Nottingham: Repository@Nottingham Antiquity 92 366 1571 1585 |
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© 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Alpine ice-core evidence for the transformation of the European monetary system, AD 640-670 |
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Alpine ice-core evidence for the transformation of the European monetary system, AD 640-670 |
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Alpine ice-core evidence for the transformation of the European monetary system, AD 640-670 |
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Alpine ice-core evidence for the transformation of the European monetary system, AD 640-670 |
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Alpine ice-core evidence for the transformation of the European monetary system, AD 640-670 |
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