Roman-era alluvial waste in the Vistre de la Fontaine (Nîmes, southeast France)
From a sacred spring to a contaminated river
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The excavation of a palaeochannel at the Vistre de la Fontaine 2-2 archaeological site, 3 km downstream from the ancient city of Nîmes (southeastern France), provided an accumulation sequence covering the last 2,500 years. Trace metal analyses of these alluvial sediments disclosed lead (Pb) contamination during the Early Roman Empire, with concentrations close to 1,000 ppm, a factor of 100 above the local geochemical background. This excess of Pb shows a uniform isotopic signature that may reflect unchanged ore sources, perhaps from the Massif Central or from Great Britain. The Pb peak accompanied visible waste that was transported in the sediments of the Vistre de la Fontaine at the time of the development of the Nîmes urban water supply and drainage network during the Early Roman Empire. This research shows the bimillennial persistence of palaeo-contamination in a peri-urban alluvial plain and the relevance of fluvial sedimentary archives in documenting ancient waste
Alluvial fan · Alluvial plain · Alluvium · Archaeology · Fluvial · Geochemistry · Geography · Geomorphology · Massif · Sedimentary rock · Spring (device · Structural basin · Tributary · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Heavy metals in environment · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology
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