Mining

Medieval documents help locate Roman fort

601 CE and Earlier | Archaeology | BBC News | English | Mining | Roman
Archaeologists working on the excavation of a Roman fort near Calstock in Cornwall credit references to silver smelting in medieval documents for helping to locate the site.

Medieval Heavy Metal Pollution Still An Issue

French | Medicine | Metalworking | Mining | Modern Society
Scientists have tracked down the source of heavy metal pollution on a site in Northern France to the remains of medieval metallurgical workshops.
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