Lead concentrations in bones from a Neolithic long barrow |
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| Authors: | Juliet Rogers Tony Waldron |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW UK;2. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WCIE 7HT UK |
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| Abstract: | Lead concentrations were determined in ribs obtained from the Neolithic long barrow at Hazelton and compared with those in a series of modern bones. The mean lead concentration in the neolithic material was about two-and-a-half times less than the contemporary mean indicating that human activity has considerably increased the human body burden of lead. |
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| Keywords: | lead bones neolithic contemporary body burden |
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