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Published online 13 January 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040112-1
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Unearthing the past
French peat bog reveals thousands of years of mining pollution.
Scientists have reconstructed the environmental history of a Celtic mining town by digging through a peat bog near Dijon in France in search of lead residues and pollen grains1.
Their results confirm some historical theories about the settlement says Fabrice Monna from the University of Bourgogne in Dijon, who led the study.
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