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449413 
Journal Article 
Lead pollution in antique Savoy (2nd-3rd centuries AD) in relation with a metallurgical settlement of the city of Vienne 
Arnaud, F; Serralongue, J; Winiarski, T; Desmet, M; Paterne, M 
2006 
1 
Comptes Rendus Geoscience
ISSN: 1631-0713 
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER 
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX 
338 
4 
244-252 
English 
WOS:000237000200005 
In Lake Anterne (NW French Alps), the Roman period is characterised by a lead contamination more important than that of the 1970s, due to the use of leaded gasoline. The maximum of this contamination period has been varve-dated 220 AD, i.e., during the optimum of Roman civilization in the Alps. Crossing palaeoenvironmental and archaeological evidences points out the economic importance of the town of Passy for the City of Vienne and yields a new example of lead contamination due to local metallurgical activity rather than distant impact of the exploitation of the Spanish Rio Tinto mine. 
lead; pollution; Roman period; French Alps; lake sediment; Lake; Anterne; Varves; environmental-impact; peat bog; lake-sediments; history; ice; deposition; france; record; bp; contamination 
Pollution au plomb dans la Savoie antique (II–IIIe s. apr. J.-C.) en relation avec une installation métallurgique de la cité de Vienne