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标题：A lead isotope perspective on urban development in ancient Naples
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作者：Hugo Delile ; Duncan Keenan-Jones ; Janne Blichert-Toft 等
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：2016
卷号：113
期号：22
页码：6148-6153
DOI：10.1073/pnas.1600893113
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：The influence of a sophisticated water distribution system on urban development in Roman times is tested against the impact of Vesuvius volcanic activity, in particular the great eruption of AD 79, on all of the ancient cities of the Bay of Naples (Neapolis). Written accounts on urbanization outside of Rome are scarce and the archaeological record sketchy, especially during the tumultuous fifth and sixth centuries AD when Neapolis became the dominant city in the region. Here we show that isotopic ratios of lead measured on a well-dated sedimentary sequence from Neapolis’ harbor covering the first six centuries CE have recorded how the AD 79 eruption was followed by a complete overhaul of Neapolis’ water supply network. The Pb isotopic signatures of the sediments further reveal that the previously steady growth of Neapolis’ water distribution system ceased during the collapse of the fifth century AD, although vital repairs to this critical infrastructure were still carried out in the aftermath of invasions and volcanic eruptions.
关键词：AD 79 Somma-Vesuvius eruption ; Pb isotopes ; harbor geoarchaeology ; Neapolis ; paleo-pollution