Lead-tainted teeth reveal medieval mines’ unequal toll

October 12, 2026 · 11:00 pm 2 sources

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• Lead-tainted teeth reveal medieval mines’ unequal toll
  Nature · October 13, 2026 00:00
  Nature, Published online: 13 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03236-3 Burials in the United Kingdom’s Peak District, one of Europe’s largest lead-production regions in centuries past, hint at social inequality.

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• New research traces the origins and human impact of Britain's largest medieval lead industry through ancient teeth
  Phys.org · October 12, 2026 23:00
  The first definitive evidence of when post-Roman lead production began in one of Europe's largest medieval lead-producing regions, the Derbyshire Peak District in central England, has been uncovered by archaeologists after centuries of mining had erased much of the archaeological evidence. The…