New research traces the origins and human impact of Britain’s largest medieval lead industry through ancient teeth

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- 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…