Search Results - "Wilson, Andrew I."
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Lead pollution recorded in Greenland ice indicates European emissions tracked plagues, wars, and imperial expansion during antiquity
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-05-2018)“…Lead pollution in Arctic ice reflects midlatitude emissions from ancient lead–silver mining and smelting. The few reported measurements have been extrapolated…”
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Extreme climate after massive eruption of Alaska’s Okmok volcano in 43 BCE and effects on the late Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (07-07-2020)“…The assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE triggered a power struggle that ultimately ended the Roman Republic and, eventually, the Ptolemaic Kingdom,…”
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Pervasive Arctic lead pollution suggests substantial growth in medieval silver production modulated by plague, climate, and conflict
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-07-2019)“…Lead pollution in Arctic ice reflects large-scale historical changes in midlatitude industrial activities such as ancient lead/silver production and recent…”
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A Novel Role for the Hippocampus in Category Learning
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (01-08-2018)“…Hutter and Wilson explore a novel role for the hippocampus in category learning. They cite a study that sought to determine whether the hippocampus…”
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Lead and Antimony in Basal Ice From Col du Dome (French Alps) Dated With Radiocarbon: A Record of Pollution During Antiquity
Published in Geophysical research letters (16-05-2019)“…Lead and antimony measurements in basal ice from the Col du Dome glacier document heavy metal pollution in western Europe associated with emissions from mining…”
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Economic resilience of Carthage during the Punic Wars: Insights from sediments of the Medjerda delta around Utica (Tunisia)
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (14-05-2019)“…While the Punic Wars (264–146 BC) have been the subject of numerous studies, generally focused on their most sensational aspects (major battles, techniques of…”
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