Mining in ancient civilizations

Question 1

What was found in drinking water in ancient rome

Answer 1

Lead because they used lead pipes to distribute water

Question 2

where was the copper mining study site

Answer 2

Near Petra, in Jordan
- also near PHAINO

Question 3

Who were the Byzantines

Answer 3

Members of eastern roman empire

Question 4

What was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?

Answer 4

constantinopole , now instanbul

Question 5

when did the Eastern Roman Empire fall

Answer 5

1453

Question 6

Who was responsible for the Eastern Roman Empire’s fall

Answer 6

Ottomans

Question 7

What did they find in Phaino?

Answer 7

• important supplier of copper to ancient syria, Mesopotamia and egypt

Question 8

What were mining acitivity evidence

Answer 8

-mine shafts
-metal processing sites
-kilns
-slag heaps (waste rock)
- over 250 mines

Question 9

Why did byzantines have interest in copper

Answer 9

• Alloy metals ( Bronze, Tin, Arsenic )
• Weapons
• Currency
• Tools: malleable metal

Question 10

What is the host rock of Copper?
What are the minerals?

Answer 10

Sedimentary Rock
Limestone and sandstone

Question 11

What were results of study

Answer 11

1. Copper in bones ranged from 2 to 18 times the normal concentration
2. All skeletons showed joint damage, maybe from working too labour intense jobs
3. Males had more copper in their bones. THey worked more in mines.

Question 12

How did copper enter bones

Answer 12

1. Plant uptake so inside diet
2. Inhalation of by-products of spelling operations in copper rich desert
3. copper rich in dust on hands so when eat and drink, come into contact

Question 13

Copper poisoning symptoms

Answer 13

• JAUNDICE MAIN
• chills, fever, pain, nausea, no urine production
• diarrhoea, decreased liver function, metallic taste
• convulsions

Question 14

Where is there significant bioaccumulation of Copper in plants and animals?

Answer 14

Jordan