Lost Mines: The Troubled Legacies of Former Mining Landscapes

该项目旨在调查维多利亚州历史上的采矿活动如何在土壤和水中留下有毒的重金属遗产。通过整合历史考古学、环境人文学和自然科学的方法，该项目试图产生新的数据集，记录污染物的空间分布和理解采矿遗产的新方法。预期成果包括对环境中重金属的工业化前背景水平有新的了解，更有效和有针对性地修复以前的矿场，以及加强遗产管理人员和环境管理人员之间的对话。这有望为未来的土地和水资源管理以及采矿遗产的方法带来重大好处。

This project aims to investigate how historical mining activities in Victoria have left a toxic legacy of heavy metals in soil and water. By integrating approaches from historical archaeology, environmental humanities, and the physical sciences the project seeks to generate novel datasets that document the spatial distribution of contaminants and novel ways of understanding mining heritage. Anticipated outcomes include new knowledge about pre-industrial background levels of heavy metals in the environment, more efficient and targeted remediation of former mine sites, and improved dialogue between heritage and environmental managers. This promises significant benefits for future land and water management and approaches to mining heritage.