Pollution, pathogen, and place: novel applications using sulphur isotopes in (pre-)Industrial England

随着城市工业化在整个现代世界以指数级的速度继续，通过生物考古学的跨学科和整体视角，应用跨越时间和空间的人文视角来分析这一文化现象，比以往任何时候都更及时。通过新的硫同位素分析，该项目将开发一种独创的方法来重建和调查(前)工业化英格兰不同人口面临的挑战，特别是：污染和社会环境不公正、疾病和健康不平等以及移民。通过这样做，这项研究最终将对城市-工业场所特有的个人身份、生物文化适应和社会文化结构的演变和发展做出独特的贡献。

As urban industrialisation continues at exponential rates across the modern world, it is timelier than ever to analyse this cultural phenomenon through the interdisciplinary and holistic lens of bioarchaeology, applying humanistic perspectives across time and space. Through novel sulphur isotopic analysis, this project will develop an original means to reconstruct and investigate the challenges faced by diverse populations in (pre-)Industrial England, specifically: pollution and socio-environmental injustices, disease and health inequities, and migration. In doing so, this research will ultimately contribute a distinct perspective on the evolution and development of individual identities, biocultural adaptations, and sociocultural structures unique to urban-industrial sites.