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Fig. 1: Hearth tax payments and cereals collected in northern Lazio during the time of the Black Death.

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The authors thank the Max Planck Independent Research Group-Palaeo-Science & History Group (A.I., A.M., C.V.), Georgetown Environmental Initiative (T.N.) and Volkswagen Foundation Freigeist Fellowship Dantean Anomaly (M.B.).

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  1. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany

    A. Izdebski, C. Vignola & A. Masi

  2. Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Krakow, Poland

    A. Izdebski

  3. Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe, Leipzig, Germany

    M. Bauch

  4. University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland

    P. Guzowski

  5. University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA

    S. Mensing

  6. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    A. M. Mercuri

  7. Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

    T. Newfield

  8. University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

    G. Piovesan

  9. Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    L. Sadori, C. Vignola & A. Masi

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A.I., M.B., S.M., T.N. and G.P. designed and contributed to the manuscript, which was drafted by A.I. with the support of M.B. P.G., A.M.M., L.S., C.V. and A.M. contributed to the discussion and the writing of the text.

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Izdebski, A., Bauch, M., Guzowski, P. et al. Reply to ‘Reduction in grain pollen indicates population decline, but not necessarily Black Death mortality’. Nat Ecol Evol 6, 1628–1629 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01863-3

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