POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLlTH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF PRIVY FILL AT THE ALBANY FAMILY COURTS, ALBANY, NEW YORK

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Kathryn Puseman; R.A. Varney

Year: 2003

Summary

The Albany Family Courts lie at an elevation of 60-65 feet above mean sea level and

overlook the Hudson River to the east and Fox Creek valley to the south. European settlers have

occupied the site since the second half of the 1700s, although Albany was settled by the Dutch in

the early 1600s. Feature 17, a circular stone well, was later used as a privy. Two combination

pollen, starch, phytolith, and macrofloral samples were collected and examined from fill within the

privy to identify foods consumed by occupants of this site.

Cite this Record

POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLlTH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF PRIVY FILL AT THE ALBANY FAMILY COURTS, ALBANY, NEW YORK. Linda Scott Cummings, Kathryn Puseman, R.A. Varney. 2003 ( tDAR id: 379084) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8959H0M

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Macrobotanical • Pollen

Site Name
Albany Family Courts

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Macrofloral Analysis • Parasite Analysis • Phytolith Analysis • Pollen Analysis • Privy Fill • Starch Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Albany, New York

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