Southeast Iowa (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Linda Scott Cummings. Kathryn Puseman.

Pollen and macrofloral analyses were undertaken to identify elements of the historic diet recorded in a privy at the Dover village site (13LE442) in southeast Iowa. Parasite analysis yields evidence of parasite loads for users of this privy. The privy is believed to be associated with a general store that operated on this site from around 1840-1870 until approximately the turn of the century. Manufacturing dates for glass bottles recovered from the privy deposits indicate that the privy was...