Privy Fill (Other Keyword)
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Macrofloral analysis was conducted on the fill from single outhouse features at sites 24LC1716 and 24LC1723 in Cave Gulch, Helena National Forest, west-central Montana. These sites represent placer mining camps. The deposit at 24LC1716 is believed to date to the 1860s or 1870s, while the deposit at 24LC1723 might date to the 1870s to 1880s. Macrofloral analysis is used to provide information concerning foods eaten by the occupants of these two camps.
MACROFLORAL, POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, AND PARASITE ANALYSIS OF THREE NINETEENTH CENTURY PRIVIES LOCATED AT SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY; SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA (2007)
Twenty-seven samples from three privies (Features 6, 14 and 62) discovered at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, were submitted for archaeobotanic analyses. These three privies are associated with a German immigrant community that dated to the latter half of the nineteenth century. Each of the samples was analyzed for macrofloral remains, pollen, starch, and the presence or absence of parasites. One sample from each privy was also examined for phytoliths. The macrofloral,...
POLLEN AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE CREANOR SITE, CA-SJO-2981, CALIFORNIA (2005)
Site CA-SJO-2981, located in present day Stockton, California, is an historic privy site situated on a large acreage that was owned and built upon by Judge Charles M. Creanor. Judge Creanor was a wealthy and historically important figure in Stockton during the mid-nineteenth century. He constructed a large home on the Stockton Channel in the 1850s and resided there until his death in 1882. Thousands of artifacts were identified at the site, including liquor and medicine bottles, ceramic...
POLLEN, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF PRIVY FILL FROM THE CHIEF OURAY HOMESITE (5MN847) AND THE 2ND LOS PINOS INDIAN AGENCY (50R139EAST), WESTERN COLORADO (2003)
Samples from the lower organic levels of a privy at the Chief Ouray Homesite, 5MN847, near Montrose, Colorado, were examined for pollen, parasites, and macrofloral remains to identify elements of the diet and parasites present. Privy deposits are believed to represent use of the privy by Chief Ouray, his wife Chipeta, and Ute and Mexican tenants from 1876 to the 1890s. Privy fill from the 2nd Los Pinos Indian Agency (50R139East) near Montrose, Colorado, also was examined for pollen,...
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE DUNLAP VILLAGE SITE, 36FA480, PENNSYLVANIA (2005)
Samples were collected from yard areas, privies, and a possible garden area at Dunlap Village, site 36Fa480, in southwest Pennsylvania. This site is an historic miners village dating to the early 20th century and consisting mainly of two-family house and privy remnants. The majority of the yard samples were examined for pollen/starches and parasites, although five yard samples from House Lot 5 also were examined for macrofloral remains. Pollen/starch, parasite, and macrofloral analyses were...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLlTH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF PRIVY FILL AT THE ALBANY FAMILY COURTS, ALBANY, NEW YORK (2003)
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...