Parasite Analysis (Other Keyword)
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Four pollen/parasite samples, representing three outhouses were examined from the Connie Chambers archaeological project. These outhouses were used primarily between the 1890s and 1920s. Historic records indicate this area of Tucson was settled by working-class Mexicans in the late 19th century. Pollen and parasite analyses were conducted on these samples to examine evidence for diet and parasitic infestation.
POLLEN AND PARASITE ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE SAMPLE FROM THE REHER BAKERY, CITY OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK (2012)
The Reher Historical Site, located in the City of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, housed a kosher bakery operated by the Reher family in the early 20th Century. Sample 1796.36.1 was collected from Feature 16, a stone-lined drain that passes beneath stone walls and a brick catchbasin in an urban, rear courtyard. Sediments from this feature were submitted for parasite and pollen analysis to assist in determining the function of this drain.
POLLEN AND PARASITE ANALYSIS OF COPROLITES FROM SITE LA 158037, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (2010)
Site LA 158037, located in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico is comprised of seven selfcontained vault privies from the 20th century (ca 1910 to 1935), which held Hispanic and Anglo waste. A total of seven coprolite samples, one from each of the seven self-contained vault privy features, were submitted for pollen and parasite analysis. The goal of the analysis was to identify foods consumed by and parasites resident in the population that used these privies.
POLLEN AND PARASITE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE SAN JOSE HEINLENVILLE-NIHONMACHI PROJECT, CALIFORNIA (2009)
The San Jose Heinlenville-Nihonmachi Project is located in downtown San Jose on the city blocks bounded by Taylor Street, North Seventh Street, Jackson Street, and North Sixth Street. Features include several wood, ceramic, and iron sewer pipes discovered through a series of trenches placed across what once was the back of house lots. This portion of Heinlenville, known as Chinatown, was built in 1877 and occupied until 1931 when the John Heinlen Company went bankrupt. Current use of this entire...
POLLEN, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A 19TH CENTURY PRIVY SAMPLE FROM THE SARGENT STREET SITE, COHOES, ALBANY COUNTY, NEW YORK (2018)
The Sargent Street Site lies within a 1.3 acre block in Cohoes, Albany County, New York. Trenches excavated in the northern portion of the block exposed various historic deposits, including a wood-lined privy (Adam Luscier, personal communication January 19, 2018). The night soil situated below an approximately 30 cm thick layer of coal was sampled for pollen, parasite, and macrofloral analysis. Macrofloral and pollen analysis identify plant foods consumption and trash disposal during mid- to...
POLLEN, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF PRIVY FILL FROM THE 2ND LOS PINOS INDIAN AGENCY (5OR139EAST), COLORADO (2002)
Privy fill from the 2nd Los Pinos Indian Agency (5OR139East) near Montrose, Colorado, was examined for pollen, parasites, and macrofloral remains to identify elements of the diet and parasites present. This privy is believed to be associated with the mess house at the Indian Agency, which operated from 1875 to 1881. Pollen and macrofloral analysis of the privy fill will be used to provide information concerning foods eaten and trash disposed of by the privy users. Parasite analysis will...
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, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF THREE HISTORIC PRIVIES FOR THE MANDELA PARK AND RIDE PROJECT, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA (2003)
Fill from three historic privies in Oakland, California, were examined for pollen, parasites, and macrofloral remains. This portion of Oakland was mostly a middle class, suburban neighborhood at the time of deposition. Features 17 and 40 are believed to have been used by German families and to date to ca. 1875. Feature 1 is a privy of unknown affiliation and is believed to date to the 1860s. Pollen and macrofloral analysis will be used to identify dietary and nondietary plant remains in the...
POLLEN, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, AND ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION (XRF) ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM LA ALBERCA ROCKSHELTER, MEXICO (2018)
La Alberca Rockshelter is a highland cliff painting site located in the Tancítaro volcanic range foothills, Michoacan, Mexico. The site exhibits Mesoamerican motifs on the primary rock panel, while Archaic motifs are distributed throughout the cliff walls. Excavations at the rockshelter recovered obsidian flakes, an obsidian arrowhead, a smoothing or polishing rock, faunal remains, and a human skeleton. The burial included grave goods, and upon further excavation, it appears to have been...
POLLEN, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES FROM SITE LA 158037, NEW MEXICO (2012)
Two samples of coprolitic deposits or sediment containing human excrement from site LA 158037 were examined for pollen, parasite eggs, phytoliths, and macrofloral remains. This site is located in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, and was excavated as part of the Executive Office Building Data Recovery project. Samples were recovered from a cesspit or early septic tank used by the Beacham and Butler families during the early to middle 1900s. Analysis was undertaken to provide information concerning...
POLLEN, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, AND STARCH ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE ISAIAH DAVENPORT HOUSE, CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA (2014)
The Isaiah Davenport House site is situated on Lots 13 and 14 in the northwestern corner of Columbia Square, Savannah, Georgia. Around 1810, Isaiah Davenport constructed a Federal style home and associated outbuildings on Lot 14 that were inhabited and used by his family and their enslaved household attendants. Isaiah Davenport purchased Lot 13 in 1812 and built a home at this location around 1820. This home currently stands as “...one of the oldest brick structures in the city...” (The LAMAR...
POLLEN, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, MACROFLORAL AND DIATOM ANALYSIS OF SOIL SAMPLES FROM A TRANSBAY BURIAL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (2014)
The Transbay Project encompasses large portions of San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood on the western side of San Francisco Bay. Near the bottom excavation elevation, at the interface of Marine Sands with Lower Bay Mud, an individual burial was excavated. The burial included human remains and a woven mat that lined the pit and was folded over the top of the individual’s legs (Aimee Arrigoni, personal communication April 17, 2014). From this burial four soil samples were submitted for...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, AND PARASITE ANALYSES OF SEDIMENT SAMPLES FROM FORT ARGYLE, 9BN28, BRYAN COUNTY, GEORGIA (2019)
The Fort Argyle Site (9BN28) is situated upon a bluff on the west bank of the Ogeechee River on the eastern margin of the modern Fort Stewart US Army Reservation in Bryan County, Georgia. The site contains the historical Fort Argyle, which was an important early colonial outpost (AD 1733–1767). Eleven sediment samples collected primarily from palisade trenches were submitted for pollen and phytolith analysis in conjunction with Phase III archaeological work. In addition, individual samples...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF COPROLITES FROM ROOM 21 IN STEP HOUSE (5MV1285), MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, COLORADO (1992)
Twelve coprolites from Level II of Room 21 in Step House, Site 5MV1285, in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, were examined for pollen, phytoliths, macrofloral remains, and possible parasites present. Room 21 was probably an unroofed work area in use during Pueblo times. The coprolites were recovered in the south two-thirds of fill above the upper floor or walking surface of Room 21. Pollen, phytolith, and macrofloral analyses will provide direct evidence of diet and information concerning use...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS ON SAMPLES FROM LOTS 15 AND 16, PACKAGE 118, HARPER'S FERRY NATIONAL PARK, WEST VIRGINIA (1992)
Pollen, phytolith, parasite, and macrofloral analyses were conducted on samples from two privies, Features 292 and 213, situated on Lot 16, Package 118, Harper's Ferry National Park, West Virginia. These privies are believed to represent a pre-Civil War period during the 1830s-1850s (Feature 292), and the early 20th century (Feature 213). The Package 118 area consists of Lots 15 and 16, located in Lower Town Harper's Ferry, between Potomac and High Streets. Prior to 1836, these lots served as...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES, AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING FOR TWO COPROLITES FROM CHAPMAN CAVES, SITE CA-INY-1534, CALIFORNIA (2012)
Two coprolites from the Chapman Caves collection were submitted for pollen, phytolith, starch, parasite, and macrofloral analyses. Chapman Caves, site CA-INY-1534, is located on the Naval Air Weapons Center (NAWS), China Lake, California, and consists of two small rockshelters/caves that had been previously excavated from 1967-1969 by Timothy Shaw Hillebrand. The two coprolites submitted for analysis had not been previously recorded and were recently found labeled in the Chapman Caves collection...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FROM THE MARKET STREET CHINATOWN SITE, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA (2012)
Ten samples were selected from a collection of 145 samples recovered during archaeological salvage excavations of the Market Street Chinatown in downtown San Jose, California, from 1985-1986. These ten samples were analyzed for pollen, starches, parasites, phytoliths, and macrofloral remains as part of a pilot study in the “Archaeology of the Urban Environment in 19th Century San Jose.” Excavations revealed features such as trash pits, wood-lined cesspools, wells, and open-air dumps. Most of the...
POLLEN, PHYTOLITH, STARCH, PARASITE, MACROFLORAL, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF COPROLITIC MATERIAL FROM THE EAGLE POINT SHELTER (5RB4662), RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO (2010)
Two separate and distinctly different samples of coprolitic material from a midden pit at the Eagle Point Shelter (5RB4662) in Rio Blanco County, Colorado were submitted for pollen, phytolith, starch, parasite, macrofloral, and organic residue analysis, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). One coprolite fragment appears to be human, while a smaller fragment appears to be canid. The combination of multiple analyses is used to gain information regarding diet and local...
POLLEN, STARCH, AND PARASITE ANALYSIS OF HISTORIC OUTHOUSE DEPOSITS AT SITE AZ T:12:96 (ASM), PHOENIX, ARIZONA (1997)
Ten combined pollen and parasite samples representing ten separate outhouses in Block 73 of Historic Phoenix were examined. The first building was constructed in 1883 and the outhouse samples represent depositions between 1883 and 1915. Pollen analysis was undertaken to learn about foods consumed and landscaping in the vicinity of these outhouses. These samples were examined for evidence of parasite eggs to address questions of health and hygiene.
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, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSIS OF COPROLITES FROM ROOM 225, WEST RUIN, AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT, AZTEC, NEW MEXICO (2009)
Aztec Ruins National Monument is the largest ancestral Puebloan community in the Animas River Valley. Several multi-story buildings, smaller structures, and kivas represent residential and ceremonial structures. Room 225 in West Ruin, a great house, contained numerous coprolites, six of which were sent to PaleoResearch Institute. Of these six coprolites, in order to remain within budgetary limits, three were selected for analysis that included finding and identifying macrofloral remains, pollen,...
POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, PHYTOLITH, MACROFLORAL, PROTEIN RESIDUE, AND ORGANIC RESIDUE (FTIR) ANALYSES AND AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF A COPROLITE FROM THE EAGLE POINT SHELTER (5RB4662), RIO BLANCO COUNTY, COLORADO (2012)
A coprolite fragment recovered near a midden at the Eagle Point Shelter (site 5RB4662) in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, was submitted for pollen, starch, parasite, phytolith, macrofloral, protein residue, and organic residue analyses, the latter using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). An AMS radiocarbon date was obtained on botanic material recovered during macrofloral analysis. The fecal material fell from an area above the midden into an excavated portion of the feature. The...
POLLEN, STARCH, PHYTOLlTH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSES FOR THE 2ND AVENUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA (2003)
Excavations of historic features located on Blocks 10 and 15 for the 2nd Avenue Columbus, Georgia, site yielded samples that were examined for pollen, starch, phytoliths, and/or macrofloral remains to provide information concerning plants processed and used. Parasite analysis of possible privy fill will lend insight into the health of the historic site occupants. The temporal focus for this study is approximately 1828 to the 1860s. One specific question to be addressed by these analyses is...
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...
POLLEN/STARCH, PHYTOLlTH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES FOR THE PARKING LOT C, PROPOSED FEDERAL COURTHOUSE COMPLEX PROJECT IN BUFFALO, ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK (2006)
Four combination pollen/starch, phytolith, parasite, and macrofloral samples were examined from the fill within two historic privies and one historic wooden cistern (possible privy) at the Parking Lot C project area associated with the proposed Federal Courthouse Complex in Buffalo, New York. Pollen/starch, phytolith, and macrofloral analyses will provide information concerning foods eaten by the historic site occupants, trash deposited in the features, and plants growing in the area during...