POLLEN, STARCH, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF TWO SAMPLES FROM A PRIVY AT THE DICKERSON STREET HISTORIC SITE, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

Summary

The Dickerson Street Historic Site was excavated as part of the Clinton Street CSO

Abatement Project in Syracuse, New York. Several historic features were recovered at this

site, including a possible wood-lined privy measuring 18 feet north-south, about 10 feet eastwest,

and 11 feet deep. This feature contains fill suggestive of either a privy or backyard trash

debris. Two samples were collected from the possible privy deposits. Pollen, starch, parasite,

and macrofloral analyses were undertaken on these samples to assist in identifying these

deposits further and answering the question of whether or not this feature was a privy.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• PaleoResearch Institute

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