POLLEN AND PARASITE ANALYSIS OF COPROLITES FROM SITE LA 158037, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2010

Summary

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.

Cite this Record

POLLEN AND PARASITE ANALYSIS OF COPROLITES FROM SITE LA 158037, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO. Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2010-036. 2010 ( tDAR id: 379897) ; doi:10.6067/XCV87S7NBH

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Keywords

Culture
20th Century • Historic

Material
Parasite • Pollen • Privy

Site Name
LA 158037

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
10-036 • Anglo • Hispanic • Parasite Analysis • Pollen Analysis

Geographic Keywords
New Mexico (State / Territory) • Santa Fe

Temporal Keywords
20th Century

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1910 to 1935 (AD)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -106.521; min lat: 35.156 ; max long: -104.851; max lat: 36.093 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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