POLLEN, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A 19TH CENTURY PRIVY SAMPLE FROM THE SARGENT STREET SITE, COHOES, ALBANY COUNTY, NEW YORK

Author(s): Peter Kováčik; Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2018

Summary

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 late 1800s. The health of historic privy users is examined using parasite analysis.

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POLLEN, PARASITE, AND MACROFLORAL ANALYSIS OF A 19TH CENTURY PRIVY SAMPLE FROM THE SARGENT STREET SITE, COHOES, ALBANY COUNTY, NEW YORK. Peter Kováčik, Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2018-004. 2018 ( tDAR id: 446108) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8H41V8V

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Ceramic • Fauna • Glass • Human Remains • Macrobotanical • Pollen • Privy • Shell • Wood

Site Name
Sargent Street

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
18-004 • Macrofloral Analysis • Parasite Analysis • Pollen Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Albany County (County) • Cohoes • New York (State / Territory) • Sargent Street

Temporal Keywords
19th Century • Historic

Spatial Coverage

min long: -74.726; min lat: 42.102 ; max long: -73.232; max lat: 42.884 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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