Pollen analysis of late 1800 privy deposits from Houston, Texas /

Forty-nine soil samples from five nineteenth-century privy features in downtown Houston were examined for pollen. It was hoped that analysis of these samples would reveal information concerning the diet and health of individuals from this time frame that is not readily available through other source...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marshall, Dawn Marie, 1964-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1999.
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Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy

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500 |a Vita. 
502 |b M.S.  |c Texas A&M University  |d 1999. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-87). 
520 |a Forty-nine soil samples from five nineteenth-century privy features in downtown Houston were examined for pollen. It was hoped that analysis of these samples would reveal information concerning the diet and health of individuals from this time frame that is not readily available through other sources, especially in regard to dietary choices. Pollen analysis revealed that dietary choices were not always determined by socio-economic status nor ethnicity. Clove pollen (Eugenia sp.) was found in all of the features but not in equal amounts. Other economics found included: species from the mustard family (Brassicaceae), cereals (Poaceae), cloves (c.f Eugenia), dewberries (Rubus), strawberries (Fragaria), grapes (Vitis), and corn (Zea mays). Some of the more prevalent non-economic types include: pine (Pinus), wild grasses (Poaceae), sunflowers (Asteraceae), ragweed (Asteraceae), myrtle family (Myricaceae), oak (Quercus), and goosefoot/pigweed (Chenopodeaceae/Amaranthus). Possible economics include: the carrot family (Apiaceae) and the plum family (Prunus). 
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