PARASITOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON SAMPLES OF ORGANIC SEDIMENT FROM EXCAVATIONS AT ROUGIER STREET, YORK. (1981.12).
Author(s): A R Hutchinson, A K G Jones, W J B McKenna, C Nicholson
Thirty-six samples of organic sediment collected from avariety of features at the site at Rougier Street, York(site code 1981.12) were examined for parasite ova and other microfossils. The sampled deposits ranged in datefrom the mid second century A.D. to the early thirteenth century. Many of the samples contained well preserved ova of the genera Trichuris and Ascaris. In addition,four samples contained structures which closely resembled the cysts of free-living testate protozoans.The finds demonstrate that human faeces were a major component of several of the medieval pit fills. Humanf aeces were also present in the fill of a second century channel and in one other layer, though ova were eithersparse or absent from most of the Roman deposits.
- Report Number:
- 227/1987
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 10
- Keywords:
- Animal Remains Parasites, Pests and Diseases
