PARASITOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON SOIL SAMPLES, COPROLITES AND FAECAL CONCRETIONS FROM THE TANNERS ROW SITE, PONTEFRACT.
Author(s): A K G Jones, C Nicholson
Small numbers of samples of soil, coprolite and concretions of unknown origin were examined for the presenceof eggs of intestinal parasites and microfossils. Fourcontained sufficiently large numbers of eggs ofnematodes which infest the human digestive tract toindicate that the sampled features were latrine pits.The coprolites are considered most likely to be of canine origin on the basis of their size and the nature of bone inclusions.
- Report Number:
- 229/1987
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 10
- Keywords:
- Animal Remains Coprolite Parasites, Pests and Diseases Soil/Sediment
