Nov. 14, 1997  2:00PM
 
A graduate student at Cal-State Fullerton has been working for years on
phosphate studies for evidence of animals/humans.  Apparently, the readings
can be used to determine the nature of the beast.  Humans have a different
phosphate reading than other domesticated animals.  I'm trying to think of
his name ... but you could try to get a hold of his thesis by calling the
department.
 
J. McKenna
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At 12:13 PM 11/14/97 -0700, you wrote:
>you said MOVEMENT, thats funny.
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>On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Ned Heite wrote:
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>> In Iceland, a privy is called a "kammer," which is interesting because it
>> is a cognate of "chamber" and the latin root "camera," as when a
>> legislative body meets privately "in camera." Icelanders are very careful
>> to avoid using words with non-nordic roots, so there must be a story here
>> about the movement of this cultural characteristic. Maybe one of our
>> folklorist colleagues can enlighten us on the euphemisms and terminology.
>>
>> Has the thread gone far enough? I think not. In spite of some members'
>> apparent fatigue, IMHO this thread has been an example of the higher
>> purpose of such lists as this. I have saved the past two days' digests for
>> future reference.
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>> Now, the next question:  Without a privy pit, how do we identify waste
>> disposal sites?  At St. Johns in St. Marys City, Maryland, as I recall,
>> there was a chemical footprint of a fence line that the excavators
>> attributed to tavern-goers relieving themselves along the fence. Has anyone
>> else found a footprint for human waste?
>>
>> Would there be a chemical marker for a surface privy of the sort described
>> at the Moser site?  Would there be a culturally-dictated location for a
>> surface (pitless) privy on a rural site?
>>
>> All about Iceland:       http://www.dmv.com/~iceland------------
>> Research and Land Rovers:http://home.dmv.com/~eheite/index.html
>> _________
>> |        \               BABY GETS 19 MILES PER U. S. GALLON!
>> |  BABY   \_===__
>> |  ___        ___|       Always remember to pillage
>> |_/   \______/   ||      BEFORE you burn.
>> ___\_/________\_/_____                   ---- Ned the Horrible
>> Ned Heite  Camden, DE
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