Analysis of pollen and parasites in a privy sample reveals historical environmental insights.
A single sample from privy fill was collected from the Eddy/Baker Historic site and submitted for pollen and parasite analysis. This later 19th century privy is situated on a prominent hill on the north side of Farm to Market Road in the town of the Halfmoon.
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