Sanitation and parasitism at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
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Sanitation and Parasitism at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
One focus of historical archaeology at Harpers Ferry Na tional Historical Park, West Virginia, is tracing the devel opment of sanitation at the town through the 1800s and 1900s. Historical documentation indicates that there was a degree of resistance to the modernization of village sanita tion. This study attempts to verify this resistance through examination of privy soils for parasites ind...
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عنوان ژورنال: Historical Archaeology
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0440-9213,2328-1103
DOI: 10.1007/bf03374201