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Evidence for Seasonality from Coprolites and Recent Faeces?

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  • Caroline Vermeeren

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While in search of proof for seasonality from the pollen analysis of coprolites, a comparative study of fox faeces was initiated. Methodology and detailed results of both the coprolites and fox faeces will be published elsewhere, but some critical remarks are presented here. We realise that factors such as sniffing mixtures of pollen from the soil could obscure the results, so that seasonal indicators are difficult to confirm. Exceptions include the special cases in which butterflies and berries had been eaten. They indicate the flowering period of the insect pollinated plants and the fruiting period respectively. Two additional results of the studies were that a tentative reconstruction of the vegetation turned out to be possible, and the presence of cultivated plants could be demonstrated.

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  • Caroline Vermeeren, 1998. "Evidence for Seasonality from Coprolites and Recent Faeces?," Environmental Archaeology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 3(1), pages 127-128, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:yenvxx:v:3:y:1998:i:1:p:127-128
    DOI: 10.1179/env.1998.3.1.127
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