Investigation of faeces from a mummified Eskimo woman
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7146/mog-ms.v12.146608Abstract
The microscopic analysis of faeces was carried out by a method described in the following. As is usual in the analysis of faeces or stomach contents, the identification of fragments was verified by means of standard comparison material.
Several fragments from cormophytes were identified, Empetrum sp., Alopecurus sp., Elymus sp., Collifera sp. and a number of moss species. Furthermore, spores, pollen, fungi, and eggs from a parasite were found. Hairs and feathers of arctic animals were observed.
The examination of the visceral contents has to some extent elucidated the diet of the inhabitants of Greenland 500 years ago, but it did not answer the question at what time of the year this Eskimo woman died.
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