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Parasite egg preservation

Table 16: 44-45 Parliament Street, York: scores for completeness and colour of Trichuris eggs, together with semi-quantitative abundances of organic and inorganic sediment particles and other microfossils

Key 
nnumber of Trichuris eggs recorded
O/Mproportions of organic and mineral matter
Frequency scores
+present
Ffew
Sseveral
Mmany
VMvery many
++predominant component
1:1 roughly equal proportions.
Other nematodes
0?Oxyurus equi.
AAscaris

Where more than one slide has been examined, the records of remains other than Trichuris refer to the first slide examined.

Context Sample No. of slides examined n Mean complete
-ness score
Mean colour score O/M phytoliths diatoms fungal hyphae fungal spores pollen/spores other nematode eggs
1004 10001 0 1     O++            
  10002 2 4 5 2 1:1 S S        
  10003 6 5 4 2 1:1 M S        
  10004 6 2 5 3 O++ S F F F    
1017 10005 8 2 4 3 O++ S          
  10006 7 5 3 3 O++ M          
1020 10007 0 1     1:1 M          
  10008 3 5 3 2 O++ VM   S S   O1
1025 10009 1 3 2 2 O++ S F   F    
  10010 5 5 4 2 O++ M S       ?A1
1026 10011 4 6 5 2 O++ S S        
  10012 6 2 3 3 O++ M S   S    
  10013 0 1       1:1         F  
1032 10014 0 1     O++           
1033 10015 0 1     1:1 M S   S   ?A2
1101 20001 0 1     1:1 M   F F    
  20002 0 1     O++   F F F F  
1102 20003 1 3 3 1 1:1   F        
1104 20004 3 3 3 3 1:1 F S F F F  
1105 20005 3 3 2 2 1:1 M          
1106 20006 6 3 4 2 O++ S F        
1111 20007 0 1     1:1 M F F F F  
  20008 0 1     1:1 M M S S    
1114 20009 9 2 4 3 O++ M M   M    
  20010 0 1     1:1 S M   +    
1115 20011 6 2 3 3 O++ F S   S    
  20012 13 1 3 2 O++ S          
1116 20014 14 1 5 2 O++ S   + + + A1
1120 20013 11 1 4 2 O++ S   M M   ?A2
  20015 0 1     1:1 M M     S  
1004 30001 4 3 5 3 1:1 M F S S   ?A1
  30002 0 1     O++ M S        
1008 30003 0 1     O++ S S     S  
1014 30004 1 3 5 3 O++ S F S S    
1020 30005 6 5 4 2 1:1 M M   M S  
1032 30006 6 1 5 2 O++ M F   M S  
1107 40002 6 3 4 3 O++ S   S S    
  40003 8 4 4 2 O++ S F        
1109 40004 2 3 4 1 1:1 S F        
1121 40005 2 3 5 2 1.:1 F       F  
Context Sample NS n Mean complete
-ness score
Mean colour score O/M phytoliths diatoms fungal hyphae fungal spores pollen/spores other nematode eggs

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