Re: Personal hygiene in the privy

TERRY L. TAYLOR, CO-EDITOR H-ALBION (TAYLORT@ALPHA.NSULA.EDU)
Fri, 2 Jun 1995 11:20:07 -0600

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I remember reading a study of a northern port town (possibly in Holland
or Scandinavia) where lots of moss was found in the latrines. However
the particular point that the writer wished to make was that there was
_more_ moss found in the latrines associated with domestic areas (in or
near houses, etc) than in the latrines associated with the working port
area. Her suggestion was that the moss had probably been used in
association with menstruation, and that this could indicate something
about the places where women worked (at home) compared with men (at the
port). I found it a fascinating theroy at the time, but I can't recall
the name of author or book, except that it was a study of new feminist
interpretations of archaeolgical evidence.

Marion Diamond, History Department
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 4072
Ph: 61 7 365 6334; Fax:61 7 365 6266; med@lingua.cltr.uq.oz.au

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