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Diet, hygiene and health in Roman period northern Gaul: A multidisciplinary study of a latrine from an artisan household in the vicus Orolaunum (Arlon, southern Belgium, c. 250–280 CE)
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Botanical (macro remains and pollen) and animal remains, including intestinal parasites, from a latrine dated between c. 250 CE and 280 CE from the artisan quarter of the vicus Orolaunum (Arlon) have been studied. The results provide information on the diet and health of a non-elite and poorly understood part of the population in northern Gaul. The identified plant remains document a diet which include several Roman introductions to the region, but hardly any truly exotic imports. Also the remains of fish sauce have been identified, but this was a locally produced variety and possibly a cheaper version of the typical Mediterranean product. The results indicate that the diet of the household using the latrine was strongly influenced by romanisation and that the lack of exotic imports was most likely the result of a low economic status rather than a lack of interest for these products. The people using the latrine were also infected with both roundworm and whipworm, two intestinal parasites that were probably common in the population of northern Roman Gaul and which are spread when sanitation is ineffective.
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Exemple d’interdisciplinarité en Région bruxelloise : les latrines du Café Greenwich à Bruxelles
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Etude carpologique du comblement médiéval (14e-15e siècle) de la rivière la Senne à Bruxelles – résultats préliminaires
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A new species of Holothuria (Aspidochitotida, Holothuriidae) from Kenya
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A new species, Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) arenacava (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea) from the littoral waters of Kenya is described. This species is characterized by its sand-burrowing behaviour, its small tentacles, the variously developed tables, corpuscules, buttons, plates and rods in the tube feet, and by the smooth, spiny and knobbed rods in the tentacles.
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La conservation des holothuries aspidochirotes dans les eaux du littoral kenyan
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Les holothuries aspidochirotes (Échinodermes : Holothurides) font l’objet d’une pêche intensive dans les eaux du littoral kenyan et les stocks fondent comme neige au soleil. Afin de protéger et de gérer ces ressources naturelles, il convient d’élaborer des programmes de conservation et de gestion. Or, une telle entreprise nécessite la réalisation d’études rigoureuses et informatives dans différents domaines. Ce document s’attarde sur les cinq niveaux de compréhension nécessaires à l’élaboration d’un programme adapté à la conservation des holothuries en Afrique orientale.
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Conservation of aspidochirotid holothurians in the littoral waters of Kenya
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Aspidochirotid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) are heavily fished in the littoral waters of Kenya, and stocks have plummeted. In order to conserve and manage these natural resources, appropriate conservation and management plans must to be developed. This can only occur if high quality research on different levels is done. This paper discusses five layers of understanding that should be achieved before holothurian conservation in East Africa can be effective
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What's going on in (published) cave science? in press
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Sedimentary evolution of the Bruniquel cave, France. in press
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Did Neanderthals visit the Mishin Kamik cave, western Stara Planina, Bulgaria, 200 000 years ago (MIS7)? in press
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Human presence in the Salle de la structure of the Bruniquel cave, France, inferred from speleothem studies. in press
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