If you’re interested in getting up close and personal with some Viking poop, you need to check out the Jorvik Viking Centre in York. (Tracey Hind / CC BY-SA 2.0 ) Where is the Lloyds Bank Poop Now?
It was already widely known that hygiene wasn’t exactly a priority for Vikings and the presence of these eggs helps confirm this.Ī diorama of daily Viking life at the Jorvik Viking Center in York.
They were filthy and it’s no surprise that gut parasites were a serious issue. This is pretty standard for Viking poop, but it confirms what we think we know about Viking living standards. Combine this with the poop’s lack of pits and seeds and it becomes clear that our Viking probably wasn’t the healthiest person in the village.Ī large number of maw-worm and whipworm eggs were also found in the poop. This isn’t necessarily true of everyone living there at the time, as large numbers of fruit pits and vegetable seeds were found at the site.įurthermore, going by the length, and weight (half a pound or 227 grams) we can deduct that our Viking pooper was probably pretty severely constipated. From an analysis of the Lloyds Bank coprolite, we know our Viking lived mainly on meat and grains with very little in the way of fruits and vegetables. We know their diet wasn’t the most nutritious.
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Poop piles are not so useful to paleoscatologists (poop historians) because they can make only generalized assumptions about the group of poopers as a whole. Poop is normally found as one large mass, for example at the bottom of communal latrines. The York Viking poop fossil is a solid individual piece. So, What Makes the Lloyds Bank Coprolite So Special? This has left some of this centuries-old waste remarkably intact.Īlmost a third of this 10-foot layer of preserved bio-matter is thought to be made up of human and animal waste. However, much of York’s soil is waterlogged and oxygen-free. Normally this matter breaks down and rots away fairly quickly, leaving a mulch that is largely useless to archaeologists. This layer of trash is predominantly made up of biological matter like leather, wood, bone, various types of cloth, and tons of, ahem, human waste. York sits on a layer of ancient trash that is roughly 10 feet (3 meters) deep. ( Jorvik Viking Centre ) The Big Deal About a Big Chunk Of Old Viking Poopīesides the fact that scatological humor is always funny, the Lloyds Bank Coprolite is genuinely fascinating. It was during the 1970s Coppergate dig at York, England when the famous and super important Viking poop fossil was found.
Believe it or not, the York Viking poop fossil has told us more about York than almost any other artifact found there! York’s Viking Poop Fossil: Discovery and Size It’s the largest piece of fossilized human poop known to man. Perhaps one of the most bizarre, but also actually the most revealing, is York’s famous Viking poop fossil, which is also known as the Lloyds Bank coprolite. It has a rich history dating back to Roman times and has been home to many impressive archaeological digs over the years, with artifacts a plenty being found. The city, in one form or another has been nestled between the Ouse and Foss rivers for over 2,000 years. The scenic city of York in England has a lot to be proud of.
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