Talk:Paleofeces

Gross. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.164.200 (talk) 16:46, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

I bet that 9th century Viking guy thought to himself, that one day.. One Day...37.229.68.152 (talk) 04:14, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Name?

 * Does anyone seriously refer to "fecal anthropology" anywhere? That might be why this article is an orphan, it's not a term I've seen in any of my textbooks.  184.97.163.194 (talk) 05:11, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * And, uh, after searching Google Scholar and JSTOR (which has American Anthropologist and Antiquity), I'm not seeing the phrase come up in any works. Wouldn't it do better to stick this as a sub-section of something?  174.30.246.212 (talk) 04:20, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Edit by: Courtenney Mills (S/N: Valkyrie0911) I can understand the confusion of the term "Paleofeces." However we must keep in mind that organic secretions have been found in many excavation sites which varied in age. Paleo refers to the Paleolithic Era 10,000 BC to 2.5 MYA. Anthropology has many sub fields and niches, with new findings & studies that follow, more is being added every day. Perhaps placing it in a subgroup would be appropriate under Medical Anthropology due to its organic history and the fact that it is a byproduct of a once living organism. It can also be added to Archaeology, was is it as is fossilized matter and like bones & eggs, still worthy of cataloging, exhibition, and studying.

As for the edit in this article. Under "Method of Analysis" the eighth footnote is hyperlinked to http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/073/Ant0730086.html, is no longer functioning. This commonly occurs when updates occur and files are migrated to a new area changing the directory. This was to substantiate the laboratory procedures used based on lipid panels to process the feces for identification purposes. Given the link has been exhausted. My recommendation is to remove it and/or replace it with the correct link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valkyrie0911 (talk • contribs) 22:15, 4 September 2022 (UTC) — 22:18, 4 September 2022 (UTC)Valkyrie0911 (talk)

Requested move
Paleofeces Fecal anthropology → Paleofeces
 * The title used here is not used within anthropology, and no other phrase accurately and specifically describes this practice. The move to the object of study (an alternate spelling of which currently redirects to coprolites, which differentiates between the two) may allow the page to be found and linked more easily. 174.30.246.212 (talk) 03:48, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The "alternate spelling" is Paleofaeces. The correct British spelling is Palaeofaeces. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 05:59, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright, I've killed this template. The IP went onto create Palaeofaeces, but it's actually better than this article. Since it's written in American English, I've requested it moved to Paleofeces. It shouldn't be titled with the "correct British spelling" if it's written in American English. Normally the IP's action would be problematic, but since this article is so underdeveloped, with no real important page history, I don't see any problem. At this point, a move request is irrelevant, since the requester superseded their own request.  Swarm Talk 08:07, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I have history-merged Fecal anthropology to Palaeofaeces. I then moved Palaeofaeces to Paleofeces. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:00, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Excellent. Swarm Talk 19:01, 13 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Palaeofaeces is the correct spelling, not only in the UK, but Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and India; all of whom use British spelling conventions. As for it being "not used within anthropology", I could show hundreds of published works that do indeed use "Palaeofaeces". In fact I'll make the claim that far more scholarly works use the British spelling, than the American one. Because Wikipedia is an international encyclopedia, rather than solely an American one, I see no problem with having a title in British English and the body of the text in American English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.173.214.4 (talk) 17:44, 3 August 2015 (UTC)