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- Title
Osobní hygiena v plzeňských domácnostech na sklonku středověku.
- Authors
DUDKOVA, VERONIKA; ORNA, JIŘÍ
- Abstract
This study centres on evidence of personal hygiene in households of the royal town of Plzeň in the late Middle Ages, yielded by archaeological research. The artefacts described have been acquired in the course of research into refuse and lavatory pits. Faecal pits, privy boards and chamber pots fall into the primary hygiene category to which the article is dedicated. Aquamaniles and washbasins were used for washing hands, while combs and, in particular, mirrors are considered items of "higher hygiene", cosmetics.
- Subjects
HYGIENE; HYGIENE -- History; HOUSEHOLDS; AQUAMANILES; WASHBOWLS; ARCHAEOLOGICAL research; HISTORY
- Publication
Archaeologia Historica, 2013, Vol 38, Issue 2, p557
- ISSN
0231-5823
- Publication type
Article