Table 1.
Summary table of number of starch granules observed from dental calculus samples (n = 42) from the Kilkenny Union Workhouse by sex and age groups
| Taxa | Sex | Age group (y) | |||||||
| M (n = 22) | F (n = 19) | ? (n = 1) | 13–17 (n = 2) | 18–25 (n = 4) | 26–35 (n = 12) | 36–45 (n = 18) | ≥46 (n = 6) | Total (n = 42) | |
| Corn (Z. mays) | 95 | 66 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 73 | 24 | 164 |
| Oat (Avena spp.) | 20 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 41 |
| Wheat (Triticum spp.) | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| Malted barley (Hordeum spp.) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Cereal (Poaceae) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Potato (S. tuberosum) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Indeterminable | 88 | 50 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 29 | 59 | 28 | 140 |
| Total | 222 | 155 | 6 | 24 | 41 | 86 | 163 | 69 | 383 |
F, female; M, male; ?, indeterminable.