Archaeoparasitology — a new source of reconstruction of migrations of ancient populations: opportunities, results, and prospects [PDF]
The resilience of intestinal parasite ova to harsh environmental conditions and possibility of identification of many of them down to genus/species with the aid of conventional visual light microscopy make parasites an important source of information on ...
Sergey Mikhailovich Slepchenko
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Parasites provide evidence for fish consumption among Iron Age Siberian pastoralists [PDF]
The subsistence economies of prehistoric pastoralists of the Eurasian steppes have long been viewed through an oversimplified model of reliance on domesticated animals.
Sergey Slepchenko +4 more
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Introduction. The article presents the results of archaeoparasitological analysis of the Phanagoria necropolis materials. Methods and materials.
Sergey Mikhailovich Slepchenko
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First results of the archaeoparasitological study of the Volna 1 burial ground (Temryuk District, Krasnodar Krai) [PDF]
The paper presents the results of an archaeoparasitological analysis of the soil samples from a number of the burials dated to the end of the 4th — first half of the 3rd c. B.C.
Slepchenko S.М. +3 more
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The article presents the results of archaeoparasitological and palynological research of the cultural layers located in the ancient Artesian settlement in the Eastern Crimea.
Sergey M. Slepchenko +4 more
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Louse infestation of the Chiribaya Culture, Southern Peru: variation in prevalence by age and sex
In order to improve the interpretive potential of archaeoparasitology, it is important to demonstrate that the epidemiology of ancient parasites is comparable to that of modern parasites. Once this is demonstrated, then we can be secure that the evidence
Karl J Reinhard, Jane Buikstra
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Evolution of ascariasis in humans and pigs: a multi-disciplinary approach
The nematode parasite Ascaris lumbricoides infects the digestive tracts of over 1.4 billion people worldwide, and its sister species, Ascaris suum, has infected a countless number of domesticated and feral pigs.
Odile Loreille, Françoise Bouchet
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Diagnosing ancient Diphyllobothriasis from Chinchorro mummies
Diphyllobothrium pacificum has been reported as a human parasite from coprolites and skeletons in Peru and Chile. Our analysis of Chinchorro mummies from Chile provides the oldest evidence of D. pacificum directly associated with human mummies.
Karl Reinhard, Otto Urban
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Population of the Eastern Aral Sea region of the 1st millennium according to data from archaeoparasitology (experience of a pilot study) [PDF]
The article presents the results of archaeoparasitology analysis of soil samples obtained during cleaning of sacrums of individuals of the Dzhetyasar archaeological culture (2nd–8th centuries AD) from burial grounds of the South-Eastern Aral Sea region ...
Slepchenko S.M. +4 more
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A case of megacolon in Rio Grande Valley as a possible case of Chagas disease
We have been searching for evidence of Chagas disease in mummified human remains. Specifically, we have looked for evidence of alteration of intestinal or fecal morphology consistent with megacolon, a condition associated with Chagas disease.
Karl Reinhard +2 more
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