Divine Leadership and The Ruler Cult in Roman and Contemporary Times [PDF]
, 2020 Seeing how the idea of the ‘ruler cult’ and the necessary ‘myth-making’ to establish it exists to this day, as seen with the regime of a 21st century dictator like Kim Jong-il, it would be most interesting to see what parallels exist between cases of ...
Van der Molen, Jan M.
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Implications of the prevalence of Ascaris sp. in the funerary context of a Late Antique population (5th-7th c.) in Granada (Spain) [PDF]
, 2023 E. Camarós is funded by the Ramón y Cajal Program. A. Rubio Salvador is funded by the Postdoctoral Margaritas Salas grant from the Ministerio de Universidades [UNI/551/2021] and by a Next Generation EU grant from the University of Granada.Objective ...
Alemán Aguilera, María Inmaculada +6 more
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Eating lizards: a millenary habit evidenced by Paleoparasitology [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2012 Abstract Background Analyses of coprolites have contributed to the knowledge of diet as well as infectious diseases in ancient populations. Results of paleoparasitological studies showed that prehistoric groups were exposed to spurious and zoonotic parasites, especially food-related.
Sianto, Luciana +7 more
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The state of the art of paleoparasitological research in the old world
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 Paleoparasitology in the Old World has mainly concerned the study of latrine sediments and coprolites collected from mummified bodies or archaeological strata, mostly preserved by natural conditions. Human parasites recovered include cestodes, trematodes,
Françoise Bouchet +2 more
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Oxiuríase e migrações pré-históricas Oxyuriasis and prehistoric migrations
História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 1995 O encontro de parasitos em material arqueológico tem permitido o acompanhamento da dispersão de agentes infecciosos e seus hospedeiros humanos no passado.
Adauto Araújo, Luiz F. Ferreira
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Detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA by polymerase chain reaction in experimentally desiccated tissues
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2004 Despite toxoplasmosis being a common infection among human and other warm-blooded animals worldwide, there are no findings about Toxoplasma gondii evolutionary forms in ancient populations.
Márcia Andreia Barge Loução Terra +6 more
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A parasitological paradox: Why is ascarid infection so rare in the prehistoric Americas? [PDF]
, 2010 Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm) and Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) are the most common intestinal parasites found in humans worldwide today and they almost always co-occur. However, we find two distinct patterns in archaeological material.
Araujo, Adauto +5 more
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Zoonotic parasite infection from a funerary context: A Late Antique child case from Cantabrian Spain [PDF]
, 2023 Supplementary data associated with this article can be found in the online version at doi:10.1016/j.ijpp.2023.03.003Objective: To evaluate the presence of Dicrocoelium sp.
Botella-López, Miguel C. +3 more
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Human intestinal parasites in the past: new findings and a review
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003 Almost all known human specific parasites have been found in ancient feces. A review of the paleoparasitological helminth and intestinal protozoa findings available in the literature is presented.
Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves +2 more
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009 The aim of this study was to examine the parasitic remains that were found in rodent coprolites collected from the archaeological site Alero Mazquiarán (Chubut Province, 45º44'15"S, 70°25'9"W), which is assigned to the interface of the Araucanian and ...
Norma Haydée Sardella +1 more
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