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QUANTITATIVE PALEOPARASITOLOGY APPLIED TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SEDIMENTS
Parasite Remains
Trichuris Eggs
Archaeological Sediment Technique
Paleoparasitology
Southern Patagonia
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Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de BiologÌa. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de BiologÌa. Buenos Aires, Argentina / Universidad Nacional del Centro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Departamento de BiologÌa. Buenos Aires, Argentina / Universidad Nacional del Centro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract
Three techniques to extract parasite remains from archaeological sediments were tested. The aim was to improve the sensibility of recommended paleoparasitological techniques applied in archaeological remains. Sediment collected from the pelvic girdle of a human body found in Cabo Vírgenes, Santa Cruz, Argentina, associated to a Spanish settlement founded in 1584 known as Nombre de Jesús, was used to search for parasites. Sediment close to the skull was used as control. The techniques recommended by Jones, Reinhard, and Dittmar and Teejen were used and compared with the modified technique presented here, developed to improve the sensibility to detect parasite remains. Positive results were obtained only with the modified technique, resulting in the finding of Trichuris trichiura eggs in the sediment.
Keywords
Archaeological SedimentsParasite Remains
Trichuris Eggs
Archaeological Sediment Technique
Paleoparasitology
Southern Patagonia
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