Parasite Remains in Archaeological Sites

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 47-52

  Bouchet, Françoise ^a   Guidon, Niéde ^b   Dittmar, Katharina ^c,d   Harter, Stephanie ^a   Ferreira, Luiz Fernando ^e   Chaves, Sergio Miranda ^e   Reinhard, Karl ^f   Araújo, Adauto ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b Fund Musen do Homem Americano   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient diseases; Coprolites; Ectoparasites; Intestinal parasites; Mummies; Paleoparasitology

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FOSSIL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MUMMIES; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 0346250067     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000900009     Document Type: Review

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