Was malaria present in the Amazon before the European conquest? Available evidence and future research agenda

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-340

  de Castro, Marcia Caldas ^a   Singer, Burton H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ancient settlement patterns; Biomolecular archaeology; Malaria in the New World

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14744295110     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.10.004     Document Type: Article

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