Body louse remains found in textiles excavated at Masada, Israel

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 585-587

  Mumcuoglu, K Y ^a   Zias, J ^b   Tarshis, M ^c   Lavi, M ^a   Stiebel, G D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Israel Dept Antiquities and Museums   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Body louse; Israel; Masada; Pediculus humanus humanus

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; PEDICULIDAE; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS CORPORIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 1642386037     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.4.585     Document Type: Article

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