Critical analysis of coprolite evidence of medicinal plant use, Piauí, Brazil

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 110-118

  Chaves, Sérgio Augusto de Miranda ^a   Reinhard, Karl J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeoparasitology; Ethnobotany; Paleopathology; Paleopharmacology; Palynology

Indexed keywords

COPROLITE; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; CULTURAL TRADITION; DENTAL HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; EXOSKELETON; HAIR; MEDICINAL PLANT; PALYNOLOGY;

BRAZIL; PIAUI; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANACARDIUM; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; BORRERIA; PEDICULUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; TERMINALIA; TRICHURIS;

EID: 33745892125     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.11.031     Document Type: Article

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