Paleoparasitological analysis applied to museum-curated sacra from Meridional Patagonian collections

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1408-1411

  Fugassa, Martín H ^a   Sardella, Norma H ^a   Guichón, Ricardo A ^a,b   Denegri, Guillermo M ^a   Araújo, Adauto ^c  

^a Departamento de Biología ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Archaeological sediments; Paleoparasitology; Sacral foramina

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; MUSEUM; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CAPILLARIA;

EID: 40749116345     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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