“…Reviews of parasite evidence from New World archaeological sites show that zoonotic infections from wild reservoirs were diverse and common , Fugassa et al, 2011, Moore et al, 1969, Reinhard, 1990and Sianto et al, 2009). In addition, diverse flukes and tapeworms infected prehistoric Americans, varying across local resources and varied continental ecologies (Fry, 1977, Gonçalves et al, 2003, Reinhard, 1990, 1992aand Sianto et al, 2009.…”