Pathoecology of the town of Yeniseisk in Western Siberia from the 17th and 18th centuries

The first archaeoparasitological data on the Russian rural population in Western Siberia in the 18th–19th centuries

“…Eggs of such geohelminths as Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura have been found in large numbers in samples taken from the occupation layer of the town of Mangazeya, dating to the 17th century and located in an area where eggs cannot reach the invasive stage (Slepchenko et al, 2021). Eggs of human roundworms were found in samples taken from an 18th-century toilet discovered during excavations in the Russian town of Yeniseisk (Slepchenko et al, 2020). We suggest that, initially, all cases of geohelminthiases in North-western Siberia had been transferred from southern and western territories.…”

“…Furthermore, the samples from the Gornopravdinskiy burial ground did not contain any eggs of Taenia tapeworms, which have been found at many archaeological sites built by Russian populations of Siberia. For instance, eggs of helminths of this genus were found in large numbers in samples of the occupation layer and in fecal samples from toilets in the Russian towns of Mangazeya, Yeniseisk, and Stadukhinsky fort (Slepchenko et al, 2020(Slepchenko et al, , 2021(Slepchenko et al, , 2022. It is well known that consumption of infested beef and pork is the main cause of infection by this helminth.…”

“…Some archaeoparasitological works have been done on the large settlements and towns of Western Siberian Russia. Analysis of soil samples taken from the sacral surface, toilet samples, those of occupation layers, and dog coprolites have enabled description of the parasitological spectra of the towns of Mangazeya (17th century) and Yeniseisk (18th century) in Western and Eastern Siberia, respectively (Slepchenko et al, 2020(Slepchenko et al, , 2021. The results of an archaeoparasitological study on Stadukhinsky Fort, located in the subarctic zone of Eastern Siberia and dating to the same general period, also have been published (Slepchenko et al, 2022).…”

“…All of these investigations have allowed us to supple-ment the available data on, and to a certain extent to reconstruct, the dietary habits, types of economic activity, and migratory flows, as well as the sanitary conditions of settlements and the health of urban populations in the region (Slepchenko et al, 2020(Slepchenko et al, , 2021(Slepchenko et al, , 2022. Nevertheless, the archaeoparasitological approach has not been widely applied to the study of Western Siberian Russians.…”

Diagnostic tools for the detection of taeniid eggs in different environmental matrices: A systematic review.

“… Soil Qualitative N.M. N.M. 2 N.M. Uzbekistan Yong et al, 2019 Dilution (Na 3 (PO 4 ) 3 ), sedimentation, filtration, centrifugation and microscopy Echinococcus spp./ Taenia spp. Soil and toilet sediment Qualitative N.M. N.M. 6 ≥ 7d Russia Slepchenko et al, 2019 a Dilution (water), filtration and microscopy Echinococcus spp./ Taenia spp. Sand, turf and soil Qualitative N.M. N.M. 7 ≤ 48 h Brazil Tiyo et al, 2008 , Moura et al, 2010 a Dilution (water), filtration, sedimentation and microscopy Echinococcus spp./ Taenia spp.…”