Prehistoric earth oven facilities and the pathoecology of Chagas disease in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands

Reinhard, Karl J.; Araújo, Adauto

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2014.09.022

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“…This currently affects some 16-18 million people in Central and South America, principally in rural and poorer urban areas (Eloy and Lucheis 2009), and is increasingly establishing itself in North America (Hotez et al 2013). Archaeological evidence recovered from artificially or naturally mummified human remains in the Atacama Desert (Aufderheide et al 2004), Brazil (Lima et al 2008), and Texas (Reinhard and Araújo 2015) demonstrates that it has infected humans for at least 9000 years. The antiquity of some of these finds establishes that sedentism and the associations it produced between people and commensal rodents or-in the Andes-domesticated guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) were not necessary for human infection (Ferreira et al 2011).…”

Section: Canine Trypanosomiasismentioning

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Disease: A Hitherto Unexplored Constraint on the Spread of Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in Pre-Columbian South America

Mitchell

2017

J World Prehist

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Section: Canine Trypanosomiasismentioning

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Disease: A Hitherto Unexplored Constraint on the Spread of Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in Pre-Columbian South America

Mitchell

2017

J World Prehist

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“…This trend has been reversed in recent years (e.g. Martinson et al, 2003;King and Henderson, 2014;Coolidge, 2015;Reinhard and Araujo, 2015;Sianto et al, 2015a;Sianto et al, 2016;Sianto et al, 2017). In this study, we propose a novel approach to understand the possible consequence of non-specific indicators of disease, by analyzing the osteological and parasitological remains, as well as other sources of documentary and archeological evidence.…”

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Mecanismos de atención materno infantiles en dos contextos comparativos: México-Beijing

Saul¹,

Sánchez²

2017

Antrop. Port.

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A novel approach: combining dental enamel hypoplasia and paleoparasitological analysis in medieval Islamic individuals buried in Santarém (Portugal)

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Santos²,

Matias³

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Antrop. Port.

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Paleopathological and paleoparasitological studies seek evidences to understand health and disease in past populations. These two approaches are often used independently despite the obvious importance of its complementary. This paper aims to explore the possible relation between a common indicator of childhood stress and infection by intestinal parasites. Thirty adult individuals from the Islamic necropolis of Santarém (9th-12th cent. AD) were macroscopically examined for linear enamel hypoplasia. Sediment from the pelvis and skull of each skeleton were observed under the optical microscope in search of helminth eggs. Hypoplasic defects were identified in 46.67% of the individuals, mostly on canines and incisors. Eggs from Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura were identified respectively in 4 and 2 individuals. The Fisher’s exact test was performed to analyze whether the individuals with evidences of stress in early childhood were more prone to helminth infections or death at younger ages. Although these variables were shown to be independent, this exploratory study highlights the contribution of combining paleopathological and paleoparasitological methods to address the long-term impact of the physiological stress exposure in early life on the immune system. Furthermore, variety of factors that could have influenced these results are discussed and interpreted in a biocultural perspective.

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Prehistoric earth oven facilities and the pathoecology of Chagas disease in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands

Cited by 24 publications

References 56 publications

Disease: A Hitherto Unexplored Constraint on the Spread of Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in Pre-Columbian South America

Disease: A Hitherto Unexplored Constraint on the Spread of Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in Pre-Columbian South America

Mecanismos de atención materno infantiles en dos contextos comparativos: México-Beijing

A novel approach: combining dental enamel hypoplasia and paleoparasitological analysis in medieval Islamic individuals buried in Santarém (Portugal)

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