Presence of Parasite Remains in Historical Contexts in the City of Córdoba, Argentina, in the Nineteenth Century

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ID3168697
AutoresDarío Alejandro Ramirez (0000-0001-8982-2550), Henrik B Lindskoug (0000-0002-4003-1173), Rodrigo Nores (0000-0002-9153-0626)
Ano2022
Volume33
Fascículo2
Páginas395-407
Data de publicação2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLatin American Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1045-6635 • E-ISSN: 2325-5080
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/laq.2021.68
OpenAlexW3209589570
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas35

We conducted a paleoparasitological study on sediment samples from two trash pits and a cesspool, collected during an archaeological assessment of a building located in the historic downtown of the city of Córdoba, Argentina. People have used these premises for residential and commercial purposes since the beginning of the seventeenth century, although the samples analyzed correspond to nineteenth-century contexts. Light microscopy examination revealed the presence of parasite eggs of whipworm (Trichuris sp.), possibly roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and tapeworm (taeniid). The presence of these fecal-oral and food-borne transmitted helminths supports other lines of evidence that indicate poor sanitation and hygiene habits and inadequate food processing, which may have contributed to the high incidence and mortality of gastrointestinal diseases recorded at that time. The paleoparasitological data agree with the historical information on the health status of the populations that inhabited the city of Córdoba in the past, especially in relation to their habits and diet

Archaeology · Ascaris lumbricoides · Biology · Geography · Helminths · Hygiene · Pathology · Sanitation · Socioeconomics · Zoology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies · Medicine · Paleopathology and ancient diseases