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Archaeoparasitology in North America

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ID8316628
AuthorsK Reinhard (0000-0003-1653-9329, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, corresponding author), Karl J Reinhard
Year1990
Volume82
Issue2
Pages145-163
Publication date1990-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330820204
PMID2193523
OpenAlexW2081680416
LanguageEN
Citations received45
References cited36

The study of prehistoric parasitism through analysis of coprolites, mummies, skeletons, and latrine soils is rapidly growing. Its development in North America is interdisciplinary and is derived from the fields of physical anthropology, parasitology, and archaeology. The various parasite finds from North America are reviewed. The data show that prehistoric peoples in North America suffered from a variety of parasitic diseases. The validity of the findings are then considered. Although most finds of parasites from prehistoric contexts result from human infections, some finds cannot be verified as such. However, in combination with data from South America, it is clear that prehistoric peoples in the Americas were host to a variety of human parasites, some of which were not previously thought to be present before historic times

Archaeology · Geography · Prehistory · Dermatological diseases and infestations · Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases

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    Open Access•Martín Fugassa, Martín H Fugassa et al.•Magallania•2005

  • The Role of Mummy Studies in Paleoparasitology

    Open Access•Adauto Araujo, K Reinhard et al.•Chungara•2000

  • Tributos, Piojos Y Dioses

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  • Paleoepidemiology of Intestinal Parasites and Lice in Pre-Columbian South America

    Open Access•Adauto Araujo, K Reinhard et al.•Chungara•2011

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  • Response

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    Open Access•O Dutour•International Journal of…•2013

  • Food, parasites, and epidemiological transitions

    Open Access•K Reinhard, K J Reinhard et al.•International Journal of…•2013

  • New evidence of ancient parasitism among Late Archaic and Ancestral Puebloan residents of Chaco Canyon

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  • Unwanted Guests”

    Open Access•Jeremy Pye•Historical Archaeology•2020

  • Privies and Parasites

    Charles L Fisher, K Reinhard et al.•Historical Archaeology•2007

  • Sanitation and parasitism at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

    K Reinhard, Karl J Reinhard•Historical Archaeology•1994

  • Discovery of colon contents in a skeletonized burial

    Open Access•K Reinhard, Karl J Reinhard et al.•Journal of Archaeological Science•1992

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  • A parasitological paradox

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    Open Access•Kristin D Sobolik•North American Archaeologist•1994

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  • Health and disease

    Open Access•Tanner, Susan Tanner et al.•American Journal of Physical…•2014

  • Dietary and Parasitological Analysis of Coprolites Recovered from Mummy 5, Ventana Cave, Arizona

    K Reinhard, Karl J Reinhard et al.•KIVA•1991

  • Gastrointestinal Parasites of Ancient Domestic Goats from the Archaeological Site Cueva Huenul 1, Patagonia, Argentina

    María Ornela Beltrame, Tietze Eleonor et al.•Environmental Archaeology•2026

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    Open Access•Darío Alejandro Ramirez, Henrik B Lindskoug et al.•Latin American Antiquity•2022

  • Parasites, Porotic Hyperostosis, and the Implications of Changing Perspectives

    Open Access•Thomas D Holland, M J O''Brien et al.•American Antiquity•1997

  • Parasitology as an Interpretive Tool in Archaeology

    Open Access•K Reinhard, Karl J Reinhard•American Antiquity•1992

  • Archaeoparasitology - a new source of reconstruction of migrations of ancient populations

    Open Access•M Slepchenko•Vestnik arheologii, antropologii…•2021

  • American hookworm antiquity

    K Reinhard, Adauto Araujo et al.•Medical Anthropology•2001

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  • Middle Holocene menus

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  • Intestinal Parasitic Infection in the Eastern Roman Empire During the Imperial Period and Late Antiquity

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    C F Merbs•Health and disease in the…•1985

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    Open Access•Patrick D Horne•Journal of Archaeological Science•1985

  • Identification of pathological conditions in human skeletal remains

    Open Access•Keith Manchester•Journal of Archaeological Science•1987

  • Evidence Of Hydatid Disease In a Plains Woodland Burial

    John A Williams Iii, John A Williams•Plains Anthropologist•1985

  • A case of hookworm infestation in a precolumbian American

    Open Access•Marvin J Allison, Alejandro Pezzia et al.•American Journal of Physical…•1974

  • Autopsies on two native American mummies

    Open Access•Mahmoud Y El‐najjar, Jaime Benitez et al.•American Journal of Physical…•1980

  • Cultural ecology of prehistoric parasitism on the Colorado Plateau as evidenced by coprology

    Open Access•K Reinhard, Karl J Reinhard•American Journal of Physical…•1988

  • A case of Carrion's disease associated with human sacrifice from the Huari culture of Southern Peru

    Open Access•Marvin J Allison, Alejandro Pezzia et al.•American Journal of Physical…•1974

  • Human fluke infection in Glen Canyon at AD 1250

    Open Access•John G Moore, Albert W Grundmann et al.•American Journal of Physical…•1974

  • Human Coprolites from Antelope House

    Gary Fry, H J Hall et al.•KIVA•1975

  • Ancient Texans

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  • The worms of Roman horses and other finds of intestinal parasite eggs from unpromising deposits

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  • The Influence of Sedentism and Aggregation on Porotic Hyperostosis and Anaemia

    Kent, Susan Kent•Man•1986

  • Diet and Parasitism at Dust Devil Cave

    Open Access•K Reinhard, Karl J Reinhard et al.•American Antiquity•1985

  • Prehistoric Diet in Southwest Texas

    Open Access•Vaughn M Bryant, Vaughn Bryant•American Antiquity•1974

  • Plant Material from a Cave on the Rio Zape, Durango, Mexico

    Open Access•Richard H Brooks, Lawrence Kaplan et al.•American Antiquity•1962

  • Infectious Diseases in Ancient Populations

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Unique citing works45
Citations per year1,29
Citation span1991 - 2026 (36)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 40
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