INVESTIGADORES
FUGASSA Martin Horacio
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Problems of Interpreting Prehistoric Oddities from Arid Archaeological Sites: Taeniids, Hymenolepidids, and Flukes.
Autor/es:
REINHARD K, ARAÚJO A., FUGASSA MH, A. JIMENEZ-RUIZ.
Lugar:
Arlington, Texas
Reunión:
Congreso; 83rd Annual Meetings of the American Society of Parasitologists.; 2008
Institución organizadora:
American Society of Parasitologists
Resumen:
The identification and interpretation of ordinary parasites from archaeological sites has become standard in archaeoparasitology. However, there have been unusual discoveries in arid North America of flukes, teaniid tapeworms, and hymenolepidid tapeworms that are difficult to diagnose, based on isolated eggs in coprolites and mummies. Focusing on sites in northeastern Mexico, and then northward into Arizona and Nevada, the evidence of parasitism and false parasitism with these species is presented. We conclude that it is impossible to completely discount all of these oddities as false parasites. Therefore, they may provide us with clues to the biodiversity of human parasites in ancient populations.
