Pathoecology provides unique frameworks for understanding disease transmission in
ancient populations. Analyses of Old and New World archaeological samples contribute …

In the field of archaeological parasitology, researchers have long documented the
distribution of parasites in archaeological time and space through the analysis of coprolites …

Abstract Hrdlička ([1914] Smithson. Inst. Misc. Collect. 61: 1–69) reported that pre‐
Columbian skeletal material from the coastal lowland Andean region exhibited a high …

The Neolithic demographic transition remains a paradox, because it is associated with both
higher rates of population growth and increased morbidity and mortality rates. Here we …

Aims and objectives The transition to an agricultural economy is often presumed to involve
an increase in female fertility related to changes in weaning practice. In particular, the …

This book brings together experts from around the world to explore how sanitation affected
our ancestors. By its end, readers will realise that toilets were in use in ancient Mesopotamia …

Human coprolites currently provide an expanding array of information about the diet, health,
and ecology of prehistoric people in the Southwest, but for many years coprolites were not …

Coprolites were recovered from three burials near the Grand Place of Nivelles, Belgium.
These remains yielded evidence of geohelminth parasitism. The evidence contributes to …

This paper presents a paleoparasitological review of the fish tapeworm genus
Diphyllobothrium. Comprehensive data from published articles and original results from the …

Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm) and Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) are the most
common intestinal parasites found in humans worldwide today and they almost always co …