Accessing Ancient Population Lifeways through the Study of Gastrointestinal Parasites: Paleoparasitology

Paleoparasitology is a discipline of bioarchaeology that studies human and animal parasites and their evolution through time. It is at the frontier between biological sciences and the humanities, and aims to provide valuable clues about the lifestyles of former populations. Through examples chosen a...

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Main Authors:	Matthieu Le Bailly, Céline Maicher, Kévin Roche, Benjamin Dufour
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:	Applied Sciences
Subjects:	paleoparasitology paleoecology ancient parasites human animals evolution
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4868

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spelling	doaj-ab357eaf7c61438abd42e35e1bd214ef2021-06-01T01:07:48ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-05-01114868486810.3390/app11114868Accessing Ancient Population Lifeways through the Study of Gastrointestinal Parasites: PaleoparasitologyMatthieu Le Bailly0Céline Maicher1Kévin Roche2Benjamin Dufour3CNRS UMR 6249 Chrono-Environment, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comte, 16 Route de Gray, 25 030 Besancon, FranceCNRS UMR 6249 Chrono-Environment, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comte, 16 Route de Gray, 25 030 Besancon, FranceCNRS UMR 6249 Chrono-Environment, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comte, 16 Route de Gray, 25 030 Besancon, FranceCNRS UMR 6249 Chrono-Environment, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comte, 16 Route de Gray, 25 030 Besancon, FrancePaleoparasitology is a discipline of bioarchaeology that studies human and animal parasites and their evolution through time. It is at the frontier between biological sciences and the humanities, and aims to provide valuable clues about the lifestyles of former populations. Through examples chosen among recent case studies, we show in this review how paleoparasitology contributes to issues related to food, health, hygiene, organic waste management, and site occupation by ancient populations, but also, in the longer term, to questions of the evolution of the human/animal relationship and the history of diseases. This article provides an overview of this research field, its history, its concepts, and in particular, its applications in archaeology and the history of diseases.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4868paleoparasitologypaleoecologyancient parasiteshumananimalsevolution
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author	Matthieu Le Bailly Céline Maicher Kévin Roche Benjamin Dufour
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author_facet	Matthieu Le Bailly Céline Maicher Kévin Roche Benjamin Dufour
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title	Accessing Ancient Population Lifeways through the Study of Gastrointestinal Parasites: Paleoparasitology
title_short	Accessing Ancient Population Lifeways through the Study of Gastrointestinal Parasites: Paleoparasitology
title_full	Accessing Ancient Population Lifeways through the Study of Gastrointestinal Parasites: Paleoparasitology
title_fullStr	Accessing Ancient Population Lifeways through the Study of Gastrointestinal Parasites: Paleoparasitology
title_full_unstemmed	Accessing Ancient Population Lifeways through the Study of Gastrointestinal Parasites: Paleoparasitology
title_sort	accessing ancient population lifeways through the study of gastrointestinal parasites: paleoparasitology
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Applied Sciences
issn	2076-3417
publishDate	2021-05-01
description	Paleoparasitology is a discipline of bioarchaeology that studies human and animal parasites and their evolution through time. It is at the frontier between biological sciences and the humanities, and aims to provide valuable clues about the lifestyles of former populations. Through examples chosen among recent case studies, we show in this review how paleoparasitology contributes to issues related to food, health, hygiene, organic waste management, and site occupation by ancient populations, but also, in the longer term, to questions of the evolution of the human/animal relationship and the history of diseases. This article provides an overview of this research field, its history, its concepts, and in particular, its applications in archaeology and the history of diseases.
topic	paleoparasitology paleoecology ancient parasites human animals evolution
url	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/11/4868
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Accessing Ancient Population Lifeways through the Study of Gastrointestinal Parasites: Paleoparasitology

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