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Véronique Forbes1, Frédéric Dussault2, Allison Bain3
1University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences, Department of Archaeology, St Mary's Building, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen AB24 3UF, UK.
Abstract:
Human and animal ectoparasites are often recovered from archaeological contexts being examined for preserved insect remains. Records of human lice, fleas and bedbugs are used to reconstruct past sanitary conditions and practices, as well as their geographic distribution and that of the pathogens for which they may be vectors. Ectoparasites of domesticated and wild animals may be considered proxy indicators for the presence of those animals whilst also inferring activities such as wool processing. This paper summarizes the contribution of ectoparasite studies in archaeology and presents two original case studies from Iceland and Greenland.
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