Kévin Roche, Nicolas Capelli, Alain Bouet, Matthieu Le Bailly
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This article focuses on paleoparasitological analysis using microscopy and paleogenetics from 59 archaeological structures, comprising 51 latrines from the Hellenistic city of Delos, located in the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea. Among the analysed structures, 35 tested positive for one or more gastrointestinal helminth eggs, including Ascarididae, Trichocephalida, several Strongyle-types and one fluke egg. Subsequent paleogenetic analysis identified the presence of Ascaris sp., Trichuris trichiura and Enterobius vermicularis. To our knowledge, this is the only study of its kind covering almost the entire surface area of an ancient city, significantly demonstrating the reality of the parasitic burden experienced by an urban community in the Mediterranean basin during Antiquity.
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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences covers the full spectrum of natural scientific methods with an emphasis on the archaeological contexts and the questions being studied. It bridges the gap between archaeologists and natural scientists providing a forum to encourage the continued integration of scientific methodologies in archaeological research.
Coverage in the journal includes: archaeology, geology/geophysical prospection, geoarchaeology, geochronology, palaeoanthropology, archaeozoology and archaeobotany, genetics and other biomolecules, material analysis and conservation science.
The journal is endorsed by the German Society of Natural Scientific Archaeology and Archaeometry (GNAA), the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry (HSC), the Association of Italian Archaeometrists (AIAr) and the Society of Archaeological Sciences (SAS).
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