Reptile and rodent parasites in raptor pellets in an archaeological context: the case of Epullán Chica (northwestern Patagonia, Argentina)

Beltrame, María Ornela; Fernández, Fernando Julián; Sardella, Norma H.

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.04.014

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“…Although the first paleoparasitological studies were focused on the description of infections in ancient humans (Ruffer, 1910;Szidat, 1944), efforts to identify helminths and protozoans in other vertebrate remains throughout the Phanerozoic eon have been noted in the literature. Reports of parasites in fossils and subfossils are uneven, and records from the Cenozoic are by far the most numerous (Araújo et al, 1981;Ferreira et al, 1989bFerreira et al, , 1991Ferreira et al, , 1992Ferreira et al, , 1993Schmidt et al, 1992;Noronha et al, 1994;Jouy-Avantin et al, 1999;Verde & Ubilla, 2002;Sardella & Fugassa, 2009;Beltrame et al, 2011Beltrame et al, , 2012Beltrame et al, , 2013Beltrame et al, , 2015aBeltrame et al, , b, 2017Beltrame et al, , 2018Beltrame et al, , 2022Fugassa et al, 2013Fugassa et al, , 2022McConnell & Zavada, 2013;Wood et al, 2013Wood et al, , 2019Taglioretti et al, 2015;Sianto et al, 2016;Nunes et al, 2017;Perri et al, 2017;Dentzien-Dias et al, 2018;Leles et al, 2018;Tietze et al, 2019Tietze et al, , 2020Souza et al, 2020;Agustín et al, 2021;Cardia et al, 2021;Oyarzún-Ruiz et al, 2021;Petrigh et al, 2021;Sivkova & Kosintsev, 2021;…”

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Paleoparasitological Contributions to the Study on Ancient Infections of Hominids and Other Vertebrates in Brazil: A Review

Carmo,

Lima,

Araújo-Júnior

et al. 2024

Paleontologia em Destaque

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Paleoparasitology is an interdisciplinary science that studies the parasitic infections in the past, using fossils and subfossils recovered from archeological and paleontological lithostratigraphic units. During the 20th and 21st centuries, it has improved the biological knowledge on helminths and protozoans, as well as provided numerous sociocultural insights into the past civilizations. Here, we present an updated review of the paleoparasitological contributions to the analyses of ancient infections in vertebrate remains recovered from different regions of Brazil. Since its emergence, the Paleoparasitology has been important to a multidisciplinary knowledge related to sociocultural aspects of the American Pre-Columbian civilizations and may provide an important ecological, evolutionary, and biogeographical understanding of parasites of vertebrates other than humans throughout the geological time. The present data compilation suggests a prominent role in the scientific community assumed by paleoparasitological approaches, since they have been contributing to a better understanding of helminth and protozoan distribution in South America, during the Phanerozoic eon and consolidating the Paleoparasitology as a global science. Keywords: Coprolite, mummy, helminth, protozoa.

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Paleoparasitological Contributions to the Study on Ancient Infections of Hominids and Other Vertebrates in Brazil: A Review

Carmo,

Lima,

Araújo-Júnior

et al. 2024

Paleontologia em Destaque

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“…Over the past years, an increasing number of analyses have been performed on non-human materials, opening up the study of ancient animal (non-human) parasitic diversity (Beltrame et al., 2011, 2014, 2015a, 2015b, 2017, 2018; Borba-Nunes et al, 2017; Dentzien-Dias et al., 2013; Dufour et al., 2015; Fugassa et al., 2018; Le Bailly and Bouchet, 2010; Leles et al., 2018; Sianto et al., 2012, 2014; Slepchenko and Reinhard, 2018; Vieira de Souza et al., 2012; Wood et al., 2013). In such contexts, parasites can be used as evidence for animal presence, and shed light on the spread of parasitic species in wild fauna through time.…”

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Ancient parasites from a peat bog: New insights into animal presence and husbandry in Crete over the past 2000 years

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This paper presents an original palaeoparasitological study performed on samples from a sedimentary core in a peat bog (Asi Gonia, White Mountains, Crete, Greece). The aim of the study is to test the preservation and concentration of parasitic remains in peat sediments, to discuss animal presence around the site throughout the record, and to compare the results with other biomarkers of environmental history. In this aim, 22 sediment samples distributed between the Roman period and the present were processed and the residues were observed under light microscopy in search of parasitic markers (microscopic eggs or oocysts). The majority of the samples (86.4%) tested positive for the presence of helminth eggs. Several taxa were observed throughout the studied period, including Trichuris sp., Ascaris sp., Capillaria sp., Fasciola sp., Paramphistomum sp. and Macracanthorhynchus sp. The assemblage of parasite markers changes throughout the record and the variations show close correlations with previously published grazing indicators (fungal spores) and vegetation changes (pollen grains). This study sheds lights on animal associations and changing environments in the watershed over the past 2000 years. Indeed, we detected three main phases consisting of: Roman animal herding with pigs in an evergreen oak forest, then a more irregular but almost constant presence of ruminants during a second Byzantine and modern phase in a heather maquis landscape and, finally, present-day grazing in a phrygana/steppe landscape. These results highlight how palaeoparasitology can contribute to multi-proxy approaches in peat bog sedimentary sequences.

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“…Its formation worldwide is tightly connected with archaeology and is directly implied by it (Callen and Cameron, 1960;Fry and Moore, 1969;Jones, 1982;Ruffer, 1910;Pike, 1967;Szidat, 1944). Specific research of fossilized animal parasites is rather a secondary phenomenon (Beltrame et al, 2011(Beltrame et al, , 2014(Beltrame et al, , 2015Dalgleish et al, 2006;Fugassa et al, 2006;Huchet et al, 2013;Valim and Weckstein, 2012;Vullo et al, 2010;Wappler et al, 2004). Presently, however, the study of fossilized animal parasites is no longer secondary and continues to grow (De Baets and Littlewood, 2015;Leung, 2017).…”

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Paleoparasitology in Russia, history and prospects

Serdyuk

2018

Palaeontol Electron

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The science of paleoparasitology refers to parasitic animals and plants existing both in the recent past (including human history) and more remote periods of life on Earth. The history of paleoparasitology and its development in Old and New World countries is well-known, however, in Russia, the history of this science has hardly been considered. The present paper offers a review of Pleistocene findings of fossil parasites, parasitizing both mammals and humans, recorded in Russia. New data on the latest research in this field is presented.

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Reptile and rodent parasites in raptor pellets in an archaeological context: the case of Epullán Chica (northwestern Patagonia, Argentina)

Cited by 9 publications

References 46 publications

Paleoparasitological Contributions to the Study on Ancient Infections of Hominids and Other Vertebrates in Brazil: A Review

Paleoparasitological Contributions to the Study on Ancient Infections of Hominids and Other Vertebrates in Brazil: A Review

Ancient parasites from a peat bog: New insights into animal presence and husbandry in Crete over the past 2000 years

Paleoparasitology in Russia, history and prospects

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