Raptor pellets as zooarchaeological material for paleoparasitological studies in Patagonia |
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| Authors: | María Ornela Beltrame Martín Horacio Fugassa Norma Haydée Sardella María Teresa Civalero Carlos Aschero |
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| Institution: | 1. Laboratorio de Paleoparasitología, Dpto. Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3250, 7600 Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, CONICET, Argentina;2. Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano, 3 de Febrero 1378, Buenos Aires 1426, CONICET, Argentina;3. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, CONICET, Argentina |
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| Abstract: | Raptor pellets from Cerro Casa de Piedra archaeological sites, Patagonia, have yielded consistent evidence of parasitism and possible zoonoses in ancient times. Pellet samples analyzed were dated at 2740 ± 100 and 3.990 ± 80 years before present and have produced evidence of three intestinal parasite genera. Eggs of two nematodes Trichuris and Calodium, and one cestode, taeniid, were found. Its significance for rock shelters paleoepidemiology of the Holocene is discussed. This study increases the evidences that raptor pellets can be used as source of paleoparasitological information in archaeological sites. |
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| Keywords: | Paleoparasitology Raptor pellets Patagonia Zoonoses Zooarchaeology |
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