Parasite infection at the early farming community of Çatalhöyük

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Parasite infection at the early farming community of Çatalhöyük. / Ledger, Marissa L.; Anastasiou, Evilena; Shillito, Lisa-Marie; Mackay, Helen; Bull, Ian D.; Haddow, Scott D.; Knüsel, Christopher J.; Mitchell, Piers D.

In: Antiquity, Vol. 93, No. 369, 06.2019, p. 573-587.

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Ledger, ML, Anastasiou, E, Shillito, L-M, Mackay, H, Bull, ID, Haddow, SD, Knüsel, CJ & Mitchell, PD 2019, 'Parasite infection at the early farming community of Çatalhöyük', Antiquity, vol. 93, no. 369, pp. 573-587. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.61

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Ledger, M. L., Anastasiou, E., Shillito, L-M., Mackay, H., Bull, I. D., Haddow, S. D., Knüsel, C. J., & Mitchell, P. D. (2019). Parasite infection at the early farming community of Çatalhöyük. Antiquity, 93(369), 573-587. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.61

Vancouver

Ledger ML, Anastasiou E, Shillito L-M, Mackay H, Bull ID, Haddow SD et al. Parasite infection at the early farming community of Çatalhöyük. Antiquity. 2019 Jun;93(369):573-587. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.61

Author

Ledger, Marissa L. ; Anastasiou, Evilena ; Shillito, Lisa-Marie ; Mackay, Helen ; Bull, Ian D. ; Haddow, Scott D. ; Knüsel, Christopher J. ; Mitchell, Piers D. / Parasite infection at the early farming community of Çatalhöyük. In: Antiquity. 2019 ; Vol. 93, No. 369. pp. 573-587.

Bibtex

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title = "Parasite infection at the early farming community of {\c C}atalh{\"o}y{\"u}k",
abstract = "The early village at {\c C}atalh{\"o}y{\"u}k (7100–6150 BC) provides important evidence for the Neolithic and Chalcolithic people of central Anatolia. This article reports on the use of lipid biomarker analysis to identify human coprolites from midden deposits, and microscopy to analyse these coprolites and soil samples from human burials. Whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) eggs are identified in two coprolites, but the pelvic soil samples are negative for parasites. {\c C}atalh{\"o}y{\"u}k is one of the earliest Eurasian sites to undergo palaeoparasitological analysis to date. The results inform how intestinal parasitic infection changed as humans modified their subsistence strategies from hunting and gathering to settled farming. ",
author = "Ledger, {Marissa L.} and Evilena Anastasiou and Lisa-Marie Shillito and Helen Mackay and Bull, {Ian D.} and Haddow, {Scott D.} and Kn{\"u}sel, {Christopher J.} and Mitchell, {Piers D.}",
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AB - The early village at Çatalhöyük (7100–6150 BC) provides important evidence for the Neolithic and Chalcolithic people of central Anatolia. This article reports on the use of lipid biomarker analysis to identify human coprolites from midden deposits, and microscopy to analyse these coprolites and soil samples from human burials. Whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) eggs are identified in two coprolites, but the pelvic soil samples are negative for parasites. Çatalhöyük is one of the earliest Eurasian sites to undergo palaeoparasitological analysis to date. The results inform how intestinal parasitic infection changed as humans modified their subsistence strategies from hunting and gathering to settled farming.

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