Gastrointestinal parasites in ancient South American camelid feces from the Atacama Desert (Pampa del Tamarugal, Tarapaca, northern Chile)

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dc.contributor.authorRamirez, Dario Alejandro
dc.contributor.authorHerrera-Soto, Maria Jose
dc.contributor.authorAndreu, Josefina Gonzalez
dc.contributor.authorSantana-Sagredo, Francisca
dc.contributor.authorUribe Rodriguez, Mauricio
dc.contributor.authorNores, Rodrigo
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T20:16:11Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T20:16:11Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractFaunal remains from archeological sites worldwide, especially feces and regurgitated pellets, are usually subjected to paleoparasitological examination, allowing the identification of past animal parasites. In this study, we analyzed 10 samples of South American camelid dung, which played an important role for the ancient human groups in the South-Central Andes, dated between 341 and 1635 calCE, from the Iluga Tumulos site (Pampa del Tamarugal, Tarapaca region, Atacama Desert, Chile). Microscopy examination revealed parasite remains in seven samples, in which oocysts of Eimeria macusaniensis and eggs of Lamanema chavezi/Nematodirus lamae, Trichuris sp., Moniezia sp., capillariids, strongylids, and unidentified nematodes were found. Although some of these species pose a potential health risk to camelids, most are not considered to be of major zoonotic importance, which could explain the absence of these parasites on human coprolites from this site analyzed previously. This first paleoparasitological study on camelid fecal remains from northern Chile sheds light on the occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites and its relationship with Andean ancient human populations and the environment.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/arcm.12862
dc.identifier.eissn1475-4754
dc.identifier.issn0003-813X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12862
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/92312
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000950084400001
dc.issue.numero5
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final1089
dc.pagina.inicio1073
dc.revistaArchaeometry
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectAndean societies
dc.subjectecological interactions
dc.subjectenteroparasites
dc.subjectIluga Tumulos
dc.subjectparasitosis
dc.subjectzooarcheology
dc.subjectzoonosis
dc.titleGastrointestinal parasites in ancient South American camelid feces from the Atacama Desert (Pampa del Tamarugal, Tarapaca, northern Chile)
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen65
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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