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Parasites in Past Civilizations and Their Impact upon Health by Matthieu Le Bailly and Piers D. Mitchell (2023, Hardcover)

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101107000777

ISBN-139781107000773

eBay Product ID (ePID)27058365847

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Book TitleParasites in Past Civilizations and Their Impact Upon Health

Number of Pages350 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAnthropology / Physical

Publication Year2023

IllustratorYes

GenreSocial Science

AuthorMatthieu Le Bailly, Piers D. Mitchell

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

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LCCN2023-000043

Reviews'This volume ... challenges us to think about these civilizations without macroparasites - what would they be like day-to-day? How would their histories be different? Thinking in this way, it becomes easy to see the tremendous social and biological impacts that macroparasites had, and continue to have, on humans of the past and present.' Sophie K. Joseph, The Quarterly Review of Biology

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal616.9609

Table Of Content1. Introduction; 2. Near Eastern civilizations; 3. Ancient Egypt and Nubia; 4. The prehistoric peoples of Europe; 5. The Roman world; 6. Medieval Europe; 7. East Asian civilizations; 8. North American indigenous peoples; 9. South and Central American civilizations; 10. Parasites, migrations and epidemics; 11. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisParasites have been infecting humans throughout our evolution. When complex societies developed, the greater population density provided new opportunities for parasites to spread. In this interdisciplinary volume, the author brings his expertise in medicine, archaeology and history to explore the contribution of parasites in causing flourishing past civilizations to falter and decline. By using cutting edge methods, Mitchell presents the evidence for parasites that infected the peoples of key ancient civilizations across the world in order to understand their impact upon those populations. This new understanding of the archaeological and historical evidence for intestinal worms, ectoparasites, and protozoa shows how different cultures were burdened by contrasting types of diseases depending upon their geographical location, endemic insects, food preferences and cultural beliefs., With its broad focus ranging from medicine to history, this book provides a solid historical understanding of how the nature of past cultures and civilisations affects human risk of disease. For readers fascinated by ancient societies and past civilizations as well as those intrigued by the health of our ancestors.

LC Classification NumberRC119