Inca expansion and parasitism in the Lluta Valley: preliminary data

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Calogero Santoro²  Sheila Dorsey Vinton¹  Karl J Reinhard¹ 

[1] ,Universidad de Tarapacá Museo Arqueológico San Miguel de Azapa Arica,Chile

关键词: Inca;    disease;    archaeoparasitology;    Chile;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762003000900024

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Assessing the impact of cultural change on parasitism has been a central goal in archaeoparasitology. The influence of civilization and the development of empires on parasitism has not been evaluated. Presented here is a preliminary analysis of the change in human parasitism associated with the Inca conquest of the Lluta Valley in Northern Chile. Changes in parasite prevalence are described. It can be seen that the change in life imposed on the inhabitants of the Lluta Valley by the Incas caused an increase in parasitism.

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