Recovering parasites from mummies and coprolites: an epidemiological approach

Camacho, Morgana; Araújo, Adauto; Morrow, Johnica; Buikstra, Jane; Reinhard, Karl

doi:10.1186/s13071-018-2729-4

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Studies on coprolites and mummies published from 1944 through 2016

From: Recovering parasites from mummies and coprolites: an epidemiological approach

Provenience	Material	n ^a	Type^b	Method	Year/Reference
Drobnitz Girl, Germany	mummy	1	A	?	1944 [75]
Karwinden Man, Poland	mummy	1	A	?	1944 [75]
El Plomo, Chile	coprolite/mummy	1	A	?	1954 [76]
Ming Dynasty, Guangzhou, China	coprolite/ mummy	1	A	?	1956 [17]
Grauballe Man, Denmark	mummy	1	A	?	1958 [17]
Tollund Man, Denmark	mummy	1	A	?	1958 [77]
Odra River, Poland	coprolites	?	?	?	1960 [78]
Nahal-Mishmar Valley, Israel	coprolites	2	A	?	1961 [79]
Step House, CO, USA	coprolites	20	AB	Callen	1965 [43]
Lovelock Cave, CA, USA	coprolites	168	AB	Callen	1970 [9]
Frightful Cave, Mexico	coprolites	32	AB	Callen	1970 [9]
Clyde’s Cavern, USA	coprolites	16	AB	Callen	1971 [9]
Lion House, CO, USA	coprolites	4	A	Callen	1972 [9]
Hoy House, CO, USA	coprolites	56	AB	Callen	1972 [9]
Western Han Dynasty, Changsha City, China	coprolite/mummy	1	A	?	1973 [17]
Pisco, Peru	mummy intestine section	1	A	Callen	1974 [80]
Upper Salts Cave, KY, USA	coprolites	8	A	Callen	1974 [81]
Ch'angsha, Hunan Province, China	mummy intestine section	1	A	?	1974 [82]
Glenn Canyon, USA	coprolites	40	AB	Callen	1977 [9]
Danger Cave, UT, USA	coprolites	46	AB	Callen	1977 [9]
Hogup Cave, UT, USA	coprolites	60	AB	Callen	1977 [9]
Hinds Cave, TX USA	coprolites	13	A	Callen	1978 [9]
Canyon del Muerto, NM, USA	coprolites/ mummies	2	A	Callen	1980 [83]
Gentio II, MS, Brazil	coprolites	22	AB	Lutz	1980 [84]
Itacambira, MG, Brazil	coprolites/ mummies	3	A	Lutz	1981 [85]
Han Dynasty Jinagling City, China	coprolite/mummy	1	A	?	1981 [17]
Boqueirão Soberbo, MS, Brazil	coprolites	?	?	Lutz	1982 [86]
Gentio II, MS, Brazil	coprolite/mummy	1	A	Lutz	1983 [87]
Llods Street Pavement, UK	coprolite	1	A	HCl	1983 [59]
Los Gavilanes, Peru	coprolites	52	AB	?	1983 [88]
Hinds Cave, TX, USA	coprolites	7	A	Callen	1983 [9]
Tiliviche, Chile	coprolites	26	AB	Lutz	1984 [89]
Chu Dynasty, Jingmen City, South Korea	coprolite/mummy	1	A	?	1984 [17]
Caserones, Chile	coprolites	10	A	Lutz	1985 [90]
Antelope House, AZ, USA	coprolites	90	AB	Callen	1986 [9]
Lindow Man, England	mummy	1	A	?	1986 [75]
Chaco Canyon, NM, USA	coprolites	20	AB	Callen	1987 [9]
Turkey Pen Cave, UT, USA	coprolites	24	AB	Callen	1987 [9]
Antelope House, AZ, USA	coprolites	62	AB	Callen	1987 [9]
Dust Devil Cave, UT, USA	coprolites	100	AB	Callen	1987 [9]
Salmon Ruins, NM, USA	coprolites	112	AB	Callen	1987 [9]
Pedra Furada, PI, Brazil	coprolites	17	AB	Lutz	1987 [91]
Bighorn Sheep Ruin, UT, USA	coprolites	20	AB	Callen?	1988 [9]
Qilaleitsoq, Greenland	coprolite/mummy	1	A	?	1989 [92]
Big Bone Cave	coprolites	8	A	Formalin- ethyl acetate sedimention	1989 [93]
Estrago Cave, PE, Brazil	coprolites	4	A	Lutz	1989 [94]
NAN Ranch Ruin, NM, USA	coprolites/burial	1	A	Callen/Lyco	1989 [58]
Ventana Cave, AZ, USA	coprolite/mummy	1	A	Callen/Lyco	1991 [95]
Antelope House, AZ, USA	coprolites	180	AB	Callen	1992 [9]
Inscription House AZ, USA	coprolites	16	AB	Callen	1992 [9]
Baker Cave, TX, USA	coprolites	17	AB	Callen/Lyco	1992 [9]
Hinds Cave, TX, USA	coprolites	39	AB	Callen/Lyco	1992 [9]
Dan Canyon, AZ, USA	coprolites/burial	1	A	Callen/Lyco	1992 [96]
Klethla, AZ, USA	sediments/burial	1	A	Chemical	1992 [9]
Montbéliard, France	coprolites/sediments	?	?	Reims	2002 [97]
León, Spain	mummy contents	4	A	Flotation	2003 [57]
Bighorn Cave, AZ, USA	coprolites	35	ABCD	Callen/Lyco	2002 [98]
Chiribaya, Peru	coprolites	29	AB	Callen	2003 [99]
Chiribaya, Peru	coprolites/mummy	43	ABCD	Callen/Lyco	2003 [10]
Skyles Mummy, TX, USA	coprolites/mummy	1	AC	Callen/Lyco	2003 [100]
Lluta Valley, Chile	coprolites/mummy	39	ABCD	Callen/Lyco	2003 [50]
Diverse sites, Switzerland and Germany	coprolites and sediments	89	AB	Reims	2005 [101]
Lapa do Boquete, Brazil	coprolite/mummy	1	AC	Callen/Lyco	2002 [51]
Gangneung, South Korea	coprolite/mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2007 [39]
Yangju, South Korea	coprolite/mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2007 [39]
SN2-19-1, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2007 [39]
SN1-2, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2007 [39]
SN3-7-1, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2007 [39]
SN2-19-2, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2007 [39]
Hadong-1, South Korea	coprolite/mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2008 [39]
GJ1-2, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2008 [39]
Yongin, South Korea	coprolite/mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2009 [39]
Waegwan, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2010 [39]
Seocheon, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2010 [39]
Sinnae, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2010 [39]
Chinchorro, Chile	coprolite/mummy	24	ABCD	Callen/Lyco	2010 [70]
Piraino 1, Sicily	coprolite/mummy	1	ABC	Callen/Lyco	2010 [48]
El-Deir, Oasis of Kharga, Egypt	coprolites and sediments from mummies	12	A	Reims	2010 [54]
Dangjin, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2011 [39]
Gongju, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2011 [39]
Antelope Cave, AZ, USA	coprolites	20	ABCD	Callen/Lyco	2011 [29]
Sapgyo, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2012 [39]
CMC, Mexico	coprolites	36	ABCD	Callen/Lyco	2012 [33]
Zweeloo, Belgium	mummy intestine section	1	ABC	Searcey	2013 [56]
Jinju, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2014 [39]
Hadong-2, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2014 [39]
Sacheon, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2014 [39]
Mungyeong, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2014 [39]
PJ-SM, South Korea	coprolite/ mummy	1	AB	Lutz	2014 [39]
Vilnius, Lithuania	mummy intestine sections	10	AC	Searcey	2014 [49]
Nivelles, Belgium	Burials coprolites and Sediments	3	AC	HCl	2015 [34]
Furna do Estrago, Brazil	coprolites/burials	6	AC	Lutz/Lyco	2015 [28]
Mamluk Period, Jerusalem	coprolites	12	AC	Reims	2015 [55]
CMC, Mexico	coprolites	100	ABCD	Callen/Lyco	2017 [26]

^an, number of samples analyzed
^b“Type” refers to whether the derived data are reliable for positive/negative (A), prevalence (B), infection intensity (C), or overdispersion (D) studies
Abbreviations: HCl, studies that needed to use acidified rehydration solution following [59]; Lyco, analysis included epg estimation by using Lycopodium spores
Coprolites and mummies are most common in the Americas and archaeologists have excavated them since the 1940s. Large numbers of coprolites were analyzed beginning in the 1960s. Therefore, these data are dominated by North and South American studies. Korea’s Joseon Dynasty mummies are presented in bold, since are part of other geographic area and context

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