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JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue 1, Pages 296-298Publisher
ALLEN PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1059.1
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Ticks have never been reported in archaeological analyses. Here, we present the discovery of a tick from a coprolite excavated from Antelope Cave in extreme northwest Arizona. Dietary analysis indicates that the coprolite has a human origin. This archaeological occupation is associated with the Ancestral Pueblo culture (Anasazi). This discovery supports previous hypotheses that ticks were a potential source of disease and that ectoparasites were eaten by ancient people.
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