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MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ
Volume 98, Issue -, Pages 161-163Publisher
FUNDACO OSWALDO CRUZ
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000900024
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Inca; disease; archaeoparasitology; Chile
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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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