THE DENTAL ART IN ANCIENT TIMES

By ANTHONY HARRIS

PART I: PARASITES, HUMAN HOSTS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO PALEOPARASITOLOGY 2 THE PRESERVATION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL OVER TIME 3 THE HISTORY OF PALEOPATHOLOGY IN BRAZIL: SKULLS, PARASITES, AND DISEASES FROM THE PAST 4 THE DISPERSAL OF HOMO SAPIENS AND THE PEOPLING OF THE CONTINENTS 5 HUMAN OCCUPATION OF PATAGONIA 6 PARASITISM 7 THE ORIGIN OF PARASITES OF HUMANS 8 PARASITES AS MARKERS OF PREHISTORIC MIGRATIONS 10 ARTHROPODS AND PARASITES FOUND IN AMBER 11 MITES, TICKS, AND PALEOPARASITOLOGY 12 BACTERIA AND PALEOPARASITOLOGY 13 VIRUSES AND PALEOPARASITOLOGY 14 POLLEN GRAINS, LANDSCAPES, AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS 15 PALEOPARASITOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS 16 COPROLITE DIAGNOSIS, OR WHO MADE THE COPROLITE? 17 PALEOSEROLOGY 18 PALEOPARASITOLOGY AND ANCIENT DNA 19 MOLECULAR PALEOPARASITOLOGY PART III PARASITE FINDINGS IN ARCHEOLOGICAL REMAINS: A PALEOGEOGRAPHIC VIEW 20 THE FINDINGS IN SOUTH AMERICA 21 THE FINDINGS IN NORTH AMERICA 22 THE FINDINGS IN EUROPE 23 THE FINDINGS IN ASIA 24 THE FINDINGS IN OCEANIA 25 THE FINDINGS IN AFRICA PART IV: SPECIAL STUDIES AND PERSPECTIVES 26 THE PALEOEPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHAGAS DISEASE 27 DISEASES RECORDED IN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS 28 METHODS IN PALEOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND NEW PERSPECTIVES IN PALEOPARASITOLOGY