Diet and Parasitism at Dust Devil Cave
- 1 October 1985
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 50 (4) , 819-824
- https://doi.org/10.2307/280170
Abstract
Analysis of 100 desiccated feces of the Desha Complex (6800–4800 B.C.) from Dust Devil Cave near Navajo Mountain in southern Utah shows high proportions of Chenopodium seed and an absence of parasitic round-worms. Conversely, fecal remains from other sites in the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau show high incidences of parasite infection and low frequencies of Chenopodium. The implications of Chenopodium as a vermifuge are discussed.Keywords
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