Pages: 377-389 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp216377389
The article presents the results of an archaeoparasitological and palynological study of a sample taken from the sewage drain of the Chorgun Tower. This is a fortification on the territory of the village of Chernorechie (South-Western Crimea). According to archaeological research, the construction of the keep dates back to the third quarter of the 15th century. Four types of eggs of intestinal parasites infecting humans and synanthropic animals were identified in the sample.
Regarding parasitic and infectious gastrointestinal diseases, human whipworm and roundworm eggs found in the sample are indicative of relatively unfavorable sanitary conditions of the fortification.
Based on the features of the archaeoparasitological spectrum, it can be concluded that anthelminthic agents were used or food with antiparasitic effects against roundworms was consumed. The difficult sanitary and epidemiological situation was also complicated by synanthropic rodents, such as rats and domestic mice, which could be a constant source of dangerous infections in the Chorgun Keep.
A palynological study of the contents of the sewage runoff made it possible to obtain additional information on the nutrition of people who used the latrine facilities in the Chorgun Keep.
What is equally important is that the study demonstrates the possibilities of methods for the study of canalization as a source of bioarchaeological information.
Keywords: Crimea, Chernaya, Chorgun Tower, the Middle Ages, the sewage drain, archeoparasitology, intestinal parasites
Information about author:
Evgeniy Nedelkin (Sevastopol, Crimea). The State Museum-Preserve “Tauric Chersonese”. Drevnyaya St., 1, Sevastopol, 299045, Crimea
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Alexander Khrustalev (Moscow, Russian Federation). All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plant. Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya St., 28, Moscow, 117218, Russian Federation
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Anna Babenko (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dmitry Ulyanov St., 19, Moscow, 117292, Russian Federation
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Sergey Slepchenko (Tyumen, Russian Federation). Candidate of Biological Sciences. Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tyumen Scientific Center, Institute of Problems of Development of the North. Malygin St., 86, Tyumen, 625003, Russian Federation
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