Results of Archaeoparasitological and Palynological Research Conducted on Cultural Layers of the Artesian Ancient Settlement (Eastern Crimea)
The article presents the results of archaeoparasitological and palynological research of the cultural layers located in the ancient Artesian settlement in the Eastern Crimea. The study revealed the species composition of parasites and palynological spectrum in the cultural layers. Parasite eggs dist...
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| author | Sergey M. Slepchenko Nikolai I. Vinokurov Anna N. Babenko Alexander V. Khrustalev Sergey N. Ivanov |
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| description | The article presents the results of archaeoparasitological and palynological research of the cultural layers located in the ancient Artesian settlement in the Eastern Crimea. The study revealed the species composition of parasites and palynological spectrum in the cultural layers. Parasite eggs distribution over the layers indicates high content of eggs in almost all periods of the citadel’s existence. High abundance of geohelminth eggs in the studied samples, which might belong to both humans and domestic animals, indicates the unsatisfactory sanitary state of the settlement and the constant risk of infection with geohelminthiasis and intestinal infections possessing the same fecal-oral route of transmission. Features of the studied spore-pollen spectra do not allow a detailed reconstruction of the vegetation dynamics in the vicinity of the Artezian fortress at the turn of the millennium. The major reason is complexity of spectra formation: in addition to pollen deposited from the air (pollen rain), a significant proportion consists of pollen grains brought from other sources. Furthermore, interpretation of the spore-pollen spectra is complicated by presence of a large number of microcharcoals and burnt pollen grains. Despite the above-mentioned challenges in the study of samples from the cultural layers of the Artezian archaeological site using spore-pollen method, we have determined that the inhabitants of the settlement probably used animal dung as fuel, and that at the turn of the millennium, forestless open landscapes covered with steppe vegetation were predominant around the settlement. An important result of the study is the demonstration of unexplored opportunities to investigate cultural layers by archaeoparasitological and palynological methods and of the obtained data use as a source of bioarchaeological information. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a04901eae8145c184b97c5d9c3730312022-12-25T18:47:27ZengVolgograd State UniversityНижневолжский археологический вестник2587-81232658-59952022-12-0121218420710.15688/nav.jvolsu.2022.2.12 Results of Archaeoparasitological and Palynological Research Conducted on Cultural Layers of the Artesian Ancient Settlement (Eastern Crimea)Sergey M. Slepchenko0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9365-3849Nikolai I. Vinokurov1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7787-6527Anna N. Babenko2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6805-5476Alexander V. Khrustalev3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4526-8719Sergey N. Ivanov4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8566-0080Tyumen Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesMoscow Pedagogical State UniversityInstitute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of SciencesAll-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants named after K.I. SkryabinTyumen Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesThe article presents the results of archaeoparasitological and palynological research of the cultural layers located in the ancient Artesian settlement in the Eastern Crimea. The study revealed the species composition of parasites and palynological spectrum in the cultural layers. Parasite eggs distribution over the layers indicates high content of eggs in almost all periods of the citadel’s existence. High abundance of geohelminth eggs in the studied samples, which might belong to both humans and domestic animals, indicates the unsatisfactory sanitary state of the settlement and the constant risk of infection with geohelminthiasis and intestinal infections possessing the same fecal-oral route of transmission. Features of the studied spore-pollen spectra do not allow a detailed reconstruction of the vegetation dynamics in the vicinity of the Artezian fortress at the turn of the millennium. The major reason is complexity of spectra formation: in addition to pollen deposited from the air (pollen rain), a significant proportion consists of pollen grains brought from other sources. Furthermore, interpretation of the spore-pollen spectra is complicated by presence of a large number of microcharcoals and burnt pollen grains. Despite the above-mentioned challenges in the study of samples from the cultural layers of the Artezian archaeological site using spore-pollen method, we have determined that the inhabitants of the settlement probably used animal dung as fuel, and that at the turn of the millennium, forestless open landscapes covered with steppe vegetation were predominant around the settlement. An important result of the study is the demonstration of unexplored opportunities to investigate cultural layers by archaeoparasitological and palynological methods and of the obtained data use as a source of bioarchaeological information.https://nav.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/archive-en/658-2022-vol-21-no-2/articles/1784-slepchenko-s-m-vinokurov-n-i-babenko-a-n-khrustalev-a-v-ivanov-s-n-results-of-archaeoparasitological-and-palynological-research-conducted-on-cultural-layers-of-the-artesian-ancient-settlement-eastern-crimeaarchaeoparasitologyhelminthspalynologycultural layerspore-pollen spectraeastern crimeaantiquity |
| spellingShingle | Sergey M. Slepchenko Nikolai I. Vinokurov Anna N. Babenko Alexander V. Khrustalev Sergey N. Ivanov Results of Archaeoparasitological and Palynological Research Conducted on Cultural Layers of the Artesian Ancient Settlement (Eastern Crimea) Нижневолжский археологический вестник archaeoparasitology helminths palynology cultural layer spore-pollen spectra eastern crimea antiquity |
| title | Results of Archaeoparasitological and Palynological Research Conducted on Cultural Layers of the Artesian Ancient Settlement (Eastern Crimea) |
| title_full | Results of Archaeoparasitological and Palynological Research Conducted on Cultural Layers of the Artesian Ancient Settlement (Eastern Crimea) |
| title_fullStr | Results of Archaeoparasitological and Palynological Research Conducted on Cultural Layers of the Artesian Ancient Settlement (Eastern Crimea) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Results of Archaeoparasitological and Palynological Research Conducted on Cultural Layers of the Artesian Ancient Settlement (Eastern Crimea) |
| title_short | Results of Archaeoparasitological and Palynological Research Conducted on Cultural Layers of the Artesian Ancient Settlement (Eastern Crimea) |
| title_sort | results of archaeoparasitological and palynological research conducted on cultural layers of the artesian ancient settlement eastern crimea |
| topic | archaeoparasitology helminths palynology cultural layer spore-pollen spectra eastern crimea antiquity |
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