title: Traditional Living Habits of the Taz Tundra Population: A Paleoparasitological Study.
abstract: An excavation of the Vesakoyakha II-IV and Nyamboyto I burial grounds was conducted during the 2014 field season, and soil samples from intact burials dating from the 19th and 20th centuries, respectively, were analyzed to determine interactions between parasites and host/vectors. Considering the discovery ofDiphyllobothriumsp. andTaeniasp. eggs in soil samples from the pelvic region, diphyllobothriasis was the most frequent helminthic infection among the Taz Nenets. The Nyamboyto Nenets mainly consumed uncooked fish, while the Vesakoyakha Nenets had a bigger variety in food choices, including reindeer meat. Nenets children were given raw fish from early childhood. The paleoparasitological results corroborate rare ethnographic records about the consumption of uncooked reindeer cerebrum which led to beef tapeworm helminthiases. This is the first parasitological report of helminthic diseases among the Taz Nenets, and, as such, it provides insight into their subsistence activities and food patterns and broadens our understanding of their health condition.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Problems of the Development of the North, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tyumen 625026 Russian Federation.|Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation.|Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tyumen, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Sergey Mikhailovich
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Slepchenko
authors.affiliation: Institute for Problems of the Development of the North, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tyumen 625026 Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Sergey Nikolaevich
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.affiliation: Institute for Problems of the Development of the North, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tyumen 625026 Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Bagashev Anatoly
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Nikolaevich
authors.affiliation: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Tsybankov Alexander
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Alekseevich
authors.affiliation: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Slavinsky Vyacheslav
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Sergeyevich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004170:Diphyllobothrium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005580:Fossils / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012424:Rural Population; D012426:Russia; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D065929:Tundra
keywords: Diphyllobothrium latum; Nenets; Taenia saginata; Western Siberia; dietary habit; food pattern; health status; paleoparasitology; subsistence activity