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Detection of parasite eggs from a moat encircling the royal palace of Silla, the ancient Korean Kingdom
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- Issue Date
- 2009-11
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE; Vol.36(11); 2534-2539
- Keywords
- Parasite egg ; Ancient ; Trichuris trichiura ; Moat ; Korea
- Abstract
- We conducted a paleo-parasitological study on soil samples from the ancient moat ruins of Weolseong palace, of the Silla Dynasty (BC 57-AD 935) of Korea. Based on the cultural remains found in the mud-soil layer, the layer was precipitated onto the floor of a moat between the 5th and 8th centuries AD. We found Trichuris trichiura eggs only in that mud-soil layer, whereas no parasite eggs were identified in the other archaeological strata of the ruins. As T trichiura eggs are shed only in human feces, we speculated that palace toilet contents were continually drained into the moat; therefore, at a certain point in time after construction, the moat finally became a ditch around the palace. Structures in the stone embankments of the moat, possibly designed to make the water flow continuously in one direction, might reflect the Silla people`s efforts to alleviate the ever-increasing problems inherent in a moat.
- ISSN
- 0305-4403
- Language
- English
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