Irritating Intimates: The Archaeoentomology of Lice, Fleas, and Bedbugs

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in the form of lice, fleas, and bedbugs, are often found in archaeological samples as indicated by archaeoentomological investigations in Europe, the Near East, Greenland, Iceland, and more recently in North America. Many historical texts, some dating as far back as the Classical Period, discuss ectoparasites, providing a lively repository of folk remedies. While archaeoentomological finds of ectoparasites are relatively new to the Northeast, these irritating intimates are found when care is taken to look for them. Des ectoparasites, sous la forme de poux, de puces, et de punaises de lit, sont souvent trouves dans les echantillons archeologiques comme indique par des analyses archeoentomologiques en Europe, au Proche Orient, au Groenland, en Islande et, plus recemment, en Amerique du Nord. Beaucoup de documents his-toriques, certains datant de la periode c/assique, mentionnent les ectoparasites. Ces textes representent un riche et vivant repertoire de remedes et de recettes folkloriques. Bien que les pre/evements archaeoento-mologiques d'ectoparasites soient relativement nouveaux dans Ie Nord-est, on retrouve ces irritants intimes quand on se donne la peine de les chercher.

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Bain, A. (2004). Irritating Intimates: The Archaeoentomology of Lice, Fleas, and Bedbugs. Northeast Historical Archaeology, 33(1), 81–90. https://doi.org/10.22191/neha/vol33/iss1/8

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