Korean J Parasitol.
2021 Aug;59(4):393-397. 10.3347/kjp.2021.59.4.393.
Helminth Eggs Detected in Soil Samples of a Possible Toilet Structure Found at the Capital Area of Ancient Baekje Kingdom of Korea
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- 1Department of Mortuary Science, College of Bio-convergence, Eulji University, Seongnam 13135, Korea
- 2Kongju National University Museum, Gongju 32588, Korea
- 3Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, Seoul 06153, Korea
- 4Institute of Korean Archaeology and Ancient History, Kyunghee University, Seoul 02447, Korea
- 5Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
- 6Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Korea Association of Health Promotion, Seoul 07649, Korea
- 7Research Center for Knowledge Science in Cultural Heritage, Doshisha University, Kyoto 610-0394, Japan
- 8Paleolabo. Co. Ltd., 335-0016, Saitama, Japan
- 9Department of Parasitology, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan 31116, Korea
- 10Bioanthropology and Paleopathology Lab, Institute of Forensic and Anthropological Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
- 11Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea
- KMID: 2519812
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2021.59.4.393
Abstract
- Although research conducted in East Asia has uncovered parasite eggs from ancient toilets or cesspits, data accumulated to date needs to be supplemented by more archaeoparasitological studies. We examined a total of 21 soil samples from a toilet-like structure at the Hwajisan site, a Baekje-period royal villa, in present-day Korea. At least 4 species of helminth eggs, i.e., Trichuris trichiura, Ascaris lumbricoides, Clonorchis sinensis, and Trichuris sp. (or Trichuris vulpis) were detected in 3 sediment samples of the structure that was likely a toilet used by Baekje nobles. The eggs of T. trichiura were found in all 3 samples (no. 1, 4, and 5); and A. lumbricoides eggs were detected in 2 samples (no. 4 and 5). C. sinensis and T. vulpis-like eggs were found in no. 5 sample. From the findings of this study, we can suppose that the soil-transmitted helminths were prevalent in ancient Korean people, including the nobles of Baekje Kingdom during the 5th to 7th century.
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