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Pubic lice (Pthirus pubis L.) were present in Roman and Medieval Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Harry Kenward
Harry Kenward*
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Environmental Archaeology Unit (EAU), Department of Biology, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, England. Biol6@york.ac.uk
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Abstract

As methods of retrieval become ever better, and analysis more refined, the horrid vermin of human occupation are identified and mapped. Recent analyses of deposits from Carlisle provide data on pubic lice.

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insect remainsliceBritainRomanmedievalCarlisle
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 282 , December 1999 , pp. 911 - 915
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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