Archaeoparasitology is a study to acquire data concerning the parasite infection of ancient people through the examination of the specimens obtained in the excavation sites. Although this research has achieved many successes worldwide, there has been few noteworthy reports from South Asia countries. In 2011 to 2016, we thus conducted parasite examinations on Indian archaeological specimens (n = 247) collected at excavation sites of Mature Harappan period (4600–3900 BP) and their contemporary rural Chalcolithic sites. To derive effective strategy of archaeoparasitological works in Indian Subcontinent, our data were analyzed together with previous clinical report on the soil transmitted helminth infection in the Indian Subcontinent. We propose that future paleoparasitological studies in India should be conducted more intensely on ancient specimens from the states of Assam, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal etc.

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基于史前样品显微检查的考古寄生虫学策略以及印度次大陆土壤传播的蠕虫感染发生率差异的最新报道

考古寄生虫学是一项通过检查在挖掘现场获得的标本来获取有关古代人寄生虫感染的数据的研究。尽管这项研究在全球范围内取得了许多成功，但几乎没有来自南亚国家的报道。因此，在2011年至2016年，我们对在成熟哈拉潘时期（4600–3900 BP）及其当代农村石器时代遗址发掘的印度考古标本（n = 247）进行了寄生虫检查。为了得出印度次大陆的考古寄生虫学工作的有效策略，我们的数据与先前关于印度次大陆土壤传播的蠕虫感染的临床报告一起进行了分析。