Presentation and Appraisal

Abstract

With the publication of this volume, archaeological parasitology has established the legitimacy of its role in the reconstruction of the past. Though formerly often relegated to the appendix of a site description report, the manuscripts herein represent a dramatic presentation of the potential for the expansion of the database generated by integrating paleoparasitological findings with other archaeological data. And how appropriate that this book should be the product of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz in Rio de Janeiro whose professional staff has contributed so much to bring this specialty to its present distinguished status