La peste justinienne en Égypte
Between the 6th and 8th centuries AD, several episodes of bubonic plague struck the Mediterranean and European worlds. This pandemic is described in several ancient texts as the "Justinian plague". Research on these episodes has been developing significantly over the past few years with th...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:be856f3d26014335b723a6ce0eb95280 2024-09-09T20:05:00+00:00 La peste justinienne en Égypte Nicolas Morand 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.4000/nda.14260 https://doaj.org/article/be856f3d26014335b723a6ce0eb95280 FR fre Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme https://journals.openedition.org/nda/14260 https://doaj.org/toc/0242-7702 https://doaj.org/toc/2425-1941 0242-7702 2425-1941 doi:10.4000/nda.14260 https://doaj.org/article/be856f3d26014335b723a6ce0eb95280 Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, Vol 169, Pp 64-68 (2022) Archaeology CC1-960 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.4000/nda.14260 2024-08-05T17:49:40Z Between the 6th and 8th centuries AD, several episodes of bubonic plague struck the Mediterranean and European worlds. This pandemic is described in several ancient texts as the "Justinian plague". Research on these episodes has been developing significantly over the past few years with the discovery of cemeteries in link to the epidemic. DNA analyses carried out on human skeletons have made it possible to confirm the infection. They determine the genetic make-up of the bacterium (Yersinia pestis). But the research does not stop there, archaeozoology plays an important role in the knowledge about the spread of the plague. Indeed, black rats (Rattus rattus) are the main propagators of the plague through their infected fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis). Archaeological evidence of rats is therefore a means of tracing the spread of the animal. It is possible to cross-reference this data with textual sources and genetic studies. This article provides a synthesis of interdisciplinary research and the case of Egypt in the history of this zoonosis in the light of recent archaeozoological studies in Alexandria. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Les Nouvelles de l'archéologie 169 64 68 |
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Between the 6th and 8th centuries AD, several episodes of bubonic plague struck the Mediterranean and European worlds. This pandemic is described in several ancient texts as the "Justinian plague". Research on these episodes has been developing significantly over the past few years with the discovery of cemeteries in link to the epidemic. DNA analyses carried out on human skeletons have made it possible to confirm the infection. They determine the genetic make-up of the bacterium (Yersinia pestis). But the research does not stop there, archaeozoology plays an important role in the knowledge about the spread of the plague. Indeed, black rats (Rattus rattus) are the main propagators of the plague through their infected fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis). Archaeological evidence of rats is therefore a means of tracing the spread of the animal. It is possible to cross-reference this data with textual sources and genetic studies. This article provides a synthesis of interdisciplinary research and the case of Egypt in the history of this zoonosis in the light of recent archaeozoological studies in Alexandria. |
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