Archaeoparasitological and biomolecular analysis of the wells from the Black Sea city of Phanagoria during the Khazar Period (8th–9th centuries A.D.)
Journal: Parasitology
Year: 2025

Ancient water supply systems provide important insights into historical sanitation practices and disease transmission patterns.This study examined soils from two wells of the medieval city of Phanagoria (8th-9th centuries A.D.) to reconstruct parasite contamination patterns during the Khazar period.Soil samples from wells 33 and 46 were analyzed using light microscopy for parasite egg identification and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for fecal biomarker detection.Microscopic analys