Dr Piers Mitchell is one of Britain’s leading ancient diseases specialists, and is trained as biological anthropologist, medical historian and physician. He teaches at the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology in the University of Cambridge.

"Evidence in this volume, and hopefully future research inspired by it, is relevant to grounding several theoretical frameworks in anthropology and related disciplines, namely public health, particularly epidemiologic transition theory, and, more specifically, the hygiene hypothesis." - Molly K. Zuckerman, Mississippi State University, USA"[this book] is the first collected work on this subject and it appearance is timely given recent scholarly interest in parasties and health in bio-archaeology. The book is notable for drawing together studies that approach hygiene and sanitation from diverse perspectives: a wide range of topics are represented"- Elizabeth Craig-Atkins (University of Sheffield, UK) in the journal for the Society of Medieval Archaeology

• 1: Why We Need to Know About Sanitation in the Past; 2: Assessing the Impact of Sanitation upon Health in Early Human Populations from Hunter-gatherers to Ancient Civilisations, Using Theoretical Modelling; 3: Waste Management in Early Urban Southern Mesopotamia; 4: Latrines and Wastewater Sanitation Technologies in Ancient Greece; 5: A Tale of Two Cities; 6: Sewers, Cesspits and Middens; 7: Human Intestinal Parasites and Dysentery in Africa and the Middle East Prior to 1500; 8: Parasitism, Cesspits and Sanitation in East Asian Countries Prior to Modernisation; 9: New World Paleoparasitology; 10: Parasites in European Populations from Prehistory to the Industrial Revolution; 11: A First Attempt to Retrace the History of Dysentery Caused by Entamoeba histolytica; 12: A Better Understanding of Sanitation and Health in the Past

Dr Piers Mitchell is one of Britain’s leading ancient diseases specialists, and is trained as biological anthropologist, medical historian and physician. He teaches at the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology in the University of Cambridge.

"Evidence in this volume, and hopefully future research inspired by it, is relevant to grounding several theoretical frameworks in anthropology and related disciplines, namely public health, particularly epidemiologic transition theory, and, more specifically, the hygiene hypothesis." - Molly K. Zuckerman, Mississippi State University, USA"[this book] is the first collected work on this subject and it appearance is timely given recent scholarly interest in parasties and health in bio-archaeology. The book is notable for drawing together studies that approach hygiene and sanitation from diverse perspectives: a wide range of topics are represented"- Elizabeth Craig-Atkins (University of Sheffield, UK) in the journal for the Society of Medieval Archaeology

• 1: Why We Need to Know About Sanitation in the Past; 2: Assessing the Impact of Sanitation upon Health in Early Human Populations from Hunter-gatherers to Ancient Civilisations, Using Theoretical Modelling; 3: Waste Management in Early Urban Southern Mesopotamia; 4: Latrines and Wastewater Sanitation Technologies in Ancient Greece; 5: A Tale of Two Cities; 6: Sewers, Cesspits and Middens; 7: Human Intestinal Parasites and Dysentery in Africa and the Middle East Prior to 1500; 8: Parasitism, Cesspits and Sanitation in East Asian Countries Prior to Modernisation; 9: New World Paleoparasitology; 10: Parasites in European Populations from Prehistory to the Industrial Revolution; 11: A First Attempt to Retrace the History of Dysentery Caused by Entamoeba histolytica; 12: A Better Understanding of Sanitation and Health in the Past

Dr Piers Mitchell is one of Britain’s leading ancient diseases specialists, and is trained as biological anthropologist, medical historian and physician. He teaches at the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology in the University of Cambridge.

"Evidence in this volume, and hopefully future research inspired by it, is relevant to grounding several theoretical frameworks in anthropology and related disciplines, namely public health, particularly epidemiologic transition theory, and, more specifically, the hygiene hypothesis." - Molly K. Zuckerman, Mississippi State University, USA"[this book] is the first collected work on this subject and it appearance is timely given recent scholarly interest in parasties and health in bio-archaeology. The book is notable for drawing together studies that approach hygiene and sanitation from diverse perspectives: a wide range of topics are represented"- Elizabeth Craig-Atkins (University of Sheffield, UK) in the journal for the Society of Medieval Archaeology

• 1: Why We Need to Know About Sanitation in the Past; 2: Assessing the Impact of Sanitation upon Health in Early Human Populations from Hunter-gatherers to Ancient Civilisations, Using Theoretical Modelling; 3: Waste Management in Early Urban Southern Mesopotamia; 4: Latrines and Wastewater Sanitation Technologies in Ancient Greece; 5: A Tale of Two Cities; 6: Sewers, Cesspits and Middens; 7: Human Intestinal Parasites and Dysentery in Africa and the Middle East Prior to 1500; 8: Parasitism, Cesspits and Sanitation in East Asian Countries Prior to Modernisation; 9: New World Paleoparasitology; 10: Parasites in European Populations from Prehistory to the Industrial Revolution; 11: A First Attempt to Retrace the History of Dysentery Caused by Entamoeba histolytica; 12: A Better Understanding of Sanitation and Health in the Past