Malaria, Microbes, and Mechanisms of Change

Abstract

The archaeological record in southern Arizona indicates that there were dramatic cultural changes around the period of European arrival in the New World. Although these changes are generally thought to have taken place before A.D. 1492, this paper examines the possibility that the two occurrences are linked. The idea that European diseases contributed to the culture change is explored, and an in-depth look at one disease—malaria—is used to illustrate the potential of these diseases to bring about disruption and change.

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