POLLEN AND PARASITE ANALYSIS FROM SITE AZ 88:13:505 (ASM), THE LEON FAMILY FARMSTEAD

The Leon Family Farmstead, AZ 88:13:505 (ASM), was occupied between the mid-1840s and the early 1920s. The Leon Family was one of the wealthier Mexican families in Tucson. They farmed along the Santa Cruz River, raised cattle, and operated a store. Samples were collected from a variety of locations at this site, including borrow pits, a possible garden plot, and an ashy layer in a well to examine pollen that might represent food and/or ornamental plants. If human waste was deposited in any of these features, it might be accompanied by parasites.利昂家族农场遗址（编号AZ 88:13:505，ASM）的使用年代为19世纪40年代中期至20世纪20年代初期。利昂家族是图森（Tucson）当地较为富裕的墨西哥裔家族之一，他们依托圣克鲁斯河（Santa Cruz River）沿岸开展农业生产、饲养肉牛并经营商铺。研究团队从该遗址的多处遗存位置采集样本，涵盖取土坑、疑似菜园区域以及水井内的积灰层，以检测可能代表食用植物或观赏植物的花粉。若上述遗存点中曾有人类排泄物堆积，则可能伴随寄生虫遗存。