Abstract: This? paper? reports? on? a? preliminary? archaeoparasitological? research? of? abdominal? burial ?soil? from? Zhengzhou ?Jinshui ?and ?Xinzheng ?Lihe ?cemeteries. ?Five ?tombs ?were ?successfully? excavated? with? the? extraction? of? 34? Ascaris? eggs? from? two? cemeteries? including? 18? fertilized? eggs ?and ?16 ?unfertilized ?eggs.? Studies? shows? that ?the? Zhengzhou ?region? is? an? Ascaris prevalent area ?as ?early ?as ?the ?Chun-Qiu? Period,? and ?that ?this ?region ?reflects ?the? natural ?living? environment? and? social? condition? of? ordinary? residents.? In? addition,? this? study? has? successfully? improved? experimental? methods? and? extraction? techniques,? reducing? damage? of? the? parasitic? eggs.? These? methods? will? provide ?an ?important? approach ?in ?the? field ?of ?the? archaeoparasitological? research ?of? abdominal burial soils in China.

Key words: Cemetery; Abdominal burial soil; Archaeoparasitology; Ascaris eggs; Parasitic diseases