Yahui He
Ph.D. Student in Chinese, admitted Autumn 2017
Bio
Yahui He is a PhD candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, specializing in Chinese archaeology. Her research interests include human-plant relationship, food production and consumption, and their discourses in the environmental and social dimensions of prehistoric China. Yahui's dissertation focuses on the interactions between long-term practices of plant-based food and drink, environmental shifts, and sociopolitical structures in the northern borderland region of China (today’s northern Shaanxi and south-central Inner Mongolia) during the Neolithic period. The research methodology primarily includes microfossil (starch, phytolith, and fungi ) and usewear analysis. In addition, she has been engaged in collaborative projects from other regions in mainland China and beyond (Erlitou, Taiwan, Honduras, etc.) and a series of experimental studies.
Education & Certifications
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Master, Yale University, Archaeology Studies (2015)
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Bachelor, Xiamen University, China, History, Archaeology track & Law (2013)
2022-23 Courses
- Archaeology of Food: production, consumption and ritual
ARCHLGY 124, ARCHLGY 224 (Win)
All Publications
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Identifying indigenous bast microfibers for archaeological research in East Asia
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA
2023; 36
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ara.2023.100476
View details for Web of Science ID 001102524600001
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An Interplay of Dryland and Wetland: Millet and Rice Cultivation at the Peiligang Site (8000-7600 BP) in the Middle Yellow River Valley, China
AGRONOMY-BASEL
2023; 13 (8)
View details for DOI 10.3390/agronomy13082130
View details for Web of Science ID 001057090300001
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Brewing and Serving Alcoholic Beverages to Erlitou Elites of Prehistoric China: Residue Analysis of Ceramic Vessels
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
2022; 10
View details for DOI 10.3389/fevo.2022.845065
View details for Web of Science ID 000790189100001
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Fermented maize beverages as ritual offerings: Investigating elite drinking during Classic Maya period at Copan, Honduras
JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
2022; 65
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101373
View details for Web of Science ID 000729639300001
- 陕西榆林石峁遗址皇城台地点酒类残留物及相关陶器分析 (A study on the fermented beverages and related pottery assemblage from the Huangchengtai Locality at the Shimao site in Yulin, Shaanxi) 考古与文物 (Archaeology and Cultural Relics) 2022: 146-154
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"Proposing a toast" from the first urban center in the north Loess Plateau, China: Alcoholic beverages at Shimao
JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
2021; 64
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101352
View details for Web of Science ID 000701939100002
- 黄瓜山文化彩陶分析 (A study on the painted pottery from the Huangguashan Culture) 南方文物 (Cultural Relics in Southern China) 2019; 6: 89-100