
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. Her dissertation focuses on long-term plant food and drink practices in the north borderland region of China (northern Shaanxi and south-central Inner Mongolia) during the Neolithic period by employing microbotanical (starch, phytolith, fungi) and usewear approaches. 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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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