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

  • Master, Yale University, Archaeology Studies (2015)
  • Bachelor, Xiamen University, China, History, Archaeology track & Law (2013)

Contact

  • Academic
    yahuihe@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures Position: Graduate

Additional Info

2022-23 Courses

All Publications

  • Identifying indigenous bast microfibers for archaeological research in East Asia ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA Liu, L., He, Y., Grauer, K. C., Wang, Y. 2023; 36

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ara.2023.100476

    View details for Web of Science ID 001102524600001

  • 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 Wang, J., He, Y., Tang, Y., Liu, L., Li, Y., Chen, X., Gu, W. 2023; 13 (8)

    View details for DOI 10.3390/agronomy13082130

    View details for Web of Science ID 001057090300001

  • Brewing and Serving Alcoholic Beverages to Erlitou Elites of Prehistoric China: Residue Analysis of Ceramic Vessels FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION He, Y., Zhao, H., Liu, L., Xu, H. 2022; 10

    View details for DOI 10.3389/fevo.2022.845065

    View details for Web of Science ID 000790189100001

  • Fermented maize beverages as ritual offerings: Investigating elite drinking during Classic Maya period at Copan, Honduras JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY Chen, R., He, Y., Li, X., Ramos, J., Li, M., Liu, L. 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) He, Y., Liu, L., Shao, J., Di, N., Sun, Z. 2022: 146-154
  • "Proposing a toast" from the first urban center in the north Loess Plateau, China: Alcoholic beverages at Shimao JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL ARCHAEOLOGY He, Y., Liu, L., Sun, Z., Shao, J., Di, N. 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) He, Y. 2019; 6: 89-100
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