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Zhichun Jing
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Latest papers
Osteoarthritis, labour division, and occupational specialization of the Late Shang China - insights from Yinxu (ca. 1250 - 1046 B.C.).
PloS one · 2017
Osteoarchaeological Studies of Human Systemic Stress of Early Urbanization in Late Shang at Anyang, China.
PloS one · 2016
Latest funding
- $324,661
Urban organization and population dynamics in early China
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
- $9,642
Archaeology of Colonial Encounters: Cultural Contact and Interregional Interaction in Early East Asia
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
- $500,000
Canada Research Chair in Asia-Pacific Archaeology
SSHRC · 2007 · Principal investigator
2 publications.
Osteoarthritis, labour division, and occupational specialization of the Late Shang China - insights from Yinxu (ca. 1250 - 1046 B.C.).
Zhang H, Merrett DC, Jing Z, Tang J, He Y, Yue H, Yue Z, Yang DY
Osteoarchaeological Studies of Human Systemic Stress of Early Urbanization in Late Shang at Anyang, China.
Zhang H, Merrett DC, Jing Z, Tang J, He Y, Yue H, Yue Z, Yang DY
Urban organization and population dynamics in early China
Principal investigators: Jing, Zhichun
Keywords: urbanism; archaeology; Shang; early China; urban organization; neighborhoods; isotope analysis; intensive survey
Archaeology of Colonial Encounters: Cultural Contact and Interregional Interaction in Early East Asia
Principal investigators: Jing, Zhichun
Keywords: archaeology; early east Asia; interregional interaction; colonial encounters
Canada Research Chair in Asia-Pacific Archaeology
Principal investigators: Jing, Zhichun
Keywords: archaeology, geoarchaeology, early china, shang civilization, systematical regional survey, archaeometry, landscape archaeology, archaeology of archaic chinese jade, archaeology of global studies, sustainability, coupled human and ecological systems
Investigation of the long-term dynamics of coupled human and ecological systems in early China
Principal investigators: Jing, Zhichun
Keywords: landscape archaeology; early China; Anyang; early civilization; human-environmental interaction; regional survey
Coevolution of human societies and landscapes in early China
Principal investigators: Jing, Zhichun
Keywords: early China; anyang; shang civilization; landscape archaeology; systematic regional survey; settlement patterns; geomorphology
Social, Cultural, and Historical Dynamics of Early Chinese Civilization in Archaeological, Palaeographical, and Historical Perspectives
Principal investigators: Jing, Zhichun
Keywords: early civilization; Chinese civilization; Shang; archaeology; philology; palaeography; history; oracle bone inscriptions; cross-cultural comparisons; interdisciplinary
Canada Research Chair in Asia-Pacific Archaeology
Principal investigators: Jing, Zhichun
Keywords: archaeology; geo-archaeology; china; civilization
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