Welcome to the Anthropology Department
 
THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
 
 
             

FACULTY PROFILES (and representative publications)

Tracey Lie Dan Lu (Associate Professor, Australian National Ph.D.) luliedan@cuhk.edu.hk

Archaeology, the origin and development of agriculture in China, use-wear analysis of prehistoric tools, phytolith analysis, palaeoenvironments and palaeoclimates, humans' exploitation and impact upon environment and natural resources, cultural heritage management, museology, art history in ancient China.

Significant Publications

  • Lu Lie Dan. "The Management of Xidi and Hongcun in Anhui, China" Paper presented at the International Conference "World Heritage: Global Solutions, Local Solutions" organized by the Ironbridge Institute and the University of Birmingham, in co-operation with English Heritage and ICOMOS UK from 4th to 7th May 2006.
  • Lu Lie Dan. "The survival of starch residues in a subtropical environment". Ancient Starch Research ed. by Robin Torrence and Huw Barton. 1st ed. pp.80-81. Walnut Creek, United States of America: Left Coast Press, 2006.05.
  • 呂烈丹. <史前工具研究的若干問題>. 《華南及東南亞地區史前考古》 中國社會科學院考古研究所編. 第1版 頁282－297. 中國北京: Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2006.04.
  • Lu Lie Dan. "Archaeological Fieldworks in Hong Kong." Invited paper presented at the International Conference "From the Concept of the Past to Practical Strategies: the Teaching of Archaeological Field Techniques" organized by School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University and held in Beijing from 17th to 20th April 2006.
  • Lu Lie Dan. "Prehistoric Co-existence: the Expansion of Farming Society from the Yangzi River Valley to Western South China". Paper presented in the World Archaeology Congress Inter-Congress, organized by Osaka History Museum, 4 pgs. Osaka, Japan, 2006.01.14.
  • 趙 志 軍、 呂烈丹 及 傅 憲 國. <廣西邕寧頂螄山遺址出土植硅石的分析與研究>. 《考古》 中國社會科學院考古研究所. 第11期, 頁76－84. 中國北京, 2005.11.
  • Lu Lie Dan; ZHAO Zhijun and ZHENG Zhuo. "The prehistoric and historic environments, vegetations and subsistence strategies at Sha Ha, Sai Kung". The Ancient Culture of Hong Kong ed. by Antiquities and Monuments Office, HKSAR. 1 ed. pp.57-64. Hong Kong, China: Government Logistics Department, 2005.10.
  • Lu Lie Dan. "The Exploitation of Tuber Plants in South China". Paper presented in the IVth International Congress of Ethnobotany, organized by University of Yeditip, 3 pgs. Istanbul, Turkey, 2005.08.23.
  • 2004 Crop Domestication in China, in Encyclopaedia of Plant and Crop Science, Ed. by Robert Goodman. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. Online publication. www.dekker.com, DOI: 10.1081/E-EPCS-120017099
  • 2003a "The Management of Cultural Heritage in Hong Kong". Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Occasional Paper No. 137. 27 pgs. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong (in English).
  • 2003b. Chapter 5.1, The palaeoenvironment and resources at Zengpiyan, in Zengpiyan-A Prehistoric Cave in South China pp. 251-269 , Ed. by Fu Xianguo. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House (in Chinese).
  • 2003c. Chapter 7, The manufacturing techniques of stone and organic tools, in Zengpiyan-A Prehistoric Cave in South China pp. 367-402, Ed. by Fu Xianguo. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House (in Chinese).
  • 2003d. Starch residue analysis of the Zengpiyan tools, in Zengpiyan-A Prehistoric Cave in South China pp. 646-651, Ed. by Fu Xianguo. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House (in Chinese).
  • 2002a A green foxtail (Setaria viridis) cultivation experiment in the middle Yellow River Valley and some related issues. Asian Perspectives Vol. 41(1):1-14.
  • 2002b Kaogu qiwu de canyuwu fenxi (Residue analysis of archaeological artefacts). Wenwu (Relics) Vol. 5: 83-91 (in Chinese).
  • 1999. The Transition from Foraging to Farming and the Origin of Agriculture in China. Oxford: British Archaeology Reports International Series, No.774.
  • 1998. "Some botanical characteristics of green foxtail (Setaria viridis) and harvesting experiments on the grass." Antiquity 72(278): 902-907.
  • 1998. "The Microblade Tradition in China: Its Evolution, Association and Significance." Asian Perspective 37(1): 84-112.
  • 1994. 西 樵 山 石 器 原 料 霏 細 岩 開 採 方 法 的 實 驗 研 究 。 考 古 學 研 究 。 北 京 大 學 考 古 系 編 。 北 京 大 學 出 版 社 。Xiqiaoshan Shiqi Yuanliao Feixiyan Kaicai Fangfa de Shiyan Yanjiu ["Studying the Method of Stone-mining at Xiqiaoshan, Guangdong Province, China"]. A Collection of Studies on Archaeology. Pp. 267-280. Compiled by the Department of Archaeology, Beijing University. Beijing: Beijing University Press.
  • 1992. 西 漢 南 越 王 墓（第 2 章 和 第 4 章 ）。 西 漢 南 越 王 墓 。 廣 州 文 物 管 理 委 員 會 ， 中 國 社 會 科 學 院 考 古 所 和 廣 東 省 博 物 館 編 。北 京 ： 文 物 出 版 社 。 Xihan Nanyue Wang Mu ["Nanyue King's Tomb of the Western Han Dynasty" (chapters 2 and 4)]. Compiled by CPAM of Guangzhou, The Institute of Archaeology CASS, and Guangdong Provincial Museum. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House.

Current Research

  • Prehistoric economics and social structure in South China and Hong Kong.
  • The management of cultural heritage in Hong Kong and China.