Tracey Lu

Educations:

08/1994-02/1998:  Dept. of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University. Australia. Ph.D.

1985-1987: Dept. of Archaeology, Beijing University, China. M.Phil.

1979-1983: Dept. of Anthropology, Zhongshan University, China. BA.

 

Jerash in Jordan, the most well-preserved Roman site outside Italy

Major research interest:

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The origin and expansion of agriculture in China.

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Prehistory in mainland China and Hong Kong.

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The palaeo-environmental and palaeo-climatic changes, fluctuations of natural resources, and the impact of these changes upon human beings.

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The origin of pottery in China.

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Museology: collection documentation, exhibition design and instalment, and staff training. Museum, nationalism and cultural identity.

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Cultural heritage preservation in South China and Hong Kong.

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The history of textile weaving and technology in prehistoric and ancient China.

 

Representative Publications:

1.      Articles published in peer-reviewed journals, in English unless specified otherwise:

2006    The occurrence of cereal cultivation in China. Asian Perspectives Vol. 45(2):130-158, 2006.

2005  <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

2002a. The transformation of academic culture in mainland Chinese archaeology. Asian Anthropology Vol. 1: 117-152.  

2002b Kaogu qiwu de canyuwu fenxi (Residue analysis of archaeological artefacts). Wenwu (Relics) Vol. 5: 83-91 (in Chinese).

2002c A green foxtail (Setaria viridis) cultivation experiment in the middle Yellow River Valley and some related issues. Asian Perspectives Vol. 41(1):1-14.

2001. Les outils de récolte de céréales néolithiques de la vallée du Fleuve Jaune (Harvesting tools in the Neolithic Yellow River Valley). Annuals de la Fondation Fyssen: 103-114 (in French).

1998a The Microblade Tradition in China: Its Evolution, Association and Significance.  Asian Perspective 37(1): 84-112.

1998b. From barkcloth beating to silk weaving: the textile industry from prehistory to the western Han Dynasty in South China. The Textile Museum Journal Vol. 36 & 37: 61-70.

1998c Some botanical characteristics of green foxtail (Setaria viridis) and harvesting experiments on the grass. Antiquity 72 (278): 902-907.

1998d The origins and dispersal of rice cultivation (second author). Antiquity 72 (278): 867-877. 

2.      Chapters in books

2006  The survival of starch residues in a subtropical environment. Ancient Starch Research ed. by Robin Torrence and Huw Barton. 1st ed. pp.80-81. WalnutCreek, United States of America: Left Coast Press

2006   <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

2005   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 The origin and dispersal of agriculture and human diaspora in East Asia, in The Peopling of East Asia, pp. 51-63. Eds. Laurent Sagart, Roger Blench and Alicia Sanchez-Mazas. London, New York: Routledge Curzon (in English).  . 

2004a. Crop domestication in China, in Encyclopaedia of Plant and Crop Science: 307-309, ed. by R. Goodman. New York: Marcel Dekker.

2004b.  <中國農業起源研究的回顧與思考>. 《桃李成蹊集-慶祝安志敏先生八十壽辰》 鄧聰,陳星燦編. 1版 頁6166. 中國香港: The Local Printing Press.

2003a. The survival of starch residue in a subtropical environment, in Phytolith and Starch Research in the Australian-Pacific-Asian Regions: the State of the Art, Eds. by Hart, D. M. and L. A. Wallis. pp. 119-126. Canberra: Pandanus Books.

2003b. Section 1 of Chapter 5, The palaeoenvironment and resources at Zengpiyan, in Zengpiyan-a Prehistoric Cave in South China (in Chinese), pp. 251-269.  Ed. by The Institute of Archaeology CASS et al. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House.

2003c. Sections 1 and 2 of  Chapter 7, The manufacturing techniques of stone and organic tools, in Zengpiyan-a Prehistoric Cave in South China (in Chinese), pp 367-402.  Ed. by The Institute of Archaeology CASS et al. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House.

2003d. Starch residue analysis of the Zengpiyan tools, in Zengpiyan-a Prehistoric Cave in South China (in Chinese), Ed. by The Institute of Archaeology CASS et al.. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House.

1994. Techniques of stone-mining at the Neolithic site in Xiqiaoshan, Guangdong Province, China, in A Collection of Studies on Archaeology: 267-280. Complied by the Department of Archaeology, Beijing University. Beijing: Beijing University Press (in Chinese).

1992a. Chapters 4 and 7, in Nanyue King’s Tomb of the Western Han Dynasty. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House (in Chinese).

1992b. Remains of human sacrifice found in the Nanyue King’s tomb (second author), scientific report in Nanyue King’s Tomb of the Western Han Dynasty:458-462. Complied by the Guangzhou Managing Committee of Antiquities, the Institute of Archaeology CASS, and Guangdong Provincial Museum. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House (in Chinese).

1992c. The textile remains found in the Nanyue King’s tomb (second author), scientific report in Nanyue King’s Tomb of the Western Han Dynasty: 476-497. Complied by the Guangzhou Managing Committee of Antiquities, the Institute of Archaeology CASS, and Guangdong Provincial Museum. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House (in Chinese).

1992d: The faunal remains found in the Nanyue King’s  tomb and the significance of these remains (third author), scientific report in Nanyue King’s Tomb of the Western Han Dynasty: 463-472. Complied by the Guangzhou Managing Committee of Antiquities, the Institute of Archaeology CASS, and Guangdong Provincial Museum. Beijing: Cultural Relics Publishing House (in Chinese).

3. Book:

1999a: The Transition from Foraging to Farming and the Origin of Agriculture in China. Oxford: British Archaeology Reports, International Series No. 774 (in English).

4. Major research projects:

“Documentation of Archaeological artefacts found in Hong Kong”, 2005- (on going), funded by the Antiquities and Monuments Office, HKSAR

“The origin and development of Hong Kong’s earliest inhabitants”, 2004-2007, funded by RGC.

“Prehistoric subsistence strategies of Hong Kong and South China”, 2002-2006, funded by RGC.