Since 04/2025
Elsa Neumann fellow and PhD candidate in BerGSAS at Freie Universität Berlin

Since 05/2024
PhD candidate at Freie Universität Berlin

09/2021 – 06/2023
Master in Archaeology - theory and practice at Lund University, Sweden

09/2017 – 06/2021
Bachelor in Cultural Relics and Museology with a focus on Archaeology at Chongqing Normal University, China

Tracking Settlement Transitions and Emergent Social Complexity among Non-Agricultural Societies in Northeast China

This project examines how prehistoric non-agricultural societies in Northeast China developed social diversification and interacted with neighbouring regions. While the Western Liao River basin in the south saw early millet cultivation, northern regions remained reliant on hunting, fishing, and gathering, yet exhibited signs of complexity, including storage, sedentism, stratification, and ritual practices.

It will explore human-environment interactions, particularly the role of different ecosystems in supporting and constraining emergent social dynamics.

Die Dissertation wird gefördert durch ein Elsa-Neumann-Stipendium des Landes Berlin.