Introduction

Mainly engaged in prehistoric archaeology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Has carried out and participated in more than 20 archaeological fieldwork projects; has published many research papers in domestic and international journals; has presided over multiple national and university-level foundation projects; serves as a reviewer for domestic and international journals such as Archaeological Research in Asia, Antiquity, and Southern Ethnology and Archaeology.

See the ResearchGate homepage for recent research work (updated regularly)

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xinzhou-Chen-2/publications

Education Background

Ph.D. in Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, USA (2023)

Master's degree, Department of Archaeology, Sichuan University (2017)

Bachelor's degree, Department of Archaeology, Shandong University (2014)

Research Interests

Neolithic/Early Metal Age archaeology of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; social network analysis; GIS and complex system simulation

Recent Main Works (* indicates corresponding author)

2024, Chen, X et al., Long-term prehistoric human occupation in Western Tibet: excavations and surveys at the Xiada Co site. Antiquity.

2024, Chen, X* et al., Geospatial modelling of farmer鈥揾erder interactions maps cultural geography of Bronze and Iron Age Tibet, 3600鈥�2200 BP. Scientific Reports.

2021, Lu, H., Chen, X*. et al., Early agropastoral settlement and cultural change in central Tibet in the first millennium BC: excavations at Bangga. Antiquity.

2020, L眉 Hongliang, Chen Xinzhou, Xia Gewangdui, Chen Zujun, Zhang Zhengwei. Excavation of the Bangga Site in Qonggyai County, Tibet in 2015. Kaogu (Archaeology).