Basic Information
Born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province in 1992. Currently a Specially Appointed Associate Researcher at the Center for Archaeological Science, Sichuan University, mainly engaged in isotope archaeology research. He obtained his Ph.D. in Quaternary Geology from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, during which he conducted joint training at Durham University in the UK and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Germany. After graduating with a Ph.D., he pursued postdoctoral research in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. His previous work involved constructing the first bioavailable strontium isotope maps of China and Africa using geostatistical analysis methods and machine learning algorithms, respectively, and exploring population migration along the ancient Silk Road and tracing the transatlantic slave trade from the 15th to 19th centuries by combining multi-isotope evidence from human bones.
Education and Work Experience
2022/01-2023/06 Postdoctoral Research, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
2015/09-2021/06 Ph.D., Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2019/12-2020/12 Joint Training for one year at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Germany
2019/01-2019/07 Joint Training for half a year at the Department of Archaeology, Durham University, UK
2011/09-2015/06 Bachelor's Degree, School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University
Research Interests
Isotope Archaeology, Silk Road Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Archaeological Science
Projects Undertaken or Participated In
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program, Nomadism Origins: Animal tooth enamel strontium isotope evidence from the Jirentai娌熷彛 site in the Ili Valley, participant, ranked second;
2. National Geographic Grant, The origins and life histories of enslaved Africans from Lagos (Portugal) revealed by multi isotope analysis, participant, ranked second;
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Fund Project, Evaluation and Optimization of Strontium Isotope Preparation Methods for Carbonate Rocks, participant, ranked second.
Representative Publications
1. Wang, Xueye, Bockberger, G., Lautenschl盲ger, T., Finckh, M., Meller, P., Oelze, V*, 2023. A bioavailable strontium isoscape of Angola with implications for the archaeology of the transatlantic slave trade. Journal of Archaeological Science, 154, 105775.
2. Wang, Xueye*, Patrick R., Tang, Zihua, Yang, S., Michael, S., Ricardo, F.*, 2021. The circulation of ancient animal resources across the Yellow River Basin: A preliminary Bayesian re-evaluation of Sr isotope data from the Early Neolithic to the Western Zhou Dynasty. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 583301.
3. Wang, Xueye*, Tang, Zihua*, 2020. The first large-scale bioavailable Sr isotope map for China and its implication for provenance studies. Earth-Science Reviews, 210: 103353.
4. Wang, Xueye*, Shen, H., Wei, D., Hu, X., Xu, B., Qin, X., Tang, Zihua*, 2020. Human mobility in the Lop Nur region during the Han-Jin Dynasties: A multi-approach study. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 12:20.
5. Wang, Xueye*, Tang, Zihua*, Dong, X., 2018. Distribution of strontium isotopes in river waters across the Tarim basin: a map for migration studies. Journal of the Geological Society, 175(6): 967-973. 11.
6. Wang, Xueye, Tang, Zihua*, Wu, J., Wu, X., Wu, Y., Zhou, X., 2016, Strontium isotope evidence for a highly mobile population on the Pamir Plateau 2500 years ago. Scientific Reports, v. 6, p. 35162.
7. Wang, Xueye*, Tang, Zihua. Growth structure of tooth enamel and its high-resolution isotope analysis. Quaternary Studies, 2019, 39 (1): 228-239.
8. Tang, Zihua*, Wang, Xueye, 2023. A score of bioavailable strontium isotope archaeology in China: Retrospective and prospective. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10: 1094424.
9. Tang, Zihua*, Wang, Xueye, Xiao, J., Chen, X., Hu, S., Yang, M., Tian, Y., Yuan, J., 2022. Livestock supply to an imperial sacrificial site of the Early Chinese Empires evidenced by strontium isotope ratios. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10: 971004.
10. Li, C.*, Zheng, D., Zhou, R., Wang, W., Yu, J., Liu, C., Wang, Y., Pang, J., Ma, Y., Hao, Y., Li, Y., Wang, Xueye, 2021. Topographic growth of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the middle鈥恖ate Miocene: Insights from integrated provenance analysis in the NE Qaidam Basin. Basin Research, 33: 3212-3230.
11. Tang, Zihua*, Wang, Xueye, Chen, Xianglong, Tian, Yaqi, Hu, Songmei, Yu, Jing, Yuan, Jing. Strontium isotope study of cattle and horse tooth enamel from the Beidoufang site of the Fengxiang Yongshan Xuechi site, 2020. Archaeology and Cultural Relics, 6: 122-125.
Contact Information
xueyewang@scu.edu.cn