Yaowu HU, Ph.D.
Professor of Archaeometry
Director of Department of Archaeometry
Email: ywhu@gucas.ac.cn
Telephone: 88256417
Address: No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing
Postcode: 100049
Research Interests
Palaeodietary reconstruction
Animal Domestication and Feeding Practices
Education
PhD, University of Science and Technology of China, 1998-2002
MA, Anhui Agricultural University , 1995-1998
BA, Anhui Agricultural University, 1991-1995
Courses
Teaching Courses
1. Bioarchaeology
2. Bioarchaeology Seminar
3. References Reading
Courses Taught
1. Bone Chemistry
2. Chinese Tea Culture
Working Experiences
1. 2010-, professor, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2. 2005-2010, associate professor, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
3. 2006-2008, visiting scholar, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
4. 2004-2005, assistant professor, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
5. 2002-2004, assistant professor, University of Science and Technology of China
Recent Publications
Papers
2. Yaowu Hu, Shougong Wang, Fengshi Luan, Changsui Wang, Michael Richards. Stable isotope analysis of humans from Xiaojingshan site: implications for understand the origin of millet agriculture in China. Journal of Archaeological Science, 2008, 35: 2960-2965
3. Yaowu Hu, Hong Shang, Haowen Tong, Olaf Nehlich, Wu Liu, Chaohong Zhao, Jincheng Yu, Changsui Wang, Erik Trinkaus, Michael P. Richards. Stable Isotope Dietary Analysis of the Tianyuan 1 Early Modern Human. PNAS. 2009, 106,(27): 10971–10974
4. Hu Yaowu, Luan Fengwhi, Wang Shougong4, Wang Changsui & Michael P. Richards. Preliminary attempt to distinguish the domesticated pigs from wild boars by the methods of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences, 2009, 52(1): 85-92
5. Fu Q., Jin S., Hu Y., Ma Z., Pan J., Wang C. Agricultural development and human diets in Gouwan site, Xichuan, Henan. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2010, 55(7):614-620
Conferences
1. 2010, Fourth International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology, Copenhagen
2. 2008, Third International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology, York
3. 2008, 38th International Symposium on Archaeometry, Seania
Collaboration
Chinese Academy of Sciences- Max-Planck Society partner group with Prof. Michael Richards in Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Dissertations directed
Master in History of Scinece
Qiaomei Fu(2009), Jiancai Pan(2009), Cuibin Wang(2009), Ying Ma(2008), Deming Pei(2008)
Ph.D. in History of Science as associate instructor
Yi Guo(2010), Guowen Zhang(2011)
Current Graduate Students
Master Candidate
Tingting Wang(2011), Lingling Dai(2010), Yang Wang(2010)
Ph.D. Candidate
Yating Qu(2011), Tao Chen(2011), Ning Wang(2010), Liangliang Hou(2010), Xianglong Chen(2009)