I am an East Asian archaeologist, specializing in paleoethnobotany. My Ph.D. dissertation is a diachronic study of starchy plant foods in Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene China, with a focus on the macrobotanical remains of less studied plant groups, such as roots and tubers, also known as vegetative storage organs (VSOs). Additionally, I am participating in long term research projects on the symbolic use of green jades in Northeast Asia, and the ethnoarchaeology of bark cloth in South China and Southeast Asia.
Studying Late Pleistocene plant foods and foodways in North China