G Dong

Biographic Data

ID	22142
NAME	G Dong
GIVEN NAMES	G
FAMILY NAME	Dong
SIGNATURE	DONG G
AFFILIATIONS	Lanzhou University
ORCID	0000-0001-8005-759X
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	51
TOTAL CITATIONS	212
AUTHOR COUNT	51
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	8

Archaeobotanical data from a Baran settlement (4,300–3,400 yrs bp) in the Ghaggar basin (northwestern India) reveals continuity of the Indus crop package after the Meghalayan stage drought
Open AccessMansi Swaroop, Amish Kumar et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2026
Sustaining empire at the frontier
Open AccessHuihui Cao, Sizhe Ai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026
Sophisticated millet-pig agriculture fueled asynchronous social complexity in the Neolithic Chinese Loess Plateau
Open AccessJiajia Dong, Guoke Chen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026
Multiple animal species along the Silk Roads underpinned jade mining in the Hexi Corridor of Warring States China
Open AccessLinyao Du, Yishi Yang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026References: 27
Varied animal-resource exploitation strategies sustained the late Neolithic settlement on the northeastern Tibetan plateau
Open AccessLele Ren, Yishi Yang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026References: 36
Ancient DNA reveals the co-existence of domestic horses, donkeys, and their hybrids in the prehistorical northwestern China
Open AccessJie Li, Linyao Du et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2026References: 37
Decoding ancient charcoal formation and post-deposition
Open AccessGang Li, Xi Li et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2025Cited by: 1References: 2
Bioarchaeological perspectives on the ancient Han-Xiongnu war
Open AccessPengcheng Ma, Minmin Ma et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025Cited by: 3
Reassessing the chronology of the Caiyuan Culture and its relationship with Late Neolithic cultures in northwestern China
Open AccessJian Yang, Yongxiang Xu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025References: 27
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022
Open AccessNowell H Phelps, Rosie Singleton et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2024
BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…
Multiple luminescence dating on heated materials at the nanzuo archaeological site, central Chinese Loess Plateau
Open AccessD Y Tang, Daobin Tang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2024References: 26
Iterative variation of human staples related to climate–society interactions in the North China plain between the 7th and 19th centuries
Open AccessRuo Li, Wei Chen et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2024Cited by: 1References: 60
Variation of millet grain size and cooking techniques across Asia between the late fourth and first millennia BC
Open AccessYufeng Sun, Melissa M Ritchey et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2024
Broomcorn millet and foxtail millet were first cultivated in Neolithic China then the process spread west across Asia during the Bronze Age. But the distinctive ceramic, and later bronze, vessels utilised in East Asian cuisines for boiling and steaming grains did not move west alongside these crops. Here, the authors use measurements of 3876 charred millet grains to evaluate regional variations and implications for food preparation. In contrast t…
Multipurpose animal utilization underpinned early Bronze Age subsistence of an oasis in an arid area of northwestern China
Open AccessGuoke Chen, Linyao Du et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2024Cited by: 3References: 61
Multiple Factors Affecting the Historical Development of Agriculture in the Hei River Basin, Northwestern China
Zhilin Shi, Fengwen Liu et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Archaeology2022Cited by: 1References: 9
The history of agricultural development is of great importance to understanding the evolution of human societies. In this respect, one important location is the Hei River Basin (HRB), an ecotone in northwestern China where prehistoric patterns of cultivation are known to have changed significantly. To identify the factors behind the subsequent development of agriculture in the HRB in the historical period, a hitherto under-researched topic, we em…
Understanding the transport networks complex between South Asia, Southeast Asia and China during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age
Open AccessMinmin Ma, Yongxiu Lu et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2022Cited by: 7References: 18
The emergence and intensification of transcontinental exchange during both the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age profoundly influenced the social history of Eurasia. While scholars have intensively discussed east-west long-distance communication along the proto-Silk Road, the north-south transport networks that connected China to South and Southeast Asia during the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age have attracted much less attention in the scholarly lite…
Direct dating of the earliest domesticated cattle and caprines in northwestern China reveals the history of pastoralism in the Gansu-Qinghai region
Open AccessL Ren, Yishi Yang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2022Cited by: 9References: 7
Water and soil management strategies and the introduction of wheat and barley to northern China
Open AccessHaiming Li, Yufeng Sun et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2022Cited by: 4References: 37
Studies of 'food globalisation' have traced the dispersal of cereals across prehistoric Eurasia. The degree to which these crops were accompanied by knowledge of soil and water preparation is less well known, however. The authors use stable isotope and archaeobotanical analyses to trace long-term trends in cultivation practices on the Loess Plateau (6000 BC-AD 1900). The results indicate that ancient farmers cultivated grains originating in South…
The wind that shakes the barley
Melissa M Ritchey, Yufeng Sun et al.ARTICLEWorld Archaeology2021Cited by: 6References: 54
This paper investigates the eastern movements of barley grains and their morphological variations in prehistory. By combining previously published and newly collected archaeobotanical grain measurements (n = 2,176), we explore the roles of culinary traditions underlying the morphological traits observed. We find that barley diminished in size as it moved from its origin in southwestern Asia to Central and East Asia between the third millennium BC…
Ancient genomes from northern China suggest links between subsistence changes and human migration
Open AccessChao Ning, Tianjiao Li et al.ARTICLENature Communications2020
Northern China harbored the world’s earliest complex societies based on millet farming, in two major centers in the Yellow (YR) and West Liao (WLR) River basins. Until now, their genetic histories have remained largely unknown. Here we present 55 ancient genomes dating to 7500-1700 BP from the YR, WLR, and Amur River (AR) regions. Contrary to the genetic stability in the AR, the YR and WLR genetic profiles substantially changed over time. The YR …
The transformation of cropping patterns from Late Neolithic to Early Iron Age (5900–2100 BP) in the Gansu–Qinghai region of northwest China
Open AccessL Ren, Ying Yang et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2020Cited by: 3References: 19
The Gansu–Qinghai region lies in the key position for trans-Eurasian cultural exchange, and hence investigations of the history of agricultural development in this region are significant for understanding the spatiotemporal evolution of prehistoric crop dispersal in Eurasia. However, systematic archaeobotanical studies concerning the history of the development of prehistoric agriculture in this area are scarce. Here, based on archaeobotanical ana…
The impact of early trans-Eurasian exchange on animal utilization in northern China during 5000–2500 BP
Open AccessG Dong, Linyao Du et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2020Cited by: 4References: 18
Transcontinental exchange emerged and intensified in northern China since the late fifth millennium BP (Before present), especially in the arc, which was the core area of the eastern part of the trans-Eurasian exchange during the Late Neolithic and the Bronze Age. In the arc, the exchange profoundly affected the human subsistence strategy and human-environment relationship. Relative to the crop patterns and human diets during the Bronze Age in no…
Introduction to the Special Issue
Open AccessR Liu, G Dong et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2020Cited by: 1References: 3
Identifying and explaining changes in the prehistoric material and social world is one of the greatest research interests in archaeology, palaeoclimate and environmental science. In the last two decades or so, a considerable number of studies have made significant contributions to the associated disciplines in eastern Asian archaeology. However, due to the more specialised scientific approaches and the rapid accumulation of new excavation materia…
Foraging and farming
Open AccessLele Ren, G Dong et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2020Cited by: 11References: 14
Archaeological research has documented the migration of Neolithic farmers onto the Tibetan Plateau by 4000 BC. How these incoming groups interacted, if at all, with local indigenous foragers, however, remains unclear. New archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data from the Zongri site in the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau suggest that local foragers continued to hunt but supplemented their diet with agricultural products in the form of millet. Th…
Human settlement and wood utilization along the mainstream of Heihe River basin, northwest China in historical period
Open AccessFengwen Liu, Yishi Yang et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2019

Late Pleistocene intensification technologies in Northern China
Open AccessRobert G Elston, Robert Elston et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2011Cited by: 44References: 41
Spatial and temporal variety of prehistoric human settlement and its influencing factors in the upper Yellow River valley, Qinghai Province, China
Open AccessG Dong, Xin Jia et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2012Cited by: 31References: 10
The development of agriculture and its impact on cultural expansion during the late Neolithic in the Western Loess Plateau, China
Open AccessXin Jia, G Dong et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2012Cited by: 26References: 9
Based on radiocarbon dating and our analysis of plant and animal remains from Buziping, a Majiayao (5300–4300 BP) and Qijia (4200–3800 BP) period site located in Dingxi, Gansu Province, China, and our review of archaeobotanical studies in the Western Loess Plateau and adjacent areas, we discuss subsistence strategies during the Majiayao and Qijia periods. We also discuss the development of agriculture in the Western Loess Plateau and its influenc…
Prehistoric trans-continental cultural exchange in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China
Open AccessG Dong, Yishi Yang et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2017Cited by: 16References: 29
We report dozens of direct radiocarbon dates on charred grains from 22 archaeological sites of the Neolithic and Bronze Ages in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China, a key region for trans-Eurasian exchange in prehistoric and historical times. These charred grains include remains of wheat and barley domesticated in southwest Asia and broomcorn and foxtail millet which originated from north China. Together with previously published radiocarbon dates…
Foraging and farming
Open AccessLele Ren, G Dong et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2020Cited by: 11References: 14
Archaeological research has documented the migration of Neolithic farmers onto the Tibetan Plateau by 4000 BC. How these incoming groups interacted, if at all, with local indigenous foragers, however, remains unclear. New archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological data from the Zongri site in the north-eastern Tibetan Plateau suggest that local foragers continued to hunt but supplemented their diet with agricultural products in the form of millet. Th…
Direct dating of the earliest domesticated cattle and caprines in northwestern China reveals the history of pastoralism in the Gansu-Qinghai region
Open AccessL Ren, Yishi Yang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2022Cited by: 9References: 7
Economic Change in the Prehistoric Hexi Corridor (4800–2200 bp ), North‐West China
Open AccessY Yang, Yimin Yang et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2019Cited by: 8References: 62
It is widely known that the Hexi Corridor in North‐West China lies at a hub of trans‐Eurasian cultural exchange. Its role became increasingly important during the late prehistoric period, particularly as the ancient Silk Road began to be used. While the profound transformation of local cultural characteristics in the late Neolithic and the Bronze Age is well documented, the detailed economic dynamics of cultural evolution have not yet been clearl…
Diet reconstructed from an analysis of plant microfossils in human dental calculus from the Bronze Age site of Shilinggang, southwestern China
Open AccessNaimeng Zhang, G Dong et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2017Cited by: 8References: 14
Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Faunal Remains in the Western L oess P lateau, Approximately 2000 cal bc
Open AccessM M Ma, G Dong et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2014Cited by: 8References: 44
During the second millennium bc , several significant changes were happening in prehistoric societies across E urasia. For instance, shifts in subsistence practice occurred in north‐western C hina, including the western L oess P lateau. However, the magnitude and nature of this dietary change are unclear and more detailed information and regional studies are needed in order to fully understand the reasons behind this change. In this study, palaeo…
Understanding the transport networks complex between South Asia, Southeast Asia and China during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age
Open AccessMinmin Ma, Yongxiu Lu et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2022Cited by: 7References: 18
The emergence and intensification of transcontinental exchange during both the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age profoundly influenced the social history of Eurasia. While scholars have intensively discussed east-west long-distance communication along the proto-Silk Road, the north-south transport networks that connected China to South and Southeast Asia during the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age have attracted much less attention in the scholarly lite…
The wind that shakes the barley
Melissa M Ritchey, Yufeng Sun et al.ARTICLEWorld Archaeology2021Cited by: 6References: 54
This paper investigates the eastern movements of barley grains and their morphological variations in prehistory. By combining previously published and newly collected archaeobotanical grain measurements (n = 2,176), we explore the roles of culinary traditions underlying the morphological traits observed. We find that barley diminished in size as it moved from its origin in southwestern Asia to Central and East Asia between the third millennium BC…
Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Animal Remains at the Qijiaping Site in Middle Gansu, China
Open AccessMinmin Ma, G Dong et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2015Cited by: 6References: 37
Intercontinental exchanges between communities living in different parts of Eurasia during the late prehistoric period have become increasingly popular as a topic of archaeological research. The Qijia culture, found in northwest China, is one of the key archaeological cultures that can shed light on trans-Eurasian exchange because a variety of imports are found in this cultural context. These imports include new cereals and animals, which suggest…
Early ceramic trade in Gansu and Qinghai regions, northwest China
Open AccessYifu Cui, G Dong et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2015Cited by: 5References: 12
Water and soil management strategies and the introduction of wheat and barley to northern China
Open AccessHaiming Li, Yufeng Sun et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2022Cited by: 4References: 37
Studies of 'food globalisation' have traced the dispersal of cereals across prehistoric Eurasia. The degree to which these crops were accompanied by knowledge of soil and water preparation is less well known, however. The authors use stable isotope and archaeobotanical analyses to trace long-term trends in cultivation practices on the Loess Plateau (6000 BC-AD 1900). The results indicate that ancient farmers cultivated grains originating in South…
The impact of early trans-Eurasian exchange on animal utilization in northern China during 5000–2500 BP
Open AccessG Dong, Linyao Du et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2020Cited by: 4References: 18
Transcontinental exchange emerged and intensified in northern China since the late fifth millennium BP (Before present), especially in the arc, which was the core area of the eastern part of the trans-Eurasian exchange during the Late Neolithic and the Bronze Age. In the arc, the exchange profoundly affected the human subsistence strategy and human-environment relationship. Relative to the crop patterns and human diets during the Bronze Age in no…
Bioarchaeological perspectives on the ancient Han-Xiongnu war
Open AccessPengcheng Ma, Minmin Ma et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025Cited by: 3
Multipurpose animal utilization underpinned early Bronze Age subsistence of an oasis in an arid area of northwestern China
Open AccessGuoke Chen, Linyao Du et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2024Cited by: 3References: 61
The transformation of cropping patterns from Late Neolithic to Early Iron Age (5900–2100 BP) in the Gansu–Qinghai region of northwest China
Open AccessL Ren, Ying Yang et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2020Cited by: 3References: 19
The Gansu–Qinghai region lies in the key position for trans-Eurasian cultural exchange, and hence investigations of the history of agricultural development in this region are significant for understanding the spatiotemporal evolution of prehistoric crop dispersal in Eurasia. However, systematic archaeobotanical studies concerning the history of the development of prehistoric agriculture in this area are scarce. Here, based on archaeobotanical ana…
Human settlements and plant utilization since the late prehistoric period in the Nujiang River valley, Southeast Tibetan Plateau
Open AccessHonggao Liu, Yifu Cui et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Research in Asia2016Cited by: 3References: 14
Copper content in anthropogenic sediments as a tracer for detecting smelting activities and its impact on environment during prehistoric period in Hexi Corridor, Northwest China
Open AccessYishi Yang, G Dong et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2016Cited by: 3References: 25
The Hexi Corridor of northwestern China was a principal axis of cultural interchange between eastern and western Eurasia during the prehistoric and historic epochs. Neolithic groups began dense settlements in Hexi Corridor after 4300 BP with millet crops and polychrome pottery from north China and bronze from Central Asia around 4000 BP accompanied by wheat, barley, and sheep. The impact of these activities on the environment during the late Neol…
Decoding ancient charcoal formation and post-deposition
Open AccessGang Li, Xi Li et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2025Cited by: 1References: 2
Iterative variation of human staples related to climate–society interactions in the North China plain between the 7th and 19th centuries
Open AccessRuo Li, Wei Chen et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2024Cited by: 1References: 60
Multiple Factors Affecting the Historical Development of Agriculture in the Hei River Basin, Northwestern China
Zhilin Shi, Fengwen Liu et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Archaeology2022Cited by: 1References: 9
The history of agricultural development is of great importance to understanding the evolution of human societies. In this respect, one important location is the Hei River Basin (HRB), an ecotone in northwestern China where prehistoric patterns of cultivation are known to have changed significantly. To identify the factors behind the subsequent development of agriculture in the HRB in the historical period, a hitherto under-researched topic, we em…
Introduction to the Special Issue
Open AccessR Liu, G Dong et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2020Cited by: 1References: 3
Identifying and explaining changes in the prehistoric material and social world is one of the greatest research interests in archaeology, palaeoclimate and environmental science. In the last two decades or so, a considerable number of studies have made significant contributions to the associated disciplines in eastern Asian archaeology. However, due to the more specialised scientific approaches and the rapid accumulation of new excavation materia…