Zhenhua Deng
Biographic Data
| ID | 3643071 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zhenhua Deng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zhenhua |
| FAMILY NAME | Deng |
| SIGNATURE | DENG Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peking University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6412-7399 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Foodways of craftsmen in the Shang-period frontier copper industry: Evidence of plant remains from the Tongling site in Jiangxi, southern China
The integration of millets into rice agriculture in the mountainous region of southern Zhejiang, China
This study presents compelling evidence of plant utilization from three late Neolithic and early Bronze Age sites in the mountainous region of southern Zhejiang, offering insights into local agricultural practices and the emergence of mixed farming in southern China. Analysis of plant remains from the sites reveals a predominantly farming-based subsistence strategy characterized by a significant reliance on rice alongside the supplementary cultiv…
Technological continuity and cultural adaptation: Pottery production in the Fanchengdui culture of the Poyang Lake Plain (4800-4500 BP)
The earliest stamped hard pottery and high-firing technology dating back to 5000 BP: Evidence from two sites in southeastern China
Bone-artefact production in late Neolithic central China: Evidence from Pingliangtai
As an important component of prehistoric subsistence, an understanding of bone-working is essential for interpreting the evolution of early complex societies, yet worked bones are rarely systematically collected in China. Here, the authors apply multiple analytical methods to worked bones from the Longshan site of Pingliangtai, in central China, showing that Neolithic bone-working in this area, with cervid as the main raw material, was mature but…
Nonlinear trends of vegetation changes in different geomorphologic zones and land use types of the Yangtze River basin, China
How land use changes and geomorphologic zones impact on vegetation nonlinear trends remains unclear in economically developed areas with complicated terrain. This paper explores the nonlinear trends of vegetation changes with normalized vegetation index (NDVI) in the Yangtze River basin, China, and further analyzes the effect of geomorphologic zones and land use changes on the nonlinear trend. The results show that: (1) Although monotonic increas…
Micro‐CT‐assisted determination of the shattering and non‐shattering phenotypes of charred rice spikelet bases from archaeological sites: A new methodological approach
The selection of a non‐shattering phenotype is a pivotal change in the process of rice domestication. However, current research is heavily restricted by the preservation conditions of macro‐plant remains in early and middle Neolithic sites, as very limited well‐preserved rice spikelet bases could be retrieved. We present a non‐destructive method based on micro‐computed tomographic (CT) scanning, which could provide detailed visualization of the i…
The early adoption of East Asian crops in West Asia: Rice and broomcorn millet in northern Iran
Following their early domestication, broomcorn millet and rice (in East Asia) and wheat and barley (in South-west Asia) were subsequently adopted across Eurasia during the Bronze Age/early historic period. The precise timing and dispersal routes for this trans-Eurasian exchange, however, remain unclear. Here, the authors present archaeobotanical evidence from sites on the Caspian Sea's southern coast, demonstrating that broomcorn millet reached W…
New evidence supports the continuous development of rice cultivation and early formation of mixed farming in the Middle Han River Valley, China
Located in the transitional region between northern and southern China, the middle Han River valley is of pivotal significance for current debates on rice domestication and the formation of mixed farming in early China. Based on phytoliths and macro-plant remains from 10 sites, along with radiocarbon dating, this study has narrowed the 2000-year gap in early rice utilization by 700 years in the middle Han River valley, and demonstrated the contin…
Phytoliths in spikelets of selected Oryzoideae species: New Findings From in Situ Observation
Preceramic riverside hunter-gatherers and the arrival of Neolithic farmers in northern Luzon
The most westerly Pacific island chain, running from Taiwan southwards through the Philippines, has long been central in debates about the origins and early migrations of Austronesian-speaking peoples from the Asian mainland into the islands of Southeast Asia and Oceania. Focusing on the Cagayan Valley of northern Luzon in the Philippines, the authors combine new and published radiocarbon dates to underpin a revised culture-historical synthesis. …
Age estimation by multidetector computed tomography of cranial sutures in Chinese male adults
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to explore whether computed tomography (CT) images of cranial sutures can contribute to adult age estimation in Chinese Han individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was based on cranial CT scans of 230 Chinese Han males aged 23.33-76.93 years. A total of 160 images from 16 suture segments were scored after volume reformation and multiplanar reconstruction in each individual. Decision tree regression, linear supp…
Bridging the gap on the southward dispersal route of agriculture in China: New evidences from the Guodishan site, Jiangxi province
Assessing the occurrence and status of wheat in late Neolithic central China: The importance of direct AMS radiocarbon dates from Xiazhai
The introduction of wheat into central China is thought to have been one of the significant contributions of interactions between China and Central Asia which began in the 3rd millennium bc. However, only a limited number of Neolithic wheat grains have been found in central China and even fewer have been directly radiocarbon dated, making the date when wheat was adopted in the region and its role in subsistence farming uncertain. Based on systema…
Stature estimation from the combination of clavicle, scapula, and sternum from 3D-VRT images in Chinese population
The objective of the present study was to generate multiple regression models for stature estimation on the basis the combination of the clavicle, scapula and sternum derived from 3D-VRT images in Chinese population. The study sample comprised 363 individuals from China, including 159 females and 204 males, with documented ages between 19 and 82 years. Separate multiple linear regression equations for estimating stature on the basis of the measur…
Food and ritual resources in hunter-gatherer societies: Canarium nuts in southern China and beyond
The first discovery of Neolithic rice remains in eastern Taiwan: Phytolith evidence from the Chaolaiqiao site
The ancient dispersal of millets in southern China: New archaeological evidence
This study presents the first direct evidence of millet cultivation in Neolithic southeast coastal China. Macroscopic plant remains and phytoliths, together with direct accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dates on crops, have shown that both foxtail millet and broomcorn millet were cultivated with rice in the Huangguashan and Pingfengshan sites in Fujian province around 4000–3500 cal. BP. Ratios of different parts of crop remains reve…
From Early Domesticated Rice of the Middle Yangtze Basin to Millet, Rice and Wheat Agriculture: Archaeobotanical Macro-Remains from Baligang, Nanyang Basin, Central China (6700–500 BC)
Baligang is a Neolithic site on a northern tributary of the middle Yangtze and provides a long archaeobotanical sequence from the Seventh Millennium BC upto the First Millennium BC. It provides evidence for developments in rice and millet agriculture influenced by shifting cultural affiliation with the north (Yangshao and Longshan) and south (Qujialing and Shijiahe) between 4300 and 1800 BC. This paper reports on plant macro-remains (seeds), from…
The interplay of millets and rice in Neolithic central China: Integrating phytoliths into the archaeobotany of Baligang
Baligang is a Neolithic site with a long occupation, from before 6300 BC up to the first millennium BC, although the bulk of excavated finds and archaeobotanical evidence from the site comes from the Yangshao, Qujialing, Shijiahe and Longshan (4300–1800 BC). The cultural group affiliation of the site varies between northern (Yangshao and Longshan) and southern (Qujialing and Shijiahe) cultural connections. The earliest occupation of the site repr…
The ancient dispersal of millets in southern China: New archaeological evidence
This study presents the first direct evidence of millet cultivation in Neolithic southeast coastal China. Macroscopic plant remains and phytoliths, together with direct accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dates on crops, have shown that both foxtail millet and broomcorn millet were cultivated with rice in the Huangguashan and Pingfengshan sites in Fujian province around 4000–3500 cal. BP. Ratios of different parts of crop remains reve…
Assessing the occurrence and status of wheat in late Neolithic central China: The importance of direct AMS radiocarbon dates from Xiazhai
The introduction of wheat into central China is thought to have been one of the significant contributions of interactions between China and Central Asia which began in the 3rd millennium bc. However, only a limited number of Neolithic wheat grains have been found in central China and even fewer have been directly radiocarbon dated, making the date when wheat was adopted in the region and its role in subsistence farming uncertain. Based on systema…
Bridging the gap on the southward dispersal route of agriculture in China: New evidences from the Guodishan site, Jiangxi province
The first discovery of Neolithic rice remains in eastern Taiwan: Phytolith evidence from the Chaolaiqiao site
Phytoliths in spikelets of selected Oryzoideae species: New Findings From in Situ Observation
The interplay of millets and rice in Neolithic central China: Integrating phytoliths into the archaeobotany of Baligang
Baligang is a Neolithic site with a long occupation, from before 6300 BC up to the first millennium BC, although the bulk of excavated finds and archaeobotanical evidence from the site comes from the Yangshao, Qujialing, Shijiahe and Longshan (4300–1800 BC). The cultural group affiliation of the site varies between northern (Yangshao and Longshan) and southern (Qujialing and Shijiahe) cultural connections. The earliest occupation of the site repr…
The earliest stamped hard pottery and high-firing technology dating back to 5000 BP: Evidence from two sites in southeastern China
New evidence supports the continuous development of rice cultivation and early formation of mixed farming in the Middle Han River Valley, China
Located in the transitional region between northern and southern China, the middle Han River valley is of pivotal significance for current debates on rice domestication and the formation of mixed farming in early China. Based on phytoliths and macro-plant remains from 10 sites, along with radiocarbon dating, this study has narrowed the 2000-year gap in early rice utilization by 700 years in the middle Han River valley, and demonstrated the contin…
The integration of millets into rice agriculture in the mountainous region of southern Zhejiang, China
This study presents compelling evidence of plant utilization from three late Neolithic and early Bronze Age sites in the mountainous region of southern Zhejiang, offering insights into local agricultural practices and the emergence of mixed farming in southern China. Analysis of plant remains from the sites reveals a predominantly farming-based subsistence strategy characterized by a significant reliance on rice alongside the supplementary cultiv…
Food and ritual resources in hunter-gatherer societies: Canarium nuts in southern China and beyond
From Early Domesticated Rice of the Middle Yangtze Basin to Millet, Rice and Wheat Agriculture: Archaeobotanical Macro-Remains from Baligang, Nanyang Basin, Central China (6700–500 BC)
Baligang is a Neolithic site on a northern tributary of the middle Yangtze and provides a long archaeobotanical sequence from the Seventh Millennium BC upto the First Millennium BC. It provides evidence for developments in rice and millet agriculture influenced by shifting cultural affiliation with the north (Yangshao and Longshan) and south (Qujialing and Shijiahe) between 4300 and 1800 BC. This paper reports on plant macro-remains (seeds), from…
The interplay of millets and rice in Neolithic central China: Integrating phytoliths into the archaeobotany of Baligang
Baligang is a Neolithic site with a long occupation, from before 6300 BC up to the first millennium BC, although the bulk of excavated finds and archaeobotanical evidence from the site comes from the Yangshao, Qujialing, Shijiahe and Longshan (4300–1800 BC). The cultural group affiliation of the site varies between northern (Yangshao and Longshan) and southern (Qujialing and Shijiahe) cultural connections. The earliest occupation of the site repr…
The ancient dispersal of millets in southern China: New archaeological evidence
This study presents the first direct evidence of millet cultivation in Neolithic southeast coastal China. Macroscopic plant remains and phytoliths, together with direct accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dates on crops, have shown that both foxtail millet and broomcorn millet were cultivated with rice in the Huangguashan and Pingfengshan sites in Fujian province around 4000–3500 cal. BP. Ratios of different parts of crop remains reve…
The first discovery of Neolithic rice remains in eastern Taiwan: Phytolith evidence from the Chaolaiqiao site
Assessing the occurrence and status of wheat in late Neolithic central China: The importance of direct AMS radiocarbon dates from Xiazhai
The introduction of wheat into central China is thought to have been one of the significant contributions of interactions between China and Central Asia which began in the 3rd millennium bc. However, only a limited number of Neolithic wheat grains have been found in central China and even fewer have been directly radiocarbon dated, making the date when wheat was adopted in the region and its role in subsistence farming uncertain. Based on systema…
Stature estimation from the combination of clavicle, scapula, and sternum from 3D-VRT images in Chinese population
The objective of the present study was to generate multiple regression models for stature estimation on the basis the combination of the clavicle, scapula and sternum derived from 3D-VRT images in Chinese population. The study sample comprised 363 individuals from China, including 159 females and 204 males, with documented ages between 19 and 82 years. Separate multiple linear regression equations for estimating stature on the basis of the measur…
Food and ritual resources in hunter-gatherer societies: Canarium nuts in southern China and beyond
Age estimation by multidetector computed tomography of cranial sutures in Chinese male adults
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to explore whether computed tomography (CT) images of cranial sutures can contribute to adult age estimation in Chinese Han individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was based on cranial CT scans of 230 Chinese Han males aged 23.33-76.93 years. A total of 160 images from 16 suture segments were scored after volume reformation and multiplanar reconstruction in each individual. Decision tree regression, linear supp…
Bridging the gap on the southward dispersal route of agriculture in China: New evidences from the Guodishan site, Jiangxi province
New evidence supports the continuous development of rice cultivation and early formation of mixed farming in the Middle Han River Valley, China
Located in the transitional region between northern and southern China, the middle Han River valley is of pivotal significance for current debates on rice domestication and the formation of mixed farming in early China. Based on phytoliths and macro-plant remains from 10 sites, along with radiocarbon dating, this study has narrowed the 2000-year gap in early rice utilization by 700 years in the middle Han River valley, and demonstrated the contin…
Phytoliths in spikelets of selected Oryzoideae species: New Findings From in Situ Observation
Preceramic riverside hunter-gatherers and the arrival of Neolithic farmers in northern Luzon
The most westerly Pacific island chain, running from Taiwan southwards through the Philippines, has long been central in debates about the origins and early migrations of Austronesian-speaking peoples from the Asian mainland into the islands of Southeast Asia and Oceania. Focusing on the Cagayan Valley of northern Luzon in the Philippines, the authors combine new and published radiocarbon dates to underpin a revised culture-historical synthesis. …
Nonlinear trends of vegetation changes in different geomorphologic zones and land use types of the Yangtze River basin, China
How land use changes and geomorphologic zones impact on vegetation nonlinear trends remains unclear in economically developed areas with complicated terrain. This paper explores the nonlinear trends of vegetation changes with normalized vegetation index (NDVI) in the Yangtze River basin, China, and further analyzes the effect of geomorphologic zones and land use changes on the nonlinear trend. The results show that: (1) Although monotonic increas…
Micro‐CT‐assisted determination of the shattering and non‐shattering phenotypes of charred rice spikelet bases from archaeological sites: A new methodological approach
The selection of a non‐shattering phenotype is a pivotal change in the process of rice domestication. However, current research is heavily restricted by the preservation conditions of macro‐plant remains in early and middle Neolithic sites, as very limited well‐preserved rice spikelet bases could be retrieved. We present a non‐destructive method based on micro‐computed tomographic (CT) scanning, which could provide detailed visualization of the i…
The early adoption of East Asian crops in West Asia: Rice and broomcorn millet in northern Iran
Following their early domestication, broomcorn millet and rice (in East Asia) and wheat and barley (in South-west Asia) were subsequently adopted across Eurasia during the Bronze Age/early historic period. The precise timing and dispersal routes for this trans-Eurasian exchange, however, remain unclear. Here, the authors present archaeobotanical evidence from sites on the Caspian Sea's southern coast, demonstrating that broomcorn millet reached W…
The earliest stamped hard pottery and high-firing technology dating back to 5000 BP: Evidence from two sites in southeastern China
Bone-artefact production in late Neolithic central China: Evidence from Pingliangtai
As an important component of prehistoric subsistence, an understanding of bone-working is essential for interpreting the evolution of early complex societies, yet worked bones are rarely systematically collected in China. Here, the authors apply multiple analytical methods to worked bones from the Longshan site of Pingliangtai, in central China, showing that Neolithic bone-working in this area, with cervid as the main raw material, was mature but…
The integration of millets into rice agriculture in the mountainous region of southern Zhejiang, China
This study presents compelling evidence of plant utilization from three late Neolithic and early Bronze Age sites in the mountainous region of southern Zhejiang, offering insights into local agricultural practices and the emergence of mixed farming in southern China. Analysis of plant remains from the sites reveals a predominantly farming-based subsistence strategy characterized by a significant reliance on rice alongside the supplementary cultiv…
Technological continuity and cultural adaptation: Pottery production in the Fanchengdui culture of the Poyang Lake Plain (4800-4500 BP)
Foodways of craftsmen in the Shang-period frontier copper industry: Evidence of plant remains from the Tongling site in Jiangxi, southern China
Geography (16 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (15 works) · China (13 works) · Agriculture (10 works) · Biology (10 works) · Ecology (10 works) · Domestication (6 works) · Population (6 works)