Dongya Y Yang
Biographic Data
| ID | 92732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dongya Y Yang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dongya Y |
| FAMILY NAME | Yang |
| SIGNATURE | YANG D Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Simon Fraser University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0208-3287 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 179 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Zooarchaeological and ancient DNA identification of a non-local gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Native American use of cetaceans in pre-contact Oregon
This study characterizes how Native Americans living on the Oregon coast used whales and small cetaceans prior to European contact. We present an original analysis of a large subsample (NISP = 1177) of archaeological cetacean remains from the Palmrose (35CLT47) site, and new identifications from the previously analyzed Par-Tee (35CLT20; NISP = 31) and Tahkenitch Landing (35DO130; NISP = 33) sites. Using zooarchaeological and biomolecular analyses…
Sharkaeology
Prior to burning down in 1906 CE, Point Alones in the Monterey Bay region of Central California was home to one of the largest Chinese fishing communities in the United States of America. Both historical records and the recovery of numerous cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) vertebrae during archaeological excavations of the village indicate sharks were among the taxonomic groups being regularly harvested by its inhabitants. However, as shark ve…
Ancient DNA investigation of the domestication history of pigs in Northeast China
Toward a geography of foodways in the southern Gulf Islands, Pacific Northwest Coast
Fine-screen animal bone and Pacific salmon ancient DNA (aDNA) results from Northwest Coast shell midden sites, together with other kinds of material culture, can provide detailed information on foodways, site-specific activities, and sociality. Seasonal use of the landscape may also be revealed through an understanding of place in the southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada. New results from column sample faunal analysis at the Pender C…
Possible case of pressure resorption associated with osteoarthritis in human skeletal remains from ancient China
Ancient DNA reveals evidence of abundant aurochs (Bos primigenius) in Neolithic Northeast China
New ancient DNA data on the origins and spread of sheep and cattle in northern China around 4000 BP
Enamel hypoplasia in Northeast China
A comparative study of oral health in three Late Bronze Age populations with different subsistence practices in North China
Stable isotope and ancient DNA analysis of dog remains from Cathlapotle (45CL1), a contact-era site on the Lower Columbia River
Addressing seasonal site use through ancient DNA species identification of Pacific salmon at Dionisio Point, Galiano Island, British Columbia
Pushing Limits and Finding Interpretive Balance
We reiterate the basis for our interpretation of the Namu site as a winter-village settlement from at least 7000 B.P., and note that Monks and Orchard do not provide an alternative interpretation of the available data. They also mistakenly suggest an assertion on our part that all Northwest Coast villages were dependent on a salmon-based storage economy by 1000 B.P. We never argued for this point. Finally, Monks and Orchard offer a lengthy defens…
Wild or domesticated
Ancient DNA provides new insights into the origin of the Chinese domestic horse
Opportunistic Whale Hunting on the Southern Northwest Coast
Two modes of whale use have been documented on the Northwest Coast of North America, namely systematic whale hunting and whale scavenging. Ethnographically, systematic hunting was practiced only by Native groups of southwestern Vancouver Island and the northern Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. This hunting was undertaken with technology specifically designed for the task. Other groups on the Northwest Coast reportedly did not hunt whales bu…
Early Storage and Sedentism on the Pacific Northwest Coast
Ancient DNA identification of salmon remains from the site of Namu on the central coast of British Columbia shows use of a variety of species and an emphasis on pink salmon over the course of the past 7,000 years. These results support arguments that Namu was a permanent village settlement dependent on a salmon storage economy throughout this time. This pattern of subsistence and settlement predates by several millennia the first substantial evid…
DNA analysis of archaeological rabbit remains from the American Southwest
Ancient DNA investigation of prehistoric salmon resource utilization at Keatley Creek, British Columbia, Canada
Contamination controls when preparing archaeological remains for ancient DNA analysis
DNA species identification of archaeological salmon bone from the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America
Hypersensitive PCR, Ancient Human mtDNA, and Contamination
When highly efficient polymerase was used with high cycle numbers (50-60), strong amplifications were observed, but negative controls were also unexpectedly amplified in a study of ancient human mtDNA from 2000-year-old skeletons. The results of a series of tests revealed that the hypersensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) generated by higher cycles and the presence of contaminant DNA (though at extremely low levels) should be responsible for…
Improved DNA extraction from ancient bones using silica-based spin columns
We describe a simple method for extracting polymerase chain reaction-amplifiable DNA from ancient bones without the use of organic solvents. Bone powders are digested with proteinase K, and the DNA is purified directly using silica-based spin columns (QIAquick3, QIAGEN). The efficiency of this protocol is demonstrated using human bone samples ranging in age from 15 to 5,000 years old
DNA species identification of archaeological salmon bone from the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America
Contamination controls when preparing archaeological remains for ancient DNA analysis
Early Storage and Sedentism on the Pacific Northwest Coast
Ancient DNA identification of salmon remains from the site of Namu on the central coast of British Columbia shows use of a variety of species and an emphasis on pink salmon over the course of the past 7,000 years. These results support arguments that Namu was a permanent village settlement dependent on a salmon storage economy throughout this time. This pattern of subsistence and settlement predates by several millennia the first substantial evid…
Ancient DNA reveals evidence of abundant aurochs (Bos primigenius) in Neolithic Northeast China
Ancient DNA investigation of prehistoric salmon resource utilization at Keatley Creek, British Columbia, Canada
Wild or domesticated
Stable isotope and ancient DNA analysis of dog remains from Cathlapotle (45CL1), a contact-era site on the Lower Columbia River
DNA analysis of archaeological rabbit remains from the American Southwest
Ancient DNA provides new insights into the origin of the Chinese domestic horse
Addressing seasonal site use through ancient DNA species identification of Pacific salmon at Dionisio Point, Galiano Island, British Columbia
Hypersensitive PCR, Ancient Human mtDNA, and Contamination
When highly efficient polymerase was used with high cycle numbers (50-60), strong amplifications were observed, but negative controls were also unexpectedly amplified in a study of ancient human mtDNA from 2000-year-old skeletons. The results of a series of tests revealed that the hypersensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) generated by higher cycles and the presence of contaminant DNA (though at extremely low levels) should be responsible for…
Pushing Limits and Finding Interpretive Balance
We reiterate the basis for our interpretation of the Namu site as a winter-village settlement from at least 7000 B.P., and note that Monks and Orchard do not provide an alternative interpretation of the available data. They also mistakenly suggest an assertion on our part that all Northwest Coast villages were dependent on a salmon-based storage economy by 1000 B.P. We never argued for this point. Finally, Monks and Orchard offer a lengthy defens…
Ancient DNA investigation of the domestication history of pigs in Northeast China
New ancient DNA data on the origins and spread of sheep and cattle in northern China around 4000 BP
Opportunistic Whale Hunting on the Southern Northwest Coast
Two modes of whale use have been documented on the Northwest Coast of North America, namely systematic whale hunting and whale scavenging. Ethnographically, systematic hunting was practiced only by Native groups of southwestern Vancouver Island and the northern Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. This hunting was undertaken with technology specifically designed for the task. Other groups on the Northwest Coast reportedly did not hunt whales bu…
Native American use of cetaceans in pre-contact Oregon
This study characterizes how Native Americans living on the Oregon coast used whales and small cetaceans prior to European contact. We present an original analysis of a large subsample (NISP = 1177) of archaeological cetacean remains from the Palmrose (35CLT47) site, and new identifications from the previously analyzed Par-Tee (35CLT20; NISP = 31) and Tahkenitch Landing (35DO130; NISP = 33) sites. Using zooarchaeological and biomolecular analyses…
Sharkaeology
Prior to burning down in 1906 CE, Point Alones in the Monterey Bay region of Central California was home to one of the largest Chinese fishing communities in the United States of America. Both historical records and the recovery of numerous cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) vertebrae during archaeological excavations of the village indicate sharks were among the taxonomic groups being regularly harvested by its inhabitants. However, as shark ve…
Improved DNA extraction from ancient bones using silica-based spin columns
We describe a simple method for extracting polymerase chain reaction-amplifiable DNA from ancient bones without the use of organic solvents. Bone powders are digested with proteinase K, and the DNA is purified directly using silica-based spin columns (QIAquick3, QIAGEN). The efficiency of this protocol is demonstrated using human bone samples ranging in age from 15 to 5,000 years old
DNA species identification of archaeological salmon bone from the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America
Hypersensitive PCR, Ancient Human mtDNA, and Contamination
When highly efficient polymerase was used with high cycle numbers (50-60), strong amplifications were observed, but negative controls were also unexpectedly amplified in a study of ancient human mtDNA from 2000-year-old skeletons. The results of a series of tests revealed that the hypersensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) generated by higher cycles and the presence of contaminant DNA (though at extremely low levels) should be responsible for…
Contamination controls when preparing archaeological remains for ancient DNA analysis
DNA analysis of archaeological rabbit remains from the American Southwest
Ancient DNA investigation of prehistoric salmon resource utilization at Keatley Creek, British Columbia, Canada
Early Storage and Sedentism on the Pacific Northwest Coast
Ancient DNA identification of salmon remains from the site of Namu on the central coast of British Columbia shows use of a variety of species and an emphasis on pink salmon over the course of the past 7,000 years. These results support arguments that Namu was a permanent village settlement dependent on a salmon storage economy throughout this time. This pattern of subsistence and settlement predates by several millennia the first substantial evid…
Opportunistic Whale Hunting on the Southern Northwest Coast
Two modes of whale use have been documented on the Northwest Coast of North America, namely systematic whale hunting and whale scavenging. Ethnographically, systematic hunting was practiced only by Native groups of southwestern Vancouver Island and the northern Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. This hunting was undertaken with technology specifically designed for the task. Other groups on the Northwest Coast reportedly did not hunt whales bu…
Wild or domesticated
Ancient DNA provides new insights into the origin of the Chinese domestic horse
Addressing seasonal site use through ancient DNA species identification of Pacific salmon at Dionisio Point, Galiano Island, British Columbia
Pushing Limits and Finding Interpretive Balance
We reiterate the basis for our interpretation of the Namu site as a winter-village settlement from at least 7000 B.P., and note that Monks and Orchard do not provide an alternative interpretation of the available data. They also mistakenly suggest an assertion on our part that all Northwest Coast villages were dependent on a salmon-based storage economy by 1000 B.P. We never argued for this point. Finally, Monks and Orchard offer a lengthy defens…
Stable isotope and ancient DNA analysis of dog remains from Cathlapotle (45CL1), a contact-era site on the Lower Columbia River
Enamel hypoplasia in Northeast China
A comparative study of oral health in three Late Bronze Age populations with different subsistence practices in North China
Ancient DNA reveals evidence of abundant aurochs (Bos primigenius) in Neolithic Northeast China
New ancient DNA data on the origins and spread of sheep and cattle in northern China around 4000 BP
Possible case of pressure resorption associated with osteoarthritis in human skeletal remains from ancient China
Toward a geography of foodways in the southern Gulf Islands, Pacific Northwest Coast
Fine-screen animal bone and Pacific salmon ancient DNA (aDNA) results from Northwest Coast shell midden sites, together with other kinds of material culture, can provide detailed information on foodways, site-specific activities, and sociality. Seasonal use of the landscape may also be revealed through an understanding of place in the southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia, Canada. New results from column sample faunal analysis at the Pender C…
Ancient DNA investigation of the domestication history of pigs in Northeast China
Zooarchaeological and ancient DNA identification of a non-local gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Native American use of cetaceans in pre-contact Oregon
This study characterizes how Native Americans living on the Oregon coast used whales and small cetaceans prior to European contact. We present an original analysis of a large subsample (NISP = 1177) of archaeological cetacean remains from the Palmrose (35CLT47) site, and new identifications from the previously analyzed Par-Tee (35CLT20; NISP = 31) and Tahkenitch Landing (35DO130; NISP = 33) sites. Using zooarchaeological and biomolecular analyses…
Sharkaeology
Prior to burning down in 1906 CE, Point Alones in the Monterey Bay region of Central California was home to one of the largest Chinese fishing communities in the United States of America. Both historical records and the recovery of numerous cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) vertebrae during archaeological excavations of the village indicate sharks were among the taxonomic groups being regularly harvested by its inhabitants. However, as shark ve…
Biology (22 works) · Archaeology (19 works) · Geography (19 works) · Ancient DNA (15 works) · Ecology (12 works) · Forensic and Genetic Research (11 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 works) · Demography (10 works) · Population (10 works) · Demography (8 works)