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Xin Jia Associate Professor

Bio: 

Contact

  • Email: jiaxin@njnu.edu.cn
  • Office Address: Room 319, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
  • Mailing address: School of Geographical Sciences, No. 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing Normal University

Education background

  • September 2006-July 2012, School of Resources and Environment, Lanzhou University, majoring in physical geography, Ph.D. (Tutors: Academician Chen Fahu, Professor Dong Guanghui).
  • September 2001-June 2005, School of Mining Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, majoring in resource environment and urban and rural planning management, bachelor degree.

Research experience

  • 2023 September - Special Researcher, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University.
  • January 2019-, Associate Professor, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University.
  • From January 2016 to December 2018, Nanjing University, School of Geography and Oceanographic Sciences, postdoctoral fellow (co-supervisor: Professor Lu Huayu).
  • From May 2017 to August 2017, he was a visiting scholar at the Needham Institute, Cambridge, UK.
  • October 2012-December 2015, Assistant Researcher, School of Geography and Oceanography, Nanjing University.

Main research direction

  • Environmental Change and Human Activities
  • Environmental archaeology
  • Bioarchaeology
  • Historical geography

Major Social Part-time

  • Executive Director, Institute of Environmental Archaeology, Nanjing Normal University, 2021.11-
  • Secretary of the Committee of Botanical Archaeology, Chinese Archaeological Society, 2024.7-
  • Executive Director of the Specialized Committee on the History of Agronomy of the Chinese Society for the History of Science and Technology, 2020.11-
  • Member, Specialized Committee on Science and Technology Archaeology, Chinese Society for History of Science and Technology, 2018.10-
  • Member, Working Group on Microbodies and Paleoenvironments, Chinese Geographical Society, 2023.05-

Honors and Awards

  • In 2018, the process and mechanism of human-environment interaction and human settlement on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the prehistoric Gansu-Qingdao region, the first prize of the 2017 University Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award (Natural Science), 6/7

Major Research Projects

  • National Archaeological Talent Revitalization Plan Project “Study of Early Ancient Civilization in the Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River: Focusing on the Site of Dongshancun” (second person in charge)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Top-level Programme "Study on the Relationship between Imperial Development and Climate Change during the Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties in Northeast China" (Grant No. 42271163).
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Top-level Programme "Response of human settlement and food structure to climate change in the middle Holocene of Yanliao region" (Grant No. 41771223).
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project "Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change during the Bronze Age (4-2 ka BP) in the Xiliao River Basin" (Grant No. 41301208)
  • Research on Human Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change during the Hongshan Culture Period (6.7-5 ka BP) in the Xiliao River Basin" (Grant No. 20130091120030), Doctoral Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (New Teachers Category).
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship 60 "Early-Middle Holocene Human-Earth Relationships in the Central Plateau of Inner Mongolia" (Grant No. 2016M601769).
  • Fundamental Research Operating Expenses of the Central Universities and Colleges of Nanjing University, "Research on Human-Earth Relations in the Bronze Age in the Xiliao River Basin" (Grant No. 020914340063), "Research on Human-Earth Relations in the Hongshan Culture Period in Yanliao Area" (Grant No. 020914380027): 020914380027).
  • Sino-British Fellowship Trust Exchange Fund.

Recently published papers (*corresponding author# co-first author)

2024：

  • 1. Han Bin#, Zheng Duo, Huang Dujun, Wang Jiamin, Wang Lyuting, Zhang Zixin, Jia Xin*, Yang Yimin*, 2024. Insights into cosmetic ingredients in the late Northern Song dynasty: A case study from the Shijiatang tomb, southern China. Archaeometry. https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.13044
  • 2. Wang Wei, Duan Futao, Jia Xin*, Sun Yonggang, Huang Wenbo, An Chengbang*. 2024. Diachronic evolution in subsistence strategies of ancient humans from the Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age in the Western Liaohe River Basin and its influencing factors. The Holocene. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683624129197
  • 3. Jia Xin*#, Zhang zhiping#, Liang Weihao, Li Enrui, Hu Xiaonong, Lee Harry.F.*, 2024. Subsistence strategies and climate change as key factors in the vicinity of the Great Wall in northern China from 500 BCE. The Holocene. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836241291982
  • 4. Jia Xin*#, Zhang Zhiping#, Sun Yonggang*, Jiang Runqi, Yi Shuangwen, Chen Wei, Sun Jue, Li Guoqiang, Wang Shuzhi, Li Enrui, Hu Xiaonong, Bao Qingchuan, Lee Harry F., Lu Huayu. 2024. Amelioration of habitat since the early Holocene contributed to the origin of agriculture in the farming-pastoral zone of northern China. Science China: Earth Sciences, 67(8): 2535-2546.
  • JIA Xin*#, ZHANG Zhiping#, SUN Yonggang*, JIANG Runqi, YI Shuangwen, CHEN Wei, SUN Jue, LI Guoqiang, WANG Shuzhi, LI Enrui, HU Xiaonong, BAO Qingchuan, LI Feng, and LU Huayu. 2024. Early Holocene Habitat Improvement Contributes to the Origins of Agriculture in the Agro-pastoral Intertidal Zone of Northern China. Science China: Earth Sciences, 54(8): 2574-2586.
  • 5. Yong Heng, Jia Xin*, Li Sijin, Yang Lin, Lee Harry F., Tang Guoan. 2024. Reconstructing and tracing the evolution of the road networks in the Haidai region of China during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages. Heritage Science. 12: 145.
  • 6. Zhu Kongyang#, Zhang Zhiping#, Tao Le#, Jiang Runqi, Huang Wenbo, Sun Yonggang, He Haifeng, Fu Huilin, Ma Hao, Yang Xiaomin, Guo Jianxin, Jia Xin*, Wang Chuanchao*. 2024. The genetic diversity in the ancient human population of Upper Xiajiadian culture. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 62(4): 185-193.

2023：

  • 1. Jiang Chenyao, Lee Harry F.*, Jia Xin*, Kong Xinggong. 2023. Changes in paleo-groundwater levels revealed by water wells and their relationship with climate variations in imperial Southern China. PLoS ONE 18(10): e0292662.
  • 2. Li Haiming, James Nathaniel, Chen Junwei, Zhang Shanjia, Du Linyao, Yang Yishi, Chen Guoke*, Ma Minmin, Jia Xin*. 2023. Agricultural Economic Transformations and Their Impacting Factors around 4000 BP in the Hexi Corridor, Northwest China. Land. 12: 425.

2022:

  • 1. Jia Xin*, Zhao, Dongsheng*, Storozum Michael J., Shi Hongwei, Bai Guozhu, Liu Zhen, Hu Zhujun, Sun Liqiang, Wang Qi, Li Haiming. 2022. The “2.8 ka BP cold event” indirectly influenced the Agricultural exploitation during the Late Zhou Dynasty in the coastal areas of the Jianghuai Region. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13: 902534.
  • 2. Zhou Feifei#, Zhao Zheng#, Azorin-Molina Cesar, Jia Xin*, Zhang Gangfeng, Chen Deliang, Liu Jane, Guijarro Jose A., Zhang Fen, Fang Keyan*, 2022. Teleconnections between large-scale oceanic-atmospheric patterns and interannual surface wind speed variability across China: Regional and seasonal patterns. Science of The Total Environment. 838: 156023.
  • 3. Liu Shu, Jia Xin*, Sun Yonggang, Ma Zhikun*, 2022. Investigating the plant microremains on ceramic Li tripods to ascertain their function and the plant resource exploitation strategies during the Lower Xiajiadian culture period in Chifeng, Northeast China. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10: 836403.
  • 4. Lee Harry F.*, Jia Xin*, Ji Baoxiang. 2022. Population, Wars, and the Grand Canal in Chinese History. Sustainability. 14: 7006.
  • 5. Li Yuqi#, Jia Xin#, Liu Zhen, Zhao, Luo, Sheng Pengfei, Storozum, Michael J*, 2022. The potential impact of rising sea levels on China's coastal cultural heritage: a GIS risk assessment. Antiquty, 96 ( 386): 406-421.
  • 6. Shi Hongwei, Jia Xin*, Wang Chuang. 2022. Zoological archaeological research on the Shuiquan site in Jianping County, Liaoning Province——Also on the utilization strategies of animal resources in the area along the Great Wall in the north around 4000 years ago. Quaternary Research, 42(1): 32-46.
  • 7. Zhang Zhiping, Liu Jianbao*, Chen Shengqian, Zhang Shanjia, Jia Xin, Zhou Aifeng, Zhao Jiaju, Chen Jie, Shen Zhongwei, Chen Fahu. 2022. Anthropogenic origin of a change in the fire-climate relationship in northern China after ~2000 yr BP: Evidence from a 15,500-year black carbon record from Dali Lake. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 32(6): 1136-1156
  • 8. Yang Ruichen, Di Nan, Jia Xin, Yin Da, Gao Sheng, Shao Jing, Sun Zhouyong, Hu Songmei, Zhao Zhijun*. 2022. The choice of survival strategies of ancestors in Yulin area in the early Xia era from the plant remains unearthed from the Shimao site. Quaternary Research, 42(1): 101-118.
  • 9. Li Hu*, Zhang Ziqiang, Li Xianting, Guo Qiang, Liu Zhen, Li Haiming, Jia Xin. Study on the utilization of wood resources in the early Longshan culture at Shangcun site in Xinxiang, Henan. Quaternary Research, 2022, 42(1): 172-180.

2021:

  • 1. Jia Xin*, Li Haiming*, Lee Harry F., Liu Zhen, Lu Yong, Hu Zhujun, Sun Xueqiang, Zhao Zhijun. 2021. Agricultural adaptations to topography and climate changes in Central China during the mid-late Holocene. The Holocene, 31(11-12): 1705-1715.
  • 2. Jia Xin*, Wang Shuzhi*, Sun Yonggang, Li Yiyin, Jiao Yanjing, Zhao Zhijun, Lee Harry, 2021. Charcoal evidence for environmental change ca. 3.5 ka and its influence on ancient people in the West Liao River Basin of northeastern China. Quaternary Research. 102:142-152.
  • 3. Li Haiming, Liu Zhen, Nathaniel James, Li Xinsheng, Hu Zhujun, Shi Hongwei, Sun Liqiang, Lu Yong*, Jia Xin*. 2021. Agricultural Transformations and Their Influential Factors Revealed by Archaeobotanical Evidence in Holocene Jiangsu Province, Eastern China . Frontiers in Earth Science. 9: 661684.
  • 4. Li Yuqi*, Storozum Michael, Li Haiming, Hu Di, Wang Xin, Jia Xin*, 2021. Architectural connections between western Central Asia and China: new investigations at Haermodun (cal AD 90–321), a fortified circular settlement in Xinjiang, China. Antiquty. 95(380): 1-6.
  • 5. Ma Zhikun, Bai Ruina, Wang Zhen, Song Aqian, Jia Xin*, 2021. Study on the material of pillows unearthed from the tombs of the Sixteen Kingdoms period at the Xitou site in Shaanxi. Journal of Micropaleontology. 38(4): 346-357.

Main articles before 2020:

  • 1. Jia Xin*, Lee Harry.F*, Cui Mengchun, Cheng Guoquan, Zhao Yang, Ding Hong, Yue Ricci P. H., Lu Huayu. 2019. Differentiations of geographic distribution and subsistence strategies between Tibetan and other major ethnic groups are determined by the physical environment in Hehuang Valley. Science China: Earth Sciences. 62(2): 412-422. (JCR, Q2)
  • Jia Xin*, Li Feng*, Cui Mengchun, Cheng Guoquan, Zhao Yang, Ding Hong, Yu Bokang, Lu Huayu. 2019. Geographical environment characteristics and differences in production methods between Tibetans and other major ethnic groups in Hehuang Valley. Science in China: Earth Science , 49(4): 706-716
  • 2. Jia Xin*, Lee Harry.F, Cui Mengchun, Liu Chao, Zeng Lin, Yue Ricci P.H., Zhao Yang, Lu Huayu. 2017. Habitat Variability and Ethnic Diversity in Northern Tibetan Plateau. Scientific Reports 7:918. (JCR , Q1)
  • 3. Zhao Yang, Jia Xin*, Lee Harry F.*, Zhao Hongqiang, Cai Shuliang, Huang Xianjin. 2017. Relationship between ancient bridges and population dynamics in the lower Yangtze River Basin, China. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0182560 . (JCR, Q2)
  • 4. Jia Xin*, Yi Shuangwen, Sun Yonggang, Wu Shuangye, Lee Harry.F, Wang Lin, Lu Huayu. 2017. Spatial and temporal variations in prehistoric human settlement and their influencing factors on the south bank of the Xar Maron River, Northeastern China. Frontiers of Earth Science 11(1): 137-147. (JCR, Q4)
  • 5. Jia Xin*, Sun Yonggang, Wang Lin, Sun Wenfeng, Zhao Zhijun, Lee Harry.F, Huang Wenbo, Wu Shuangye, Lu Huayu. 2016. The transition of human subsistence strategies in relation to climate change during the Bronze Age in the West Liao River Basin, Northeast China. The Holocene 26(5):781-789. (JCR, Q2)
  • 6. Jia Xin*, Lee Harry.F*, Zhang Wenchao, Wang Lin, Sun Yonggang, Zhao Zhijun, Yi Shuangwen, Huang Wenbo, Lu Huayu. 2016. Human-environment interactions within the West Liao River Basin in Northeastern China during the Holocene Optimum. Quaternary International 428:10-17. (JCR, Q3)
  • 7. Jia Xin*, Dong Guanghui, Wang Lin, Ma Minmin, Lee Harry F., Zhang Zhancang, Chen Fahu. 2016. How Humans inhabited the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the Little Ice Age: a case study at Hualong County, Qinghai Province , China. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 7:27-36.
  • 8. Jia Xin, Dong Guanghui*, Li Hu, Brunson Katherine, Chen Fahu, Ma Minmin, Wang Hui, Zhang Keren. 2013. The development of Agriculture and its impact on cultural expansion during the mid-late Neolithic in the Western Loess Plateau , China. The Holocene 23(1): 85-92. (JCR, Q2)
  • 9. Li Haiming, Zheng Duo, Liu Zhen, Jia Xin*. Research on the formation of agriculture and its influencing factors during the Songze culture period in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Geographical Sciences. (Accepted)
  • 10. Shi Hongwei, Jia Xin*, Wang Chuang. 2022. Zoological archaeological research on the Shuiquan site in Jianping County, Liaoning Province——Also on the utilization strategies of animal resources in the area along the Great Wall in the north around 4000 years ago. Quaternary Research, 42(1): 32-46.
  • 11. Ma Zhikun, Bai Ruina, Wang Zhen, Song Aqian, Jia Xin*, 2021. Research on the material of pillows unearthed from the tombs of the Sixteen Kingdoms period at the Xitou site in Shaanxi. Journal of Micropaleontology. 38(4): 346-357.
  • 12. Chen Tingting, Jia Xin*, Li Haiming, Dong Guanghui. 2019. Temporal and Spatial Changes of Agricultural Structure and Its Influencing Factors in the Qijia Culture Period in Gansu-Qingdao Region. Quaternary Research, 29(1): 132-1444.
  • 13. Jia Xin*, Sun Yonggang, Yang Jingang, Zhao Zhijun. 2017. Flotation results and analysis of the Xiajiadian culture period in the upper reaches of the West Liaohe River. Agricultural Archaeology 37(6): 33-39.
  • 14. Sun Yonggang, Jia Xin*. 2016. Research on the way of life and related issues during the Hongshan culture period in western Liaoning. Journal of Liaoning Normal University (Social Science Edition) 39(4): 129-134.
  • 15. Jia Xin, Wang Lin, Dong Guanghui*, Chen Fahu, An Chengbang. 2008. Cultural evolution and environmental driving forces in Guanzhong, northern Shaanxi and Longdong in the Middle Holocene. Journal of Lanzhou University (Natural Science Edition) 44(6): 8- 14.