Dr.QIN, Ling秦嶺

Associate Professor of Neolithic Archaeology and Archaeobotany at the School of Archaeology and Museology, Peking University, Beijing.

Dr.QIN, Ling completed her PhD on Neolithic social complex in the lower Yangtze River area. Her main research areas include Chinese Neolithic archaeology, field archaeology methods and techniques, plant archaeology, archaeological theory and methodology, etc

She has worked extensively on Neolithic excavations and material cultures in China, jointly directing field-work in many sites of Zhejiang, Shandong, Shaanxiand Henan. Since 2022, she is the project leader of Tonglin city site at Linzi of Shandong province.

Currently, she is leading the national key research project "Research on the Origin of Chinese Civilization" in the sub-project "Livelihood, Resources, and Technology in the Process of the Origin of Chinese Civilization." She is also involved in several national-level key projects, including the major project of the Ministry of Education's Key Research Base in Humanities and Social Sciences, "Technology and Civilization: Exploring the Formation of Prehistoric Chinese Civilization through Jade Handicraft Industry," etc.

Her current research interests include the scientific research onNeolithicjades in Eastern China, early agriculture developments inChina, as well as the theory andpracticeof early civilizations study in a comparative perspective around East Asia.