Li Xinwei

CURRICULUM VITAE 

Li (family name)   Xinwei (given name)  Ph.D
 
Institute of Archaeology
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
No.27 Wangfujing Street, Beijing, 100710

E-mail: lixw@cass.org.cn
Telephone: 86-10-65124658 
     

Education
2000-2003  Graduate study in  Archaeology Program, School of Historical and European Studies, La Trobe University, Australia; received Ph.D degree in archaeology (Title of Ph.D. dissertation: Development of Social Complexity in the Liaoxi Area, Northeast China).
1993-1996  Graduate study in Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), China; received M.A. degree in Archaeology.
1977-1982   Undergraduate study in Archaeology Department, Beijing University, China; received B.A. degree.

Career
2009 to present: Professor in the Institute of Archaeology, CASS

2004 to 2009  Vice Professor in the Institute of Archaeology, CASS and Vice Director of the Department of Prehistory of the institute
1996 -- 2004  Researcher in the Institute of Archaeology, CASS.
1990 – 1993   Researcher in the National Institute of Cultural Relic.

Professional Experience
2007 to 2008: co-organizer of the Fourth Worldwide Congress of the Society for East Asian Archaeology in Beijing.
2007August  to 2008 July: Visiting Scholar of Harvard-Yenching Institute
2007 May-June: Directing the field survey in the Zhudingyuan area, Lingbao City, Henan.
2006 May to 2007 June: co-planner of the Plan of Cultural Heritage Preservation of the Zhudingyuan area, Lingbao City, Henan sponsored by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage
2006 March-May: Directing the excavation of the prehistoric Xipo site in Lingbao City, Henan.
2005 April-July: Directing the excavation of the prehistoric Xipo site in Lingbao City, Henan.
2004 October – December: Directing systematic coring of the prehistoric Xipo site in Lingbao City, Henan.
2004 April – July: Directing the excavation of the prehistoric Xipo site in Lingbao City, Henan.
2001 May – June:  Directing the full-coverage regional survey in Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia.
1999 October – December: Participant in the excavation of the prehistoric Dingshishan site in Yongning County, Guangxi.
1999 April – May: Participant in the field survey in Lingbao City, Henan.
1998 October – December: Participant in the excavation of the prehistoric Dingshishan site in Yongning County, Guangxi
1997 October – December: Participant in the excavation of the prehistoric Dongwangzai site in Hongkong.
1997 April – July: Participant in the excavation of the prehistoric Dingshishan site in Yongning County, Guangxi.
1996 October – December: Participant in the field survey in the Yongjiang River valley in Guangxi.
1995 April – May: Participant in the excavation of the prehistoricYuchisi site in Mengcheng County, Anhui.
1993 July – October: Participant in the excavation of the prehistoric Xinglongwa site in Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia.
1993 May – June: Participant in the excavation of the prehistoric Yaowangcheng site in Rizhao City, Shangdong.
1992 July – November: Participant in the excavation of the prehistoric Xinglongwa site in Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia.
1989 September – October: Participant in the excavation of the prehistoric Zhengjiangying site in Beijing.
1988 September – December: Participant in the excavation of the Bronze Age Qucun site in Quwo County, Shanxi.

Honors and Research Grants
Grants
2007 to 2008: scholarship from the Harvard-Yenching Institute for 11 months research in Harvard-Yenching
2006 to 2008: grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China for the research on the regional settlement pattern in the Zhudingyuan area, Lingbao City, Henan. (part of the national project – “Exploration of Chinese Civilization”)
2005 to 2008: grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China for the field work at Xipo site. (part of the national project – “Exploration of Chinese Civilization”)
2004 to 2007: grant from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage for the field work and cultural heritage management at the Xipo site.
2005 to 2007: grant from the  Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China for the research on Sino-Sweden Expedition in Northeast China from 1927 to 1935.
2005 to 2006: grant from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for the research project – “Archaeological research on craft specialization in prehistoric Chian”
2000-2003  International Postgraduate Research Scholarship Australia for Ph.D study in Latrobe University
2000-2003  La Trobe University Postgraduate Research Scholarship Australia for Ph.D study in Latrobe University
. 2001  Postgraduate Research Grant of La Trobe University Australia for field work in China.
Hornors
2006   the excavation of the Xipo site was awarded  as one of the top ten most important archaeological discoveries in China in 2006.
2005   the 2004 excavation of the Xipo site got the Fieldwork Award of the National Bureau of Cultural Relics.
1997    the excavation of the Dongwanzai site was awarded  as one of the top ten most important archaeological discoveries in China in 1997.
1997    the excavation of the Dingshishan site was awarded  as one of the top ten most important archaeological discoveries in China in 1997.
1995    the excavation of the Yuchisi site got the Fieldwork Award of the National Bureau of Cultural Relics  as
the excavation of the Xinglongwa site was awarded as one the top ten most important archaeological discoveries in China in 1995.
    the excavation of the Xinglongwa site got the Fieldwork Award of the National Bureau of Cultural Relics.

Publication
In English
2008: Development of Social Complexity in the Liaoxi Area, Northeast China, BAR International Series 1821, Archaeopress, Oxford, England,
2004:  “Ritual and Residential – surveys in the Bang River and Laohushan River valleys, Aohan Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China”，Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 24, pp 103-112.
In Chinese
In edition: “中国史前的箭端”，《考古》。“Arrow-shaft straightener in prehistoric China”, Kaogu.
In edition: 《兴隆洼遗址发掘报告》“石器”部分。Report on the Excavation at the Xinglongwa Site ( I wrote the chapter “Stone Tools”  ), Kexue Press.
In edition: 《中国考古学》第三卷“长江下游地区的史前文化”部分。Chinese Archaeology Vol.3 (I wrote the chapter “Prehistoric Cultures in the Lower Yangzi River Valley”), Dabaikequanshu Press.
2008:  “地理信息系统支持的兴隆洼文化手工业生产专业化研究”，《考古》6，58－68页。“GIS based research on craft specialization of the Xinglongwa culture”, Kaogu 6, pp. 58-68.
2007: “再论史前弃屋居室葬”，《考古》5，50－56页。“Rethinking the inner-room burials in abandoned rooms in prehistoric China”, Kaogu 5, pp. 50-56.
2007: “中瑞西北科学考察团中的袁复礼”，《自然科学史研究》第26卷增刊，56－65页。 “Yuan Fuli in the Sino-Sweden Expedition in Northeast China from 1927 to 1935”, Studies in the History of Natural Sciencess, Vol. 26 Suppl, pp. 56-65.
2006:  “灵宝西坡仰韶文化墓地出土玉器初步研究”《中原文物》2，71－75页。“Primary research on the jade objects from the Xipo cemetery of Yangshao culture, Lingbao” Zhongyuanwenwu 2, pp. 71-75 (co-authored with Ma Xiaolin and Yang Haiqing)
2005:  “内蒙古敖汉旗蚌河、老虎山流域新石器时代遗址调查简报” 《考古》3，7－20页。“Survey of Neolithic sites in the Bang and Laohushan River valleys, Inner Mongolia” Kaogu 3, pp.7-20, (co-authored with Shao Guotian.)
2005: “河南灵宝市西坡遗址发现一座仰韶文化中期特大房址”《考古》3，3－6页。“A large house of the Middle Yangshao period discovered at the Xipo site, Lingbao City, Henan”, Kaogu 3, pp.3-6, (co-authored with Ma Xiaolin etc.)
2004: “我国史前玉器反映的宇宙观” 《东南文化》3, 66-72页。“Prehistoric jade objects and prehistoric cosmology in China”, Dongnan wenhua 3 pp.66-72.
1999: “河南灵宝市北阳平遗址调查”《考古》12，1-15页。“Survey at the Beiyangping site, Lingbao City, Henan”, Kaogu 12, pp.1-15, (co-authored with Chen Xingcan etc.)
1999: “良渚文化的分期研究”《考古学集刊》第12辑，223-245页。“Seriation of the Liangzhu Culture”, Kaoguxue jikan Vol. 12, pp.223-245.
1999: “我国史前房屋的废弃习俗”《考古求知集》，131-137页。北京，社会科学出版社。“Abandonment ritual in prehistoric China”, Kaogu Qiuzhiji, Beijing, Shehuikexue chubanshe, pp.131-137.
1998: “广西邕宁县顶蛳山遗址的发掘”《考古》11，11-33页。“Excavation at the Dingshishan stie, Yongning County, Guangxi”, Kaogu 11, pp.11-33, (co-authored with Fu Xianguo etc.)
1998: “Context方法浅谈” 《东南文化》4，45-47页。 “A brief discussion on ‘context’”, Dongnan wenhua 4 pp.45-47.
1997: “1996年广西新石器时代考古调查简报” 《考古》10，15-35页。“Survey in Guangxi in 1996”, Kaogu 10 pp.15-35, (co-authored with Fu Xianguo etc.)
1995: “探讨姜寨一期聚落的重新分组” 《考古》9，831-834页。“Inner settlement pattern of the Jiangzhai site”, Kaogu 9 pp.831-834, (co-authored with Jia Xiaobing)

Conference Papers
2006: “Exploring the initiation of Chinese civilization – new discoveries at the Xipo site”, Paper presented at the Eighteenth Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association. Manila, Philippines, March 20-26.
2004: “Jade objects of the Hongshan Culture and prehistoric cosmology”, Paper presented at the International Conference on Ancient Cultures in North China, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, August 19-22.
2002: “Ritual and Residential – surveys in the Bang River and Laohushan River valleys, Aohan Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China”  Paper presented at the Seventeenth Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association. Taipei, September 9-15.
2000:  “Development of social complexity in the Liaoxi area, Northeast China”  Paper presented at Annual Archaeology conference in 2000, Melbourne, Australia,  September 29 -  December 2.

Research Interests
Theories of development of complex societies and emergence of civilization; settlement archaeology;
sociopolitical change in prehistoric China;
application of GIS in Archaeology

Professional Association   Member of Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association