Dr Peter Jia
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About Dr Peter Jia
Dr Peter Jia has a BA in China and MA in Anthropology from Macquarie University, and PhD from the University of Sydney. He has been working in East Asian archaeology for many years. His PhD research focused on the agricultural transition in prehistoric northeast China. Using the method of Palaeo-environmental reconstruction, his PhD research has analysed the process of transition to farming in northeast China. Apart from theoretical study, this research has reinterpreted a large amount of archaeological data from northeast China. His PhD thesis has been published in 2007, with BAR International Series by Archaeopress at Oxford, England. He has a teaching/research ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Sydney working on the project of prehistoric archaeology in the Junggar Bsin, Xinjiang, China in relation to the early contact between East and West in Eurasian prehistory. This four year project involves intensive field survey and excavation in selected areas. This project also includes some scientific analysis in laboratory, such as seeds floatation, starch, phytolith, and pollen studies. He also maintains a special interest in northeast Asian archaeology, specifically in agricultural origins based on residue analysis.