LING Xue

Title: Professor

Education:

Ph.D./Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Email:

lxue@nwu.edu.cn

Research Interests:

Archaeological Science and Cultural Heritage Conservation (ancient skeletal remains, metal, ceramics, and other artifacts)

Courses Taught:

· Undergraduate: Analytical Techniques for Cultural Relics, Practical Training in Analytical Techniques for Cultural Relics, Introduction to Archaeological Science, Biological Hazards and Prevention in Cultural Relics, Conservation and Restoration of Metal Cultural Relics

· Graduate: General Theory of Cultural Heritage Conservation, Experimental Analysis of Cultural Relics

Research Projects: (presided over)

· 2022: project of the Baoji Institute of Archaeology, Identification and Research on Human Skeletons Unearthed from the Archaeological Excavation at the Construction Site of the Mobile Brigade Barracks of the Baoji Corps of the People’s Armed Police.

· 2021: project of the Baoji Institute of Archaeology, Identification and Research on Human Skeletons Unearthed from the Cemetery of the Archaeological Excavation Project Conducted at the Baoji Fast Site; project of the Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Application of Plasma Mass Spectrometry in In-situ Micro-area Analysis of Ancient Shu Bronze Wares.

· 2020: project of the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum, Scientific Analysis and Testing Research on Human Bone Samples Unearthed from Archaeological Sites of the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum.

· 2019: Science and Technology Aid Project for Developing Countries of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, International Joint Laboratory for Bone Chemistry and DNA Archaeology of Humans and Animals along the Silk Road; open project of the National Cultural Heritage Administration’s Key Scientific Research Base for Conservation of the Archaeological Artifacts in Situ Discovered by the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology, Preliminary Study on the Effect of Microbiological Hazards on Bone Artifacts at Archaeological Excavation Sites.

· 2018: project of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute, Analysis of Bone Chemical Characteristics of Human Skeletons Unearthed from the Hozidong Site, Wudongde Hydropower Station Project, Huili County; project of the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology in Xinjiang, Scientific Analysis of the Disease Characteristics and Causes of Some Museum-held Metal Cultural Relics in Xinjiang.

· 2017: Major Bidding Project of the National Social Science Fund of China, Collation and Research of Archaeological Excavation Materials from the Zongri Site: Sub-project II Research on Ecology, Subsistence, and Technology.

Research Achievements:

Contributing Author to Textbooks:

1. Experimental Techniques in Cultural Heritage Conservation (Higher Education Press, 2019).

2. An Introduction to Archaeometry (National Planned Textbook for the 10th and 12th Five-Year Plans, Higher Education Press, 2018).

3. An Introduction to Archaeology (National Planned Textbook for the 11th Five-Year Plan, Higher Education Press, 2011).

Representative Academic Papers:

1. Keyu Liu, Xue Ling, Yue Li, Haifeng Dou, Yaopeng Qian, Zhen Wang. Study on the strontium isotope standard in pig teeth excavated from the Zaoshugounao site, Shaanxi Province of China. Archaeometry, 2023, 1-12.

2. Juan Li, Li Li, Zhenbin Xie, Jiankai Xiang, Xichen Zhao, Qing Xiao and Xue Ling. A comprehensive assessment method for the health status of bronzes unearthed at archaeological sites. Heritage Science, 2023, 11:86.

3. Li Yijun, Ling Xue. Application of proteomics in archaeology. Genomics and Applied Biology, 2023, 42(4): 337-347.

4. Duo Tian, Yufeng Sun, Melissa M. Ritchey, Tongyuan Xi, Meng Ren, Jian Ma, Jianxin Wang, Zhijun Zhao, Xue Ling* and Xinyi Liu*. Varying cultivation strategies in eastern Tianshan corresponded to growing pastoral lifeways between 1300 BCE and 300 CE. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, October 12, 2022.

5. Wang Chenlu, Feng Yuanyuan, You Wenhao, Ling Xue. Application of laser technology in cultural relics protection [J/OL]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, September 24, 2022, 1-18.

6. Wei Xiaoyang, Ling Xue, Yang Liping, Zhang Jun, Cui Menghe, He Zhang, Zhao Xichen, Sun Manli. Analysis of microbial community structure and diversity in burial soil of Yangguanzhai Cemetery [J]. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022, 13.

7. Liu Keyu, Sun Zhouyong, Sun Zhanwei, Shao Jing, Chen Liang, Ling Xue. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope of human bones from the Zhaitouhe and the Shijiahe cemeteries in Huangling[J]. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 2022, 41(03): 419-428.

8. Wei Xiaoyang, Chong Jianrong, Sun Zhanwei, Chen Liang, Lei Shuai, Ling Xue. Preliminary exploitation on human lifestyles of Rui State during the Spring-and-Autumn Period at Liujiawa Site—Based on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of human bones[J]. Quaternary Sciences, 2021, 41(05): 1466-1474.

9. Li Yilin, Ling Xue, Yang Liping, et al. Application of modern chemical materials in the conservation of archaeological osseous remains[J]. Polymer Materials Science & Engineering, 2021, 37(02).

10. Wei Xiaoyang, Chong Jianrong... Ling Xue, Preliminary exploitation on human lifestyles of Rui State during the Spring-and-Autumn Period at Liujiawa Site—Based on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of human bones, Quaternary Sciences, 2021, 41(05).

11. Liu Keyu, Zhao Dongyue... Ling Xue, Study on the life style of the ancestors buried in Rabat cemetery based on stable isotope analysis, Scientia Sinica Terrae, 2020, 50(11).

12. Ling Xue, Miao Wenwen, Wu Haoze, et al. Preliminary analysis of metal coin materials from the Subashi Buddhist Temple Site[J]. Journal of National Museum of China, 2019(05).

13. Ling Xue, Wang Yishu, Yue Qi, et al. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of human bones from burials of the Qin State in the Warring-States Period excavated at Guanzhong Prison in Shaanxi[J]. Relics and Museology, 2019(03).

14. Wang Yishu, Ling Xue, Liang Yun, et al. Study on the Qin ancestors’ bones in Maojiaping Site at Gangu Country by carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis[J]. Journal of Northwest University (Natural Science Edition), 2019, 49(05).

15. Ling Xue, Zhou Yichen, Ma Jian, et al. Primary analysis on the material and technology of glass beads on an ornament excavated from Dongheigou Site in Balikun County[J]. Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2018, 37(03).

16. Ling Xue, Wu Menglei, Liao Yuan, et al. Nondestructive techniques in the research and preservation of cultural relics[J]. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2018, 38(07).

17. Ling Xue, Miao Wenwen, Wu Haoze, et al. Preliminary technical analysis of copper wares in Subhash Buddhist Temple Site[J]. Nonferrous Metals (Extractive Metallurgy), 2018(11).

Honors and Awards: (Including personal awards and those received by supervised students)

Ÿ 2023: First Class, National Teaching Achievement Award (Rank 3)

Ÿ 2019: Grand Prize, Shaanxi Provincial Teaching Achievement Award (Rank 3)

Ÿ 2017: Northwest University Outstanding Teacher

2012: Shaanxi Provincial Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation; Second Prize, Shaanxi Provincial Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award (Rank 5)