ArchaeoJieSHEN

Archaeologist· Handicrafter· Blog writter

Jie Shen

PhD Candidate in Chinese Archaeology

Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University

I am a Ph.D. student in Chinese Archaeology in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University. I mainly focus on the crafting technology of organic materials in ancient China and the East Asian oracle bone divination system.

I love handicrafting and combining it with my research, which has made me an amateur leather crafter, a bone worker, and an always-missing archer.

Meanwhile, I’m the main writer of a professional archaeology blog, “Sixtrowels 六把铲” on WeChat Official Account, which is devoted to sharing study, fieldwork, and application experience with archaeology students. We have already published 141 articles and attract 12k followers.

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Curriculum vitae ↓

Areas of inquiry

[Prehistoric Craft Production] · [East Asian Archaeology] · [Experimental Archaeology] · [Use-wear Analysis] · [Residue Analysis] · [Osseous Objects]

Questions that guide my work

Selected research

Ongoing project since 2024

Jiahu Site, Henan, China
河南贾湖遗址

9000-7000 BP

Ongoing project since 2025

Neukdo Island, Gimhae, South Korea
김해 늑도

100 BC-AD 100

Ongoing project since 2023

Kuahuqiao Site, Zhejiang, China
浙江跨湖桥遗址

8000-7000 BP

Ideas in print

Recent publications

2026 · Journal article

Worked and Working Bones—Wild Resource Use in an Agricultural Neolithic Community at Miaodigou Site, China

Jie Shen · Wenquan Fan · Jie Yu

Heritage · 9(8), 319

DOI: 10.3390/heritage9080319

2024 · Journal article

Japanese Oracle Bone Divinations during the Yayoi to Heian Periods: A Review of Studies of the Last Seventy Years

Jie Shen · Katherine Brunson · Rowan Flad

Asian Perspectives · 63(2), 274-300

DOI: 10.1353/asi.2024.a948120

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Notes & reflections

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