Ph.D. in Geography, Peking University, 2002
M.Sc. in Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2002
B.Sc. in Agronomy, Northeast Agriculture University, 1999

Environmental archaeology; Anthropology; Origin and spread of agriculture in Eurasia; Prehistoric human settlement in the Tibet Plateau; Prehistoric culture exchange across Eurasia

Professor, 2014 - , College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University
Associate Professor, 2009-2014, Research School of Arid Environment and Climate Change,
Lanzhou University
Lecturer, 2005 -2009, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University

1.“Global environmental change” course for undergraduate
2.“A brief history of humankind: Evolution and adaption” course for undergraduate
3.“Environmental archaeology” course for undergraduate and postgraduate

2023
1.	Wu, D., Ma, M.M.*, Lu, Y.X., Guo, S.L., Wang, T., Ma, X.Y., Dong, G.H. 2023. Out-of-phase relationship of Holocene moisture variations between the northeastern and southeastern Tibetan plateau and its societal impacts. Fundamental Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2023.02.014
2.	Qiu, M.H., Liu, R.L., Li, X.Y., Du, L.Y., Ruan, Q.R., Pollard, A.M., Zhang, S.J., Yuan, X., Liu, F.W., Li, G., Li, G.J., Jiao, Z.M., Luo, J.M., Chen, S.Q., Yang, X.Y., Wang, Y.Q., Han, J.Y., Chen, F.H., Dong, G.H. 2023. Earliest systematic coal exploitation for fuel extended to ~3600 B.P. Science Advances, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adh0549.
3.	Ma, M.M.*, Wei, W.Y., Wang, Y.A., Sun, F., Dong, J.J., Yang, Y.S., Li, H.M., Dong, G.H. 2023. Asynchronicity of dietary transformation in different regions along the Bronze Age Eastern Silk Road. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,610: 111348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111348
4.	Wang, H.R.#, Yang, M.A.#, Wangdue, S., Lu, H.L.#, Chen, H.H., Li, L.H., Dong, G.H., Tsring, T., Yuan, H.B., He, W., Ding, M.Y., Wu, X.H., Li, S., Tashi, N., Yang, T., Yang, F., Tong, Y., Chen, Z.J., He, Y.H., Cao, P., Dai, Q.Y., Liu, F., Feng, X.T., Wang, T.Y., Yang, R.W., Ping, W.J., Zhang, Z.X., Gao, Y., Zhang, M., Wang, X.J., Zhang, C., Yuan, K., Ko Min-Shan, A., Aldenderfer, M., Gao, X., Xu, S.H., Fu, Q.M.* 2023. Human genetic history on the Tibetan Plateau in the past 5100 years. Science Advances, 9(11): eadd5582. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add5582
5.	Pan, B.T., Li, X.H.*, Hu, Z.B.*, Bridgland, D., Mo, Q.H., Dong, Z.J., Li, M.H., Yang, Y.N., Westaway, R., Dong, G.H., Zhang, S.J., Zhong, M.L. 2023. Channel migration in the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and its implication for fluvial response to the interaction between rapid tectonic activity, climatic fluctuation and human influence, Quaternary Science Reviews, 310: 108126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108126
6.	Hou, J.Z.#*, Ji, K.J.#, Zhu, E.L., Dong, G.H., Tong, T., Chu, G.Q., Liu, W.G., Wu, W.X., Zhang, S.L., Guedes, J.D, Chen, F.H.* 2023. Climate change fostered rise and fall of the Tibetan Empire during 600-800 AD, Science Bulletin, 68(11): 1187-1194.
7.	Ma, M.M., Lu, Y.X., Dong, G.H.*, Ren, L.L., Min, R., Kang, L.H., Zhu, Z.H., Li, X.R., Li, B., Yang, Z.J., Cili, N., Liu, R., Gao, Y., Chen, F. 2023. Understanding the transport networks complex between South Asia, Southeast Asia and China during the late Neolithic and Bronze Age, The Holocene, 33(2): 147-158. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836221131698
8.	Ma, M.M.#, Dong, J.J.#, Yang, Y.S.#, Jones, M.K., Wang, J., Chen, G.K., Li, G., He, L.T., Wei, W.Y., Xu, Y.X., Lu, Y.X., Ren, L.L., Dong, G.H.*, Chen, F.H. 2023. Isotopic evidence reveals the gradual intensification of millet agriculture in Neolithic western Loess Plateau, Fundamental Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2023.06.007
9.	Sun, A.J.#, Li, H.R.#, Zhang, S.J.*, Cao, H.H., Qiu, M.H., Wang, Y.Q., Liu, B., Zhao, H.*, Dong, G.H. 2023. Impact of climate-driven oasis evolution on human settlement in the Baiyang River Basin, northwest China, Hami, during the middle to late Holocene, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 622: 111602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111602
10.	He, L.T., Cao, H.H.*, Wang, Y.Q., Liu, R.L., Qiu, M.H., Wei, W.B., Dong, G.H. 2023. Human migration in the eastern Tianshan Mountains between the 7th and 12th centuries. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 181(1): 107-117. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24724
2022
11.	Dong, G.H.*, Du L, Yang L, Lu M, Qiu M, Li H, Ma M, Chen F. 2022. Dispersal of crop-livestock and geographical-temporal variation of subsistence along the Steppe and Silk Roads across Eurasia in prehistory. Science China Earth Sciences, 65, 1187-1210. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-021-9929-x 
12.	Dong, G.H.*, Lu, Y.X., Zhang, S.J., Huang, X.Z., 2022. Spatiotemporal variation in human settlements and their interaction with living environments in Neolithic and Bronze Age China.  Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment 46(6), 949–967. DOI: 10.1177/03091333221087992
13.	Li, G., Gao, L.L.*, Liu, F.W., Qiu, M.H., Dong, G.H.*, 2022. Quantitative Studies on Charcoalification: Physical and Chemical Changes of Charring Wood. Fundamental Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2022.05.014
14.	Ren, L.L.#*, Yang, Y.S.#, Qiu, M.H., Brunson, K., Chen, G.K., Dong, G.H.*, 2022. Direct dating of the earliest domesticated cattle and caprines in northwestern China reveals the history of pastoralism in the Gansu-Qinghai region. Journal of Archaeological Science 144, doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2022.105627 
15.	Ma, M.M.*, Lu, M.X., Zhang, S.J., Min, R., Dong, G.H.*, 2022. Asynchronous transformation of human livelihoods in key regions of the trans-Eurasia exchange in China during 4000-2200 BP. Quaternary Science Reviews, 291, 107665.
16.	Lu, Y.X.#, Liu, B.B.#, Liu, R.L.#, Jiang, H.E., Yang, Y.S., Ye, Q.H., Li, R., Wei, W.Y., Chen, G.K.*, Dong, G.H.*, 2022.The lifestyle of Tuyuhun royal descendants: identification and chemical analysis of buried plants in the Chashancun cemetery, northwest China. Frontiers in Plant Science, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.972891.
17.	Li, H.M.#, Sun, Y.F.#, Yang, Y., Cui, Y.F., Ren, L.L., Li, H., Chen, G.K., Vaiglova, P., Dong, G.H.*, Liu, X.Y.*, 2022. Distinct water and soil management by first wheat and barley cultivators in north China. Antiquity, 96, 1478-1494.
18.	Liu, F.W*., Zhang, S.J.*, Zhang, H.C., Dong, G.H., 2022. Detecting anthropogenic impact on forest succession from the perspective of wood exploitation on the northeast Tibetan Plateau during the late prehistoric period. Science China Earth Sciences 65. 10.1007/s11430-021-9911-7. 
19.	Ritchey, M.M., Sun, Y.F., Motuzaite-Matuzeviciute, G., Shoda, S., Pokharia, A.K., Spate, M., Tang, Li., Song, J.X., Li, H.M., Dong, G.H., Vaiglova, P., Frachetti, M., Liu, X.Y., 2022. The wind that shakes the barley: the role of East Asian cuisines on barley grain size. World Archaeology, DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2022.2030792 
20.	Cao, H.H., Wang, Y.Q.*, Qiu, M.H., Shi, Z.L., Dong, G.H., 2022. On the Exploration of Social Development during a Historical Period in the Eastern Tienshan Mountains via Archaeological and Geopolitical Perspectives. Land, 11, 1416. https://doi.org/10.3390/ land11091416 
21.	Shi, Z.L., Liu, F.W.*, Yang, Y.S., Li, H., Wang, G., Dong, G.H., Zhang, H. C., 2022. Multiple Factors Affecting the Historical Development of Agriculture in the Hei River Basin, Northwestern China. Environmental Archaeology, DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2022.2031837.
22.	Li, H.M.*, Cui, Y.F., James, N., Ritchey, M., Liu, F.W., Zhang, J.N., Ma, M.M.*, Dong, G.H., 2022. Spatiotemporal variation of agricultural patterns in different geomorphologic and climatic environments in the eastern Loess Plateau, north-central China during the late Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Science China Earth Sciences 65, 934-948. 
23.	Dong, J.J.#, Wang, S.#, Chen, G.K., Wei, W.Y., Du, L.Y., Xu, Y,X., Ma, M.M.*, Dong, G.H., 2022. Stable Isotopic Evidence for Human and Animal Diets From the Late Neolithic to the Ming Dynasty in the Middle-Lower Reaches of the Hulu River Valley, NW China. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.905371. 
24.	Li, R.#, Li, B.#*, Chen, W., Liu, P.L., Xie, M.X., Zhang, Y.Q., Wang, S., Li, Y.C.*, Dong, G.H., 2022. The alteration from agricultural to nomadic regimes resulted in human livelihood transformation in North-Central China during the 12th century: The archaeobotanical evidence. Frontiers in Plant Science, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.978147. 
25.	Cao, H.H., Wang, Z.L.*, He, J.H., Guo, J.L., Jull, A.J.T., Zhou, A.F.*, Dong, G.H., Chen, F.H., 2022. Performance and inter-comparison tests of the MICADAS at the radiocarbon laboratory of Lanzhou university, China. Radiocarbon, doi:10.1017/RDC.2022.80.
26.	Jiang, Q.F., Meng, B.W., Wang, Z., Qian, P., Zheng, J.N., Jiang, J.W., Zhao, C., Hou, J.Z., Dong, G.H., Shen, J.*, Liu, W.G.*, Liu, Z.H.*, Chen, F.H. 2022. Exceptional terrestrial warmth around 4200–2800 years ago in Northwest China. Science Bulletin, 67: 427-436.

2021
27.	Dong, G.H.*,#, Li, T#., Zhang, S.J., Ren, L.L., Li, R., Li, G.Q., Xiao, Y.M., Wang, Z.X., Chen, F.H., 2021. Precipitation in surrounding mountains instead of lowlands facilitated the prosperity of ancient civilizations in the eastern Qaidam Basin of the Tibetan Plateau. Catena. 203, 105318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105318.
28.	Dong, G.H.*, Du, L.Y., Wei, W.Y., 2020. The impact of early trans-Eurasian exchange on animal utilization in northern China during 5000-2500 BP. Holocene, 31(2) 294-301. DOI: 10.1177/0959683620941169.
29.	Dong, G.H., Wang, L.B.*, Zhang, D. D., Liu, F.W., Cui, Y.F., Li, G.Q., Shi, Z.L., Chen, F.H., 2021. Climate-driven desertification and its implications for the ancient Silk Road trade. Climate of the Past, 17(3), 1395-1407.
30.	Tan, L.C., Dong, G.H., An, Z.S., Edwards, R.L., Li, H.M., Li, D., Spengler, R., Cai, Y.J., Cheng, H., Lan, J,H., Orozbaev, R., Liu, R.L., Chen, J.H., Xu, H., Chen, F.H., 2020. Megadrought and cultural exchange along the proto-silk road, Science Bulletin, 66(6): 603-611. doi:10.1016/j.scib.2020.10.011
31.	Zhang, S.J., Lu, Y.W., Wei W.Y., Qiu, M.H, Dong, G.H.*, Liu, X.Q.*, 2020. Human activities have altered fire-climate relations in arid Central Asia since ~1000 a BP: evidence from a 4200-year-old sedimentary archive, Science Bulletin, 66(8), 761-764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2020.12.004
32.	Zhang, F., Ning, C., Scott, A., Fu, Q.M., Bjorn, R., Li, W.Y., Wei, D.,Wang, W.J., Fan, L.Y., Abuduresule, I., Hu, X.J., Ruan, Q.R., Niyazi, A., Dong, G.H., Cao, P., Liu, F., Dai, Q.Y., Feng, X.T., Yang, R.W., Tang, Z.H., Ma, P.C., Li, C.X., Gao, S.Z., Xu, Y., Wu, S.H., Wen, S.Q., Zhu, H., Zhou, H., Robbeets, M., Kumar, V., Krause, J., Warinner, H., Jeong, C., Cui, Y.Q., 2021. The genomic origins of the Bronze Age Tarim Basin mummies. Nature, 599(7884), 256-261.
33.	Yang, B., Qin, C., Bräuning, A., Osborn, T.J., Trouet, V., Ljungqvist, F.C., Esper, J., Schneider, L., Grießinger, J., Büntgen, U., Rossi, S., Dong, G.H., Yan, M., Ning, L., Wang, J.L., Wang, X.F., Wang, S.M., Luterbacher, J., Cook, E.R., Stenseth, N.C., 2021, Long-term decrease in Asian monsoon rainfall and abrupt climate change events over the past 6,700 years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118, e2102007118.
34.	Jiang, Q.F., Meng, B.W., Wang, Z., Qian, P., Zheng, J.N., Jiang, J.W., Zhao, C., Hou, J.Z., Dong, G.H., Shen, J., Liu, W.G., Liu, Z.H., Chen, F.H., 2021. Exceptional terrestrial warmth around 4200-2800 years ago in northwest china. Science Bulletin, (In Press).
35.	Lv, F.Y., Chen, J.H., Zhou, A.F., Cao, X.Y., Zhang, X., Wang, Z.Q., Wu, D., Chen, X.M., Yan, J.J., Wang, H.P., Dong, G.H., Xu, Q.H., Huang, X.Z., Chen, F.H., 2021. Vegetation history and precipitation changes in the NE Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: A 7,900-years pollen record from Caodalian Lake. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 36, e2020PA004126. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020PA004126

2020
36.	Chen, N.B.#, Ren, L.L.#, Du, L.Y.#, Hou, J.W.#, Mullin, V.E., Wu, D., Zhao, X.Y., Li, C.M., Huang, J.H., Qi, X.B., Capodiferro, M.R., Achilli, A., Lei, C.Z., Chen, F.H., Su, B.*, Dong, G.H.*, Zhang, X.M.*, 2020. Ancient genomes reveal tropical bovid species in the Tibetan Plateau contributed to the prevalence of hunting game until the late Neolithic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(45): 28150-28159. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011696117 
37.	Dong, G.H.*, Li, R., Lu, M.X., Zhang, D.J., James, N., 2020. Evolution of human-environmental interactions in China from the Late Paleolithic to the Bronze Age. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, 44(2): 233-250.
38.	Ren, L.L., Dong, G.H.*, Liu, F.W., d’Alpoim-Guedes, J.*, Flad, R. K., Ma, M.M., Li, H.M., Yang, Y.S., Liu, Y.J., Zhang, D.J., Li, G.L., Li, J.Y., Chen, F.H., 2020. Foraging and farming: archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological evidence for Neolithic exchange on the Tibetan Plateau. Antiquity, 94 (375): 637-652.
39.	Li, R., Lv, F.Y., Yang, L., Liu, F.W., Liu, R.L.*, Dong, G.H.*, 2020. Spatial-Temporal Variation of Cropping Patterns in Relation to Climate Change in Neolithic China. Atmosphere, 11(7): 677.
40.	Cao, H.H., Dong, G.H.*, 2020. Social development and living environment changes in the Northeast Tibetan Plateau and contiguous regions during the late prehistoric period. Regional Sustainability, 1(1): 59–67.
41.	Chen, F.H.#,*, Chen, S.Q.#, Zhang, X., Chen, J.H., Wang, X., Gowan, E.J., Qiang, M.R., Dong, G.H., Wang, Z.L., Li, Y.C., Xu, Q.H., Xu, Y.Y., Smal, J.P., Liu, J.B.*, 2020. Asian Dust-Storm Activity Dominated by Chinese Dynasty Changes since 2000 BP. Nature Communications, 11, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14765-4.
42.	Ning, C, Li, T.J., Wang, K., Zhang, F., Li, T., Wu, X.Y., Gao, S.Z., Zhang, Q.C., Zhang, H., Hudson, M.J., Dong, G.H., Wu, S.H., Fang, Y.M., Liu, C., Feng, C.Y., Li, W., Han, T., Li, R., Wei, J., Zhu, Y.G., Zhou, Y.W., Wang, C.C., Fan, S.Y., Xiong, Z.L., Sun, Z.Y., Ye, M.L., Sun, L., Wu, X.H., Liang, F.W., Cao, Y.P., Wei, X.T., Zhu, H., Zhou, H., Krause, J., Robbeets, M., Jeong, C., Cui, Y.Q., 2020. Ancient Genomes from Northern China Suggest Links between Subsistence Changes and Human Migration. Nature Communications, 11, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16557-2
43.	Gao, Y., Dong, G.H., Yang, X.Y.*, Chen, F.H., 2020. A review on the spread of prehistoric agriculture from southern China to mainland Southeast Asia. Science China Earth Sciences, 63, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-019-9552-5. 
44.	Zhang, M., Sun, G.P., Ren, L.L., Yuan, H.B., Dong, G.H., Zhang, L.Z., Liu, F., Cao, P., Min-Shan Ko, A., Yang, M.A., Hu, S.M.*, Wang, G.D.*, Fu, Q.M.*, 2020. Ancient DNA Evidence from China Reveals the Expansion of Pacific Dogs. Molecular Biology and Evolution, doi:10.1093/molbev/msz311.
45.	Ding, M.Y.#, Wang, T.Y.#, Min-Shan Ko, A.#, Ding, M.Y., Chen, H.H., Wang, H., Dong, G.H., Lu, H.L., He, W., Wangdue, S., Yuan, H.B., He, Y.H., Cai, L.H., Chen, Z.J., Hou, G.L., Zhang, D.J., Zhang, Z.X., Cao, P., Dai, Q.Y., Feng, X.T., Zhang, M., Wang, H.R., Yang, M.A., Fu, Q.M.*, 2020. Ancient mitogenomes show plateau populations from last 5200 years partially contributed to present-day Tibetans. Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287: 20192968.
46.	Du, L.Y., Ma, M.M., Lu, Y.W., Dong, J.J., Dong, G.H., 2020. How did human activity and climate Change influence animal exploitation during 7500–2000 BP in the Yellow River Valley, China? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00161. 
47.	Ren, L.L., Yang, Y., Wang, Q.Q., Zhang, S.J.*, Chen, T.T., Cui, Y.F., Wang, Z.X., Liang, G.J., Dong, G.H., 2020. The transformation of cropping patterns from Late Neolithic to Early Iron Age (5900–2100 BP) in the Gansu–Qinghai region of northwest China. Holocene, DOI: 10.1177/0959683620941137.

2019
48.	Chen, F.H.#,*, Welker, F.#, Shen, C.C.#, Bailey, S.E., Bergmann, I., Davis, S., Xia, H., Wang, H., Fischer, R., Freidline, S.E., Yu, T.L., Skinner, M.M., Stelzer, S., Dong, G.R., Fu, Q.M., Dong, G.H., Wang, J., Zhang, D.J.*, Hublin, J.J.* 2019. A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau. Nature, 569(7756): 409.
49.	Yang, Y.S., Zhang, S.J.*, Oldknow, C., Qiu, M.H., Chen, T.T., Li, H.M., Cui, Y.F., Ren, L.L., Chen, G.K., Wang, H., Dong, G.H.* 2019. Refined chronology of prehistoric cultures and its implication for re-evaluating human-environment relations in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China. Science China Earth Sciences, 62, 1578–1590
50.	Liu, F.W., Li, H.M., Cui, Y.F., Yang, Y.S., Lee, H.F., Ding, D.T., Hou, Y.G., Dong, G.H.* 2019. Chronology and Plant Utilization from the Earliest Walled Settlement in the Hexi Corridor, Northwestern China. Radiocarbon, 61(4): 971-989.
51.	Liu, F.W., Yang, Y.S., Shi, Z.L., Storozum, M. J., Dong, G.H.* 2019. Human settlement and wood utilization along the mainstream of Heihe River basin, northwest China in historical period. Quaternary International, 516: 141-148.
52.	Lu, M.X., Chen, L., Wang, J.X., Liu, R.L., Yang, Y., Wei, M., Dong, G.H.* 2019. A brief history of wheat utilization in China. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 6(3): 288-295. 
53.	Li, Y.C.#, Tian, J.Y.#, Liu, F.W., Yang, B.Y., Gu, K.S.Y., Rahman, Z.U., Yang, L.Q., Chen, F.H., Dong, G.H.*, Kong, Q. P.* 2019. Neolithic millet farmers contributed to the permanent settlement of the Tibetan Plateau by adopting barley agriculture. National Science Review, doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwz080.
54.	Yang, Y,S., Ren, L.L., Dong, G.H., Liu, R.L., Chen, G.K., Wang, H., Wilkin, S., Chen, F.H. 2019. Economic change in the prehistoric Hexi corridor (4800-2200 BP), North-West China. Archaeometry, 61(4): 957–976. 
55.	Chen, F.H.*, Fu, B.J., Xia, J., Wu, D., Wu, S.H., Zhang, Y.L., Sun, H., Liu, Y., Fang, X.M., Qin, B.Q., Li, X., Zhang, T.J., Liu, B.X., Dong, Z.B., Hou, S.G., Tian, L.D., Xu, B.Q., Dong, G.H., Zheng, J.Y., Yang, W., Wang, X., Li, Z.J., Wang, W., Hu, Z.B., Wang, J., Liu, J.B., Chen, J.H., Huang, W., Hou, J.Z., Cai, Q.F., Long, H., Jiang, M., Hu, Y.X., Feng, X.M., Mo, X.G., Yang, X.Y., Zhang, D.J., Wang, X.H., Yin, Y.H., Liu, X.C., 2019. Major advances in studies of the physical geography and living environment of China during the past 70 years and future prospects. Science China Earth Sciences, 62: 1665-701. 

2018
56.	Dong, G.H.*, 2018. A new story for wheat into China. Nature Plants, 4: 243-244.
57.	Dong, G.H.*,Yang, Y.S., Liu, X.Y., Li, H.M., Cui, Y.F., Wang, H., Chen, G.K., Dodson, J., Chen, F.H. 2018. Prehistoric trans-continental cultural exchange in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China. The Holocene, 28(4): 621–628.
58.	Dong, G.H.*, Zhang, F.Y.*, Liu, F.W., Zhang, D.J., Zhou, A.F., Yang, Y.S., Wang, G.H. 2018. Multiple evidences indicate no relationship between prehistoric disasters in Lajia site and outburst flood in upper Yellow River valley, China. Science China Earth Sciences, 61(4), 441-449. 
59.	Ren, L.L., Dong, G.H*., Li, H.M., Rhode, D., Flad, R.K., Li, G.Q., Yang, Y., Wang, Z.X., Cai, L.H., Ren, X.Y., Zhang, D.J., Chen, F.H. 2018. Dating Human Settlement in the East-Central Tibetan Plateau During the Late Holocene. Radiocarbon, 60, 137-150.
60.	Zhang, J.N., Xia, Z.K., Zhang, X.H., Storozum, M.J., Huang, X.Z., Han, J.Y., Xu, H., Zhao, H.T., Cui, Y.F., Dodson, J., Dong, G.H., 2018. Early-middle Holocene ecological change and its influence on human subsistence strategies in the Luoyang Basin, north-central China. Quaternary Research, 89, 446-458.

2017
61.	Dong, G.H.*, Liu, F.W., Chen, F.H. 2017. Environmental and technological effects on ancient social evolution at different spatial scales. Science China Earth Sciences, 60，2067-2077. 
62.	Dong, G.H.*, Yang, Y.S., Han, J.Y., Wang, H., Chen, F.H. 2017. Exploring the history of cultural exchange in prehistoric Eurasia from the perspectives of crop diffusion and consumption. Science China Earth Sciences, 60(6),  1110-1123. 
63.	Zhang, N.M., Dong, G.H*., Yang, X.Y., Zuo, X.X., Kang, L.H., Ren, L.L., Liu, H.G., Li, H., Min, R., Liu, X., Zhang, D.J., Chen, F.H. 2017. Diet reconstructed from an analysis of plant microfossils in human dental calculus from the Bronze Age site of Shilinggang, southwestern China. Journal of Archaeological Science, 83, 41-48.
64.	Ren, L.L., Li, X., Kang, L.H., Brunson, K., Liu, H.G., Dong, W.M., Li, H.M., Min, R., Liu, X., Dong, G.H*., 2017. Human paleodiet and animal utilization strategies during the Bronze Age in northwest Yunnan Province, southwest China. PloS ONE, 12(5), e0177867.
65.	Zhang, S.J., Yang, Y.S., Storozum, M.J., Li, H.M., Cui, Y.F., Dong, G.H*., 2017. Copper smelting and sediment pollution in Bronze Age China: A case study in the Hexi corridor, Northwest China. Catena, 156, 92-101.
66.	Yang, Y.S., Dong, G.H*., Zhang, S.J., Cui, Y.F., Li, H.M., Chen, G.K., Dodson, J., Chen, F.H., 2017. Copper content in anthropogenic sediments as a tracer for detecting smelting activities and its impact on environment during prehistoric period in Hexi Corridor, Northwest China. The Holocene, 27, 282-291.
67.	Li, H.M., Liu, F.W., Cui, Y.F., Ren, L.L., Storozum, M.J., Qin, Z., Wang, J., Dong, G.H*., 2017. Human settlement and its influencing factors during the historical period in an oasis-desert transition zone of Dunhuang, Hexi Corridor, northwest China. Quaternary International, 113-122. 
68.	Zhang, D.J., Zhang, N.M., Wang, J., Ha, B.B., Dong, G.H., Chen, F.H. 2017. Comment on “Permanent human occupation of the central Tibetan Plateau in the early Holocene. Science, 357(6351), eaam8273.
69.	Huang, X.Z., Liu, S.S., Dong, G.H., Qiang, M.R., Bai, Z.J., Zhao, Y., Chen, F.H. 2017. Early human impacts on vegetation on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau during the middle to late Holocene. Progress in Physical Geography, 41(3), 286-301.
70.	Liu, X.Y., Lister, D.L., Zhao, Z.J., Petrie, C.A., Zeng, X.S., Jones, P.J., Staff, R.A., Pokharia, A.K., Bates, J., Singh, R.N., Weber, S.A., Matuzevicitute, G.M., Dong, G.H., Li, H.M., Lu, H.L., Jiang, H.G., Wang, J.X., Ma, J., Tian, D., Jin, G.Y., Zhou, L.P., Wu, X.H., Jones, M.K. 2017. Journey to the east: Diverse routes and variable flowering times for wheat and barley en route to prehistoric China. PLoS ONE, 12(11), e0187405.


2016
71.	Ma, M.M., Dong, G.H*., Jia, X., Wang, H., Cui, Y.F., Chen, F.H., 2016. Dietary shift after 3600 cal yr BP and its influencing factors in northwestern China: Evidence from stable isotopes, Quaternary Science Reviews, 145, 57-70.
72.	Dong, G.H.*, Ren, L.L., Jia, X., Liu, X,Y., Dong, S.M., Li, H,M., Wang, Z.X., Xiao, Y.M., Chen, F.H., 2016. Chronology and subsistence strategy of Nuomuhong culture in the Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary International, 426, 42-49.
73.	Dong, G.H.*, Liu, H.G., Yang, Y.S., Yang, Y., Zhou, A.F., Wang, Z.X., Ren, X.Y., Chen, F.H., 2016. Emergence of ancient cities in relation to geopolitical circumstances and climate change during late Holocene in northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China. Frontiers of Earth Science, 1-14.
74.	Li, H.M., Zuo, X.X., Kang, L.H., Ren, L.L., Liu, F.W., Liu, H.G., Zhang, N.M., Min, R., Liu, X., Dong, G. H*., 2016. Prehistoric agriculture development in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, southwest China: Archaeobotanical evidence. Science China Earth Sciences, 59, 1562-1573. 
75.	Dodson, John, Guanghui Dong., 2016. What do we know about domestication in eastern Asia? Quaternary International, 426, 2-9.
76.	Zhang, D.J., Dong, G.H., Wang, H., Ren, X.Y., Ha, P.P., Qiang, M.R., Chen, F.H., 2016. History and possible mechanisms of prehistoric human migration to the Tibetan Plateau. Science China Earth Sciences, 59(9), 1765-1778. 
77.	Chen J H*, Rao Z G, Liu J B, Huang W, Feng S, Dong G H, Hu Y, Xu Q H, Chen F H*. 2016. On the timing of the East Asian summer monsoon maximum during the Holocene - Does the speleothem oxygen isotope record reflect monsoon rainfall variability? Science China Earth Sciences, 59, 2328-2338. 


2015
78.	Chen, F. H*., Dong, G. H*., Zhang, D. J., Liu, X. Y., Jia, X., An, C. B., Ma, M.M., Xie, Y. W., Barton, L., Ren, X. Y., Zhao, Z. J., Wu, X. H., Jones, M. K., 2015. Agriculture facilitated permanent human occupation of the Tibetan Plateau after 3600 BP.  Science, 347, 248-250.
79.	Dong, G. H.*, Zhang, D. J., Liu, X. Y*., Liu, F. W., Chen, F. H., Jones, M. K., 2015. Response to Comment on “Agriculture facilitated permanent human occupation of the Tibetan Plateau after 3600 BP”.  Science, 348, 872-c.
80.	Ren, L.L., Wang, Y.R., Li, G.Q., Li, Q.L., Ma, Z.T., Dong, G.H*., 2015. Discovery of a tiger (Panthera tigris (L.)) skeleton from the Little Ice Age buried on the shore of Qinghai Lake, northeast Tibet Plateau. Quaternary International, 355, 145-152.
81.	Ma, M.M., Dong, G.H*., Liu X., Lightfoot, E., Chen, F.H., Wang, H., Li, H., Jones, M., 2015. Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains at Qijiaping site in middle Gansu, China. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 25(6), 925-934. 
82.	Cui, Y.F., Dong, G.H*., Li, H.M., An, T., Liu, X.Y., Wang, J., Wang, H., Ren, X.Y., Li, X.B., Chen, F., 2015. Early ceramic trade in Gansu and Qinghai regions, northwest China: A comparative elemental analysis on sherds of Majiayao culture, Yangshao culture and Qijia culture. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 3, 65-72. 
83.	Chen, F.H., Xu, Q.H., Chen, J.H., Birks, H.J.B., Liu, J.B., Zhang, S.R., Jin, L.Y., An, C.B., Telford, R.J., Cao, X.Y., Wang, Z.L., Zahng, X.J., Selvaraj, K., Lü, H.Y., Li, Y.C., Zheng, Z., Wang, H.P., Zhou, A.F., Dong, G.H., Zhang, J.W., Huang, X.Z., Bloemendal, J., Rao, Z.G., 2015. East Asian summer monsoon precipitation variability since the last deglaciation. Scientific Report, 5, 11186.

2014
84.	Dong, G.H.*, Zhang, F.Y., Ma, M.M., Fan, X.Y., Wang, Z.L., Zhang, J.W., Chen, F.H., 2014. Ancient landslide-dam events in the Jishi Gorge in the Guanting Basin in the upper Yellow River valley, China. Quaternary Research, 81, 445-451. 
85.	Dong, G.H., Wang, Z.L., Ren, L.L., Matuzeviciute, G.M., Wang, H., Ren, X.Y., Chen, F.H.*, 2014. A comparative study of radiocarbon dating charcoal and charred seeds from the same flotation samples in the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in the Gansu and Qinghai Provinces, northwest China. Radiocarbon, 56, 157-163. 
86.	Li, G.Q., Dong, G.H*., Wen, L.J., Chen, F., 2014. Overbank flooding and human occupation of the Shalongka site in the Upper Yellow River Valley, northeast Tibet Plateau in relation to climate change since the last deglaciation. Quaternary Research，82，354-365. 
87.	Ma, M.M., Dong, G.H*., Robert, E., Meng, X.M., Chen, F.H., 2014. Process of paleofloods in Guanting basin, Qinghai Province, China and possible relation to monsoon strength during the mid-Holocene. Quaternary International, 321, 88-96. 
88.	Ma, M.M., Dong, G.H*, Lightfoot, E., Wang, H., Liu, X.Y., Jia, X., Zhang, K.R., Chen, F.H., 2014. Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Faunal Remains in the Western Loess Plateau, Gansu, China, approximately 4000 Cal BP. Archaeometry, 56 Suppl, 237–255. 
89.	Zongli Wang*, Hui Zhao, Guanghui Dong, Aifeng Zhou, Jianbao Liu, Dongju Zhang, Reliability of radiocarbon dating on various fractions of loess-soil sequence for Dadiwansection in the western Chinese Loess Plateau，Frontiers of Earth Science，2014，8, 540-546.

2013
90.	Dong, G.H.*, Jia, X., Robert, E., Chen, F.H., Li, S.C., Wang, L., Cai, L.H., An, C.B., 2013. Spatial and temporal variety of prehistoric sites and its influencing factors in the upper Yellow River valley, Qinghai Province, China. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40, 2538-2546. 
91.	Dong, G.H.*, Wang, L., Cui, Y.F., Robert, E., Chen, F.H., 2013. The spatiotemporal pattern of the Majiayao cultural evolution and its relation to climate change and variety of subsistence strategy during late Neolithic period in Gansu and Qinghai Provinces, northwest China. Quaternary International, 316, 155-161. 
92.	Jia, X., Dong, G.H*., Li, H., Brunson, K., Chen, F.H., Ma, M.M., Wang, H., An, C.B., Zhang, K.R., 2013. The development of Agriculture and its impact on cultural expansion during the late Neolithic in the Western Loess Plateau, China. The Holocene, 23, 83-90.

2012
93.	Dong, G.H.*, Jia, X., An, C.B., Chen, F.H., Zhao, Y., Tao, S.C., Ma, M.M., 2012. Mid-Holocene climate change and its effect on prehistoric cultural evolution in eastern Qinghai Province, China, Quaternary Research, 77, 23-30. 
94.	Dong, G.H.*, Yang, Y., Zhao, Y., Zhou, A.F., Zhang, X.J., Li, X.B., Chen, F.H., 2012. Human settlement and human-environment interactions during the historical period in Zhuanglang County, western Loess Plateau, China. Quaternary International, 281, 78-83.

Before 2011 
95.	Elston, R., Dong, G.H., Zhang, D.J., 2011. Late Pleistocene intensification technologies in Northern China. Quaternary International 242, 401-405
96.	An, C.B., Ji, D.X., Chen, F.H., Dong, G.H., Wang, H., Dong, W.M., Zhao, X.Y., 2010. Evolution of prehistoric agriculture in central Gansu Province, China: A case study in Qin’an and Li County. Chinese Science Bulletin 55, 1925-1930. 
97.	Aifeng Zhou，Huiling Sun，Fahu Chen*，Yan Zhao，Chengbang An，Guanghui Dong，Zongli Wang，Jianhui Chen，High-resolution climate change in mid-late Holocene on Tianchi Lake, Liupan Mountain in the Loess Plateau in central China and its significance ，Chinese Science Bulletin，2010，55, 2118-2121.
98.	Zhang DongJu，Chen FaHu*，Bettinger, R. L.，Barton, L.，Ji DuXue，Morgan, C.，Wang Hui，Cheng XiaoZhong，Dong GuangHui，Guilderson, T. P.，Zhao Hui ，2010. Archaeological records of Dadiwan in the past 60 ka and the origin of millet agriculture ，Chinese Science Bulletin，55（16）, 1636-1642.
99.	Wang Zhenting, Tao Shichen, Xie Yaowen, Dong Guanghui, 2007, Barchans of Minqin: Morphometry, Geomorphology, 89 ：405-411.