穩定同位素窺探前世今生 張渟渟的科學考古 Christina Cheung on bioarchaeology, stable isotopes and the lifeways in the past

DNA 儲存了人類的遺傳資訊，而穩定同位素則記錄了人類的生活環境乃至社會文化。香港中文大學人類學系助理教授張渟渟專長生物考古學，並致力以穩定同位素分析的方法，重構前人的生活方式，以解答人類學和考古學關於飲食、性別、遷移、經濟、人類與自然關係等等問題。訪問中，她解釋穩定同位素分析的原理及應用，亦分享博士論文中有關青銅時代中國殷墟祭祀坑的考古發現。 歡迎關注考古學副修Instagram：cuhk_archaeology_minor （本集訪問以廣東話進行。) DNA stores the genetic information of human beings, while stable isotopes record their living environments and sociocultural lives. Christina Cheung, Assistant Professor of the Department of Anthropology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, specializes in bioarchaeology and is keen on reconstructing the dietary habits and mobility patterns of our ancestors through stable isotope analysis, so as to address issues of gender, migration, subsistence economies, and humans/environment relationship. In the interview, she explains the principle and application of stable isotope analysis, and the archaeological discoveries of sacrificial pits in Yinxu, Bronze Age China in her PhD research. Follow us on Instagram: cuhk_archaeology_minor (This episode is conducted in Cantonese.) 00’50 穩定同位素與考古學 Stable isotopes in archeology19’25 穩定同位素分析與生物考古學 Application of stable isotope analysis and bioarchaeology 33’25 考古學中的性別與中國殷墟祭祀坑研究 Sex in archaeology and research on sacrificial pits in Yinxu 46’16 考古教與學 Teaching Archaeology in Hong Kong