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Project photographs from the Yangshao Village site installation of the 1921 excavation were included with reference in the journal Antitquity 2004, 5.

Books

Yang, G. & Sørensen, M. L. S. forthcoming 2025.  Yangshao: A Journey Back in Time through Objects and Sites. EDP Sciences Press (Chinese version to be published next year).

Sørensen, M.L.S. and G. Yang 2022. ‘Clever Hands’ or How to look at Yangshao Culture Pottery. (Bilingual English and Chinese). Shaanxi Normal University General Publishing House.

Chapters and Journal Papers

Jiang. Y. & Zhang, R. 2023. Characteristics of urban agricultural heritage sites: Policies and management methods for their conservation in China, Germany, and Italy. Habitat International, 131(1) [article]  10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102710

Jiang, Y., He, F., Li, S., Lu, H., Zhang, R. 2024. Contemporary Urban Agriculture in European and Chinese Regions: A Social-Cultural Perspective, Land. 13(2):130. (Corresponding author, SSCI, Impact Factor 3.9)

Lee, H.K., Sørensen, M.L.S.  and Y. Zhou 2023. UNESCO Memory of the World Programme and claims for recognition of atrocities: the nominations of Documents of Nanjing Massacre and Voices of the ‘Comfort Women’. Memory Studies.  894-911.

Liu, W., Zhang, R., Li, H. (2024) Measuring tourists' visual perception of gardens around Taihu Lake Rim area based on multi-source data. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management. 32(2):152–168. (Corresponding author, SCI, Impact Factor 1.3)

Lin, S. & Viejo Rose, D. (in preparation). MIGHTY OR VULNERABLE? Responses to evolving perceptions of risk at the Great Wall. Heritage & Society

Lyu, J. (forthcoming) ‘Tension and Compromises: The Power Dynamics between State and Local Authorities in the National Archaeological Site Parks (NASP) in China’, in Taloni, M., Jimenez Avila, J. and Vlachaki, A. (eds.) Archaeological Heritage Management: Processes and Models for Comparison across Europe and Beyond. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

Peng, Z., Qin, H., Guo, C., Zhou, K., Huang, H., Sun, M., Zhang, R., Li, Y., Liang, J. & Zhou, X. 2023. Pen Talk: Interpretation and Presentation: The Construction and Expression of Multiple Values of Cultural Heritage in the Era. Chinese Cultural Heritage, (03):4-28

Sørensen, M.L.S.  2025. The Influences of Geology and Palaeontology on the Formation of Chinese Professional Archaeological Practices: the case of the Yangshao Culture Explorations in the early 1920s. In Hein, A. and J. Lovell (eds.) The Oxford Handbook on the History and Practice of Chinese Archaeology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Sørensen, M.L.S. & G. Yang 2024. 'Discipline Formation': Yangshao Culture and the Beginning of Modern Chinese Archaeology. In Liu Y. (ed.) Yangshao Bainian Jinian Wenji, Zhongzhou Guji Press, pp.41-62.

Sørensen, M.L.S. & G. Yang 2024. 'Discipline Formation': Yangshao Culture and the Beginning of Modern Chinese Archaeology. (Reprint) The International Journal of Chinese Character Studies (IJCCS) Vol.7, No.1, pp.77-105.

Sørensen, M.L.S. and G. Yang 2025. 'Under the Surface’: Development of an Explorative Archaeology in China. In Williamson, C. and P. Crook (eds) Archaeology, History, Philosophy and Heritage: Essays in Honour of Tim Murray. Springer.

Yang, G. 2025. A History of Chinese Archaeological Museums in Three Case Studies. In Hein, A. and J. Lovell (eds.) The Oxford Handbook on the History and Practice of Chinese Archaeology. New York: Oxford University Press.

Zhang, R,. Wang, J., Sørensen, M.L.S. 2024. A Study of the Recognition of the Integration of Cultural and Natural Values of World Heritage from the Tourist’s Perspective: A Case Study of Guilin Karst. Journal of Zhejiang University (Humanities and Social Sciences), 54(01):112-128. [article in Chinese] 

Zhang, R,. Kuang, D.,Peng,C.,Li,X. 2023 China’s Cultural and Natural Heritage Under Climate Change. World Architecture Review, 209(2):47-49. [article in Chinese] 

Zhang, R. 2022. Use of Local Knowledge in the Adaptation of the Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces, in Morel H. et al (eds), Global Research and Action Agenda on Culture, Heritage and Climate Change. Charenton-le-Pont & Paris, France: ICOMOS & ICSM CHC, 2022, pp. 31.

Zhang, R., Chen, S., Chen, X., He, F. 2022. Exploring the Feasibility of Nomination "Chinese Landscape Architecture" to Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Chinese Landscape Architecture, 38 (10):50-55. [article in Chinese]    

Zhang, R., Kuang, D., Peng, C. & Li, X., 2023. China’s Cultural and Natural Heritage Under Climate Change. World Architecture Review. 209(2):47-49 [article in Chinese]     

Zhang, R., Yang, X., He, F. 2022. Exploration on the Social Value of Mount Taishan World Heritage Site from the Perspective of Public Discourse. Landscape Architecture, (8):134-140. [article in Chinese].

Zhang, R. 2023. West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou: ‘Oriental Lake with Cultural Meaning’, in S. Brown and C. Goetcheus (eds), 362-368. Routledge Handbook of Cultural Landscape Practice. London: Routledge.

Zhang, R. & Wang, J. 2023. Chinese Heritage in the Making: Experiences, Negotiations, and Contestations. The China Journal, 89:197-199 [book review]

Zhang, R. et al. 2024. Uncovering the multifaceted heritage values of Longhushan World Natural Heritage site through tourists' lens: an analysis of online travelogues. in Xavier, M., et al. The Future of Cultural Tourism. Bristol: Channel View Publications. 

Zhang, R. et al. 2025.  Converging narratives on Yangshao Culture: A comparative study of traditional and social media perspectives, in Hein, A. and J. Lovell (eds) Handbook on History and Practice of Chinese Archaeology. New York: Oxford University Press.