Yan Cai [email protected] 3625 Allendale Circle Pittsburgh, PA 15204 Tel. 412-636-3963 Education  Currently a Ph.D. student Major in Archaeology, University of Pittsburgh, 2013-  M.A. Major in Archaeology, Jilin University, 2010-13  B.A. Major in Archaeology, Xiamen University, 2006-10 Professional Experience Teaching Instructor, University of Pittsburgh (2018 summer) Taught Archaeologists look at death. Responsibilities including designing syllabus, writing assignments, exams and giving lectures and evaluations to undergraduates. Teaching Assistant, University of Pittsburgh (2014-Now) Taught Pots and people, Mesoamerica archaeology and Archaeologists look at death for undergraduates. Responsibilities including design class plans, leading discussion in the class, grading the essays.

Field and laboratory assistant, Regional settlement pattern study in the early complex society in NE China, conducted by University of Pittsburgh, University of Hawaii and Liaoning archaeological institute of China (2010, 2012, 2016). Conducting regional settlement survey; and recording the field data to the database; and analyzing data from survey, including pottery sherds and lithic debitage.

Research director, Tile and Brick Production from the Warring States Period to Qin-Han Dynasty of China (2011-2013) Recovering tile production processes by collecting thousands of tiles data from four urban sites from Warring States period to early Han Dynasty (500BC to 200AD). Doing statistical analysis to know the degree of standardization in the empire.

Field assistant, The excavation of Grand Bay site in Carriacou, Grenada, conducted by University of Oregon, University College London and ArcheoLINK, Americas, LLC (2014). Responsibilities include excavation, screening soils for fauna remains, and sorting materials in the lab. Excavating a prehistoric settlement site and associated burials of Amerindian. Materials from excavation include pottery, lithic, shell tools and fauna remains.

Field and laboratory assistant, Origins of Agriculture and Sedentary Communities in Northeast China, conducted by Hebrew University, Jilin University, Liaoning archaeological institute of China (2012). Responsibilities include regional survey and analyze data from survey, including pottery sherds and lithic debitage.

Field assistant, The excavation of Dahekou Cemetery of State of Ba in the Western Zhou dynasty (Bronze age) in Shanxi Province, China, conducted by Shanxi Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics of China (2010-2010)

Field assistant, the Excavation of Weijiawopu Site in Hongshan Period (Neolithic), conducted by Jilin University and Inner Mongolia Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics (2010)

Field assistant, the Excavation of Shuangfendian Site in Shijiahe Period in the Hubei Province of China (Neolithic), conducted by Xiamen University (2009).

Publication: Cai, Yan 蔡彦 2015 The Development of Taiwanese Aboriginal Culture from A Prehistoric Settlement Distribution Perspective 从史前聚落地理变迁看台湾原住民 文化的发展, Huaxia Kaogu (Chinese Archaeology) 2:68-78. Cai, Yan 蔡彦 and Mingyu Teng 滕铭予 2017 The Making Technique of the Tile-Ends in the Warring-States Period to the Early Han Dynasty and Relevant Issues 战国汉初瓦当制作工艺及相关问 题研究, Kaogu Xuebao (Acta Archaeologica Sinica) 3:357-372.