Dear Colleagues,
We are very pleased to announce that a second half-day session hosted
by the Microvertebrate Working Group entitled "Paleoecology of the
Quaternary using Microvertebrate records" has been approved for the
upcoming 13th ICAZ meeting in Ankara, Turkey.
We hope that this session can build upon the numerous detailed and
highly-informative paleoecological studies using on microvertebrate
materials which have been published since our last MVWG meeting in
2016. We would like to encourage both MVWG members and interested
non-members to submit either podium or poster contributions. The
session abstract is attached below and pdf posters advertising the two
MVWG sponsored sessions can be found at our group Facebook page
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/icaz.mvwg/).
Instructions on how to submit a paper can be found at
http://www.icaz2018ankara.com/instructions.html. Submissions are due
March 30th 2018.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us with any questions
about the session or abstract submission procedures, and feel free to
forward this message to any potentially interested colleagues.
Looking forward to seeing you all in Ankara,
Àngel Blanco-Lapaz (Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and
Paleoenvironment)
Sara E. Rhodes (Universität Tübingen)
Abstract: Paleoecology of the Quaternary using Microvertebrate records
This half-day session, hosted by the Microvertebrate Working Group
(MVWG), is designed to highlight the important contribution of
microvertebrate records to our understanding of Quaternary
paleoecology. The long history of paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic
research utilizing small mammal, reptile, and amphibian material
recovered from Pleistocene-Holocene archaeological sites attests to
the usefulness of these records in furthering our understanding of
past human environments. Many characteristics of microvertebrate
assemblages have been identified which facilitate the construction of
precise and fine-scaled paleoenvironmental reconstructions, including
the ubiquity of the material in cave sites, the small home ranges,
affinity with certain microhabitats, and diversity of the taxa
recovered, and the ecological input of the accumulating predator.
Podium presentations detailing recent or on-going paleoecological
studies from any geographic region are welcome, and those utilizing
new or cutting-edge methodological techniques are encouraged. Poster
contributions may be considered if interest exceeds the number of
podium spots. Although this session is hosted by the MVWG,
participation by both MVWG members and interested non-members is
encouraged.
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Sara E. Rhodes
Doktorandin
Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät - Archäozoologie
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