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Quante, Ella ORCID: 0000-0002-9008-0301, Pint, Anna and Frenzel, Peter ORCID: 0000-0002-3821-4632 (2022). Nonmarine Ostracoda as proxies in (geo-)archaeology - A review. Geoarchaeology, 37 (5). S. 711 - 733. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1520-6548

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Abstract

Ostracods as bioindicators are extremely useful for reconstructing palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate and can also indicate the provenance of sediments and materials, for example, in studies on ancient commercial networks. Ostracods are small crustaceans that live in almost all aquatic habitats, both natural and man-made. Due to their calcitic carapace, they have high fossilization potential, and their use in geoarchaeology has been steadily increasing during the last decades. Their small size needs mean that only small volumes of sediment samples are needed, and species-specific ecological tolerances and preferences allow detailed palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. Typical methods of their application are palaeoecological analyses of associations based on ecological information and taphonomy, morphometric variability and stable isotope and chemistry analyses of their shells. The present paper aims to present an overview of applications of non-marine ostracods in (geo-)archaeological research, recommending sampling and analytical techniques for addressing archaeological research questions on palaeoclimate, habitat and landscape changes, water availability and quality, land use and other anthropogenic impacts, the provenance of materials and commercial networks to promote the application of Ostracoda in geoarchaeology/environmental archaeology.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Quante, Ella UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9008-0301 UNSPECIFIED Pint, Anna UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Frenzel, Peter UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3821-4632 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-669612
DOI:	10.1002/gea.21912
Journal or Publication Title:	Geoarchaeology
Volume:	37
Number:	5
Page Range:	S. 711 - 733
Date:	2022
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1520-6548
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CONDUCTIVITY TRANSFER-FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGE; EARLY HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION; BUILDING-MATERIALS; HUMAN OCCUPATION; MARGINAL MARINE; SHELL CHEMISTRY; WEST-STOW Multiple languages Archaeology; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66961