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Chu, Wei ORCID: 0000-0002-4595-388X and Nett, Janina J. (2021). The past in dust: current trends and future directions in Pleistocene geoarcheology of European loess. J. Quat. Sci., 36 (8). S. 1279 - 1293. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1099-1417

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Abstract

Loess is a main archive of Pleistocene landscapes and environments and therefore has an important connection to the preservation and interpretation of Paleolithic sites. In Europe, anthropogenic sites have been found in loess because of past local occupation. At one extreme, sites are well preserved with minimal disturbance often accompanied by embedded proxies to estimate ecological parameters. On the other hand, loess deposits have undergone post-depositional alterations such as weathering, pedogenesis or bioturbation due to changing environmental conditions or other disturbances that obscure anthropogenic sites. We outline the current state of research and connections between Paleolithic archeology and loess research while introducing a series of subsequent regional case studies as part of a special issue. We also make recommendations for future work to incorporate a wider variety of methods to create more robust inferences on hominin and environmental evolution and their connections.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Chu, Wei UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4595-388X UNSPECIFIED Nett, Janina J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-583851
DOI:	10.1002/jqs.3388
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Quat. Sci.
Volume:	36
Number:	8
Page Range:	S. 1279 - 1293
Date:	2021
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1099-1417
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EARTHWORM CALCITE GRANULES; MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC SITE; DOSE-RESPONSE CURVES; MULTI-PROXY ANALYSIS; PALEOSOL SEQUENCES; ORGANIC-MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; FLUVIAL ARCHIVES; CARPATHIAN BASIN; QUATERNARY LOESS Multiple languages Geography, Physical; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/58385