Palynologische Kring: Seminar day

January 14, 2025
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The next seminar series of the Palynologische Kring (Dutch palynological society) will take place on 24 January 2025, at the Auditorium of TNO Utrecht. If you would like to attend please register by emailing the society (link).

PROGRAMME

13.00-13.15    Arrival

13.15-13.45    Irene Waajen (TNO): Re-evaluation of Early Weichselian pollen zones with new insights from the North Sea.

13.45-14.15    Nathalie Van der Putten (VU) & Jeroen Schokker (TNO): Zagwijn revisited: the Eemian to Early-Weichselian sequence in the Amersfoort Basin.

14.15-14.45    Freek Busschers (TNO): Response of the Eerbeek alluvial fan to 150.000 years of (sub)orbital climate fluctuations.

14.45-15.00    Break

15.00-15.30    Timme Donders (UU): An update of the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene vegetation and climate stratigraphy of NW Europe.

15.30-16.00    Sander Houben (TNO): A new stratigraphic framework for the Lower Pleistocene of the Netherlands.

16.00        Social drinks

Heat, hydroclimate and herbivory

January 6, 2025
WDG

Mapping Ancient Africa Quaternary International special issue article #5

Kiely, R.E., Paine, A.R., McMichael, C.H. & Gosling, W.D. (2025) Heat, hydroclimate and herbivory: A late-Pleistocene record of environmental change from tropical western Africa. Quaternary International 717, 109636. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2024.109636

To find the complete list of articles in the Mapping Ancient Africa special issue of Quaternary International click here.

A Late Pleistocene coastal ecosystem in French Guiana was hyperdiverse relative to today

March 26, 2024
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Antoine, P., Wieringa, L.N., Adnet, S., Aguilera, O., Bodin, S.C., Cairns, S., Conejeros-Vargas, C., Cornée, J., Ežerinskis, Ž, Fietzke, J., Gribenski, N.O., Grouard, S., Hendy, A., Hoorn, C., Joannes-Boyau, R., Langer, M.R., Luque, J., Marivaux, L., Moissette, P., Nooren, K., Quillévéré, F., Šapolaitė, J., Sciumbata, M., Valla, P.G., Witteveen, N.H., Casanova, A., Clavier, S., Bidgrain, P., Gallay, M., Rhoné, M. & Heuret, A. (2024) A Late Pleistocene coastal ecosystem in French Guiana was hyperdiverse relative to today. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121, e2311597121. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2311597121

PhD opportunity: Fire Starters – Understanding Human vs Natural Fire Regimes in Britain

January 10, 2024
WDG

Applications are invited for a fully-funded three-year PhD to commence in October 2024 with Adele Julier (University of Portsmouth, UK).

The project will focus on disentangling the history of human ignited and natural fire regimes in Britain. This will be achieved through the analysis of charcoal fragments extracted from sedimentary sequences.

For full details click here.

Deadline: 19 January 2024

Mapping Ancient Africa: Video of seminar 11

March 28, 2023
WDG

The 11th Mapping Ancient Africa seminar took place on Thursday 16 March (2023). The seminar was delivered by Hannah Keller (Yale University) and highlighted her ongoing research into ostrich egg shells and environmental change she is undertaking as part of the “Malawi Ancient Lifeways and Peoples” project.

Details of this seminar can be found here. You can find more Mapping Ancient Africa seminar videos on the “Ecology of the Past” YouTube channel.

To find out more and keep up to date with new insights from this research visit the project web sit here.

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Mapping Ancient Africa: Seminar 11

February 28, 2023
WDG

The eleventh Mapping Ancient Africa online seminar will take place on 16 March 2023 (17:00 CET). Details are as follows:

  • Speaker: Hannah Keller (Yale University) 
  • Title: Ostrich eggshell taphonomy: Forager subsistence strategies and environmental indicators in northern Malawi during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene
  • To find out more about Hannah’s work visit her blog: Postcards from an Archaeologist

The seminar will be delivered via Zoom. The link for the seminar can be obtained from the MAA Slack channel or by contacting the chair of this seminar Lynne Quick. If you want to know more about the Mapping Ancient Africa project visit our web pages and please do not hesitate to get in contact if you want to get involved.

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Mapping Ancient Africa: Seminar 6 (take 2)

September 30, 2022
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Following the postponement of our previous seminar I am pleased to announce the next Mapping Ancient Africa (MAA) seminar (the new number 6 in the series) will take place on Thursday 6 October at 17:00 (CEST).

  • Speaker: Verena Foerster (Universität zu Köln)
  • Title: Pleistocene climate variability in eastern Africa influenced hominin evolution
  • Related publication: Foerster, V., Asrat, A., Bronk Ramsey, C., Brown, E.T., Chapot, M.S., Deino, A., Duesing, W., Grove, M., Hahn, A., Junginger, A., Kaboth-Bahr, S., Lane, C.S., Opitz, S., Noren, A., Roberts, H.M., Stockhecke, M., Tiedemann, R., Vidal, C.M., Vogelsang, R., Cohen, A.S., Lamb, H.F., Schaebitz, F. & Trauth, M.H. (2022) Pleistocene climate variability in eastern Africa influenced hominin evolution. Nature Geoscience. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-022-01032-y

The seminar will be delivered via Zoom. The link for the seminar can be obtained from the MAA Slack channel or by contacting the chair of this seminar Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr. If you want to know more about the Mapping Ancient Africa project visit our web pages and please do not hesitate to get in contact if you want to get involved.

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On Stage: Ice Age Cemeteries

April 6, 2022
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The Dutch Association for the Study of Pleistocene Mammals will celebrate turning 40 on the 21st and 22nd May by holding a symposium in Maastricht (program in English).

To find out more and register visit the event web page: On Stage: Ice Age Cemeteries

Paleo-ENSO influence on African environments and early modern humans

June 2, 2021
WDG

Kaboth-Bahr S, Gosling WD, Vogelsang R, Bahr A, Scerri EML, Asrat A, Cohen AS, Düsing W, Foerster V, Lamb HF, et al. 2021. Paleo-ENSO influence on African environments and early modern humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(23):e2018277118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018277118

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