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Dear MVWG members and colleagues,

The Microvertebrate Working Group announces that the 4th biennial MVWG meeting will take place from Sept. 8th to 10th 2022 in beautiful Tübingen, Germany! Hosted by the Institut für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie (INA), the Early Prehistory & Quaternary Ecology Department (EPQE) and Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment (SHEP) through the Universität of Tübingen, this year’s meeting will take on a hybrid format, incorporating both in-person presentations and online/pre-recorded talks. Participants will be able to choose if they would rather attend in person (adhering to international travel requirements and Universität Tübingen Covid regulations) or virtually via Zoom!

 

We hereby announce the call for session topics and call for general papers. We welcome proposals for session topics of 300-500 words with a list of tentative participants by March 15th 2022. Please be sure to confirm that all listed session participants plan to attend the MVWG meeting either virtually or in-person before submitting your session proposal. Paper contributions, in podium presentations of max. 20 minutes and/or poster forms, must be related to the study of insectivore, rodent, bat, reptile and amphibian remains from archaeological deposits, including as a topics taphonomy, commensalism, taxonomy, evolution, palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, biostratigraphy, biochronology and new and improved methodologies (such as morphometry, DNA or Isotope analyses).

 

This year we are also accepting applications for sessions in honorarium to celebrate the accomplishments of emeritus, retired or soon-to-be retired microvertebrate researchers! Please adhere to the same requirements listed above for session proposals when drafting in honorarium session applications.

 

A registration form, abstract template for all podium and poster contributions, and a form to submit session topics and in honorarium sessions can be found on our website http://mvwgicaz.wixsite.come/mvwg. Please be sure to send to us all forms via email to mvwg.icaz@gmail.com by March 15th 2022 (for sessions) or June 15th, 2022 (for general papers and participation).

All participants who plan to attend the meeting, either in person or via the hybrid platform, even if not planning to participate with a talk or poster are asked to officially register, as we will share the link for online participation with registered participants only.

As always, there will be no registration fees for the MVWG meeting and this year we are also very happy to offer two student prizes. All podium and poster submissions with a master or doctoral student as 1st author will be considered and the winners will be chosen by the meeting scientific committee (tba).

 

Keep an eye on the MVWG website (https://mvwgicaz.wixsite.com/mvwg) and the MVWG facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/icaz.mvwg/) for more details on the meeting and updates on current covid travel and participation restrictions.

The dates: from 8th to 10th September 2022           Registration costs: FREE                Restricted capacity: 40

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