Dissertation Title
Early Holocene Contacts between Africa and Europe and their Palaeoenvironmental Context
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. H. Brückner
Abstract
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2014 – 2017: Ph.D. student at Institute of Geography, University of Cologne.
2013: M.Sc. in Quaternary Science and Geoarchaeology, University of Cologne
M.Sc. thesis: Luminescence dating of alluvial sediments – a methodological study at a palaeolithic site in Morocco
2011: B.Sc. in Geography, University of Cologne
B.Sc. thesis: Mauern im Meer – eine geoarchäologische Fallstudie über anthropogene Strukturen in der Bucht von Elaia, Türkei
Field Work / Research Assignments
- Pergamum (Turkey) – Geoarchaeology of the ancient harbour in the Bay of Elaia (2010, 2011 & 2012)
- Ainos (Turkey) – Geoarchaeology of the ancient harbour of Ainos (2011)
- Miletus (Turkey) – Geoarchaeology of the Miletus peninsula (2011)
- Luni (Italy) – Palaeoenvironmental evolution (2010)
- Asea Valley (Greece) – Palaeoclimate reconstruction in a lake archive (2010)
- Helike (Greece) – Geoarchaeology and tsunami research (2010)
- Afsou (Morocco) – Geoarchaeology and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, M.Sc. thesis CRC 806 C2-project (2011, 2012)
Publications
- Bartz, M. (2019): Quaternary fluvial environments in NE Morocco inferred from geochronological and sedimentological informations. – In: E&G Quaternary Science Journal, p: 1-4
- Bartz, M., Arnold, L., Demuro, M., Duval, M., King, G., Àlvarez Posada, C., Parés, J., Brückner, H. (2019): Single-grain TT-OSL dating results confirm an Early Pleistocene age for the lower Moulouya River deposits (NE Morocco). – In: Quaternary Geochronology, Vol. 49, p: 138-145
- Bartz, M., Rixhon, R. ., Duval, M., King, G., Álvarez Posada, C., Parés, J., Brückner, H. (2018): Successful combination of electron spin resonance, luminescence and palaeomagnetic dating methods allows reconstruction of the Pleistocene evolution of the lower Moulouya river (NE Morocco). – In: Quaternary Science Reviews , p: 153-171
- Bartz, M., Rixhon, G., Kehl, M., el Ouahabi, M., Klasen, N., Brill, D., Seeliger, M., Szemkus, N., Eiwanger, J., Weniger, G., Mikdad, A., Brückner, H. (2017): Unravelling fluvial deposition and pedogenesis in ephemeral stream deposits in the vicinity of the prehistoric rock shelter of Ifri n’Ammar (NE Morocco) during the last 100 ka. – In: Catena 152, p: 115-134
- Bartz, M. (2016): Quaternary fluvial environments in NE Morocco inferred from geochronological and sedimentological investigations. University of Cologne
- Bartz, M., Rixon, G., Kehl, M., el Ouahabi, M., Klasen, N., Brill, D., Seeliger, M., Szemkus, N., Eiwanger, J., Weniger, G., Mikdad, A., Brückner, H. (2015): Activity vs. stability: A multi-proxy approach to reconstruct fluvial morphodynamics within Wadi Selloum in the vicinity of the prehistoric site of Ifri n’Ammar (Morocco). Vol. La 8ème Rencontre des Quaternaristes Marocains (RQM8)
- Bartz, M., Klasen, N., Zander, A., Brill, D., Rixhon, G., Seelinger, M., Eiwanger, J., Weniger, G., Mikdad, A., Brückner, H. (2015): Luminescence dating of ephemeral stream deposits around the Palaeolithic site of Ifri n'Ammar (Morocco). – In: Quaternary Geochronology, Vol. 30, p: 460-465, DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2015.02.012
- Bartz, M., Arnold, L., Spooner, A., Demuro, M., Campaña Lozano, I., Rixhon, G., Brückner, H., Duval, M. (accepted): First experimental evaluation of the alpha efficiency in coarse-grained quartz for ESR dating purposes: implications for dose rate evaluation.. – In: Nature Scientific Reports