Nonmarine Ostracoda as proxies in (geo‐)archaeology — A review

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