***with apologies for cross posting*** We are happy to announce that *Open Quaternary*, the only gold open-access journal for Quaternary science, has published its inaugural issue. To celebrate, we've also designed a new website to make reading & submitting articles that much easier at *openquaternary.com <http://openquaternary.com>*.
Our launch issue features an editorial and three publications that we feel capture a range of offerings in the research & methods paper categories: "Population density and genetic diversity in the Pleistocene cave lion" by Erik Ersmark *et al*. "neotoma: A programmatic interface to the Neotoma Palaeoecological Database" by Simon Goring *et al*. "Estimating the age and season of death for wild equids: A comparison of techniques utilising a sample from the Late Neolithic site of Bad Buchau-Dullenried, Germany" by Haskel Greenfield *et al.* A public engagement paper and data paper currently in press will follow to complete the issue. In addition, papers are now being submitted and reviewed for our first special collection, arising out of a session at the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) conference in Argentina last year. We hope that you enjoy the issue! Suzanne Pilaar Birch, Victoria Herridge, and Matthew Law Editors-in-Chief, Open Quaternary For more information about submissions, special collections, and instructions for authors, please visit openquaternary.com or email [email protected]. -- Dr. Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology Department of Geography University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA Website: uga.academia.edu/SuzannePilaarBirch Twitter: @suzie_birch
