Contents include:

Introduction ( K Walsh );

Palynology ( S Bottema );

A database for the palynological recording of human activity ( V Andrieu, E Brugiapaglia, R Cheddadi, M Reille and J-L de Beaulieu );

The contribution of anthracology ( J-L Vernet );

Dendroclimatology ( F Guibal );

Techniques in Landscape Archaeology ( A G Brown );

L' apport de la micromorphologie des sols ( N Fédoroff );

Reconstructing past soil environments ( R S Shiel );

The Geochemistry of Soil Sediments ( D D Gilbertson and J P Grattam );

Searching the Ports of Troy ( E Zanagger, M Timpson, S Yazvenko and H Leiermann );

The pontine region in central Italy ( P Attema, J Delvigne and B J Haagsma );

Population pressure on agricultural resources in Karstic landscapes ( P Novacovic, H Simoni and B Music );

La Pianura padana centrale tra il Bronzo Medio ed il Bronzo finale ( M Cremaschi );

The ancient ports of Marseille and Fos, Provence, southern France ( C Vella, C Morhange and M Provansal );

The evolution of field systems in the middle Rhône valley ( J-F Berger and C Jung );

La línea de Costa en época histórica en el Golfo de Valencia ( P Carmona );

The Vallée des Baux, Southern France ( P Leveau );

The étang de Berre, southern France ( F Trément );

Geoarchaeology in mediterranean landscape archaeology ( G Barker and J Bintliff ).