Plant-macrofossil analysis is being increasingly used in Quaternary science, particularly
palaeoecology and vegetation history. Although the techniques of macrofossil analysis are …

Plant macro-remains provide valuable environmental information of the past, but
reconstruction of past vegetation is challenging, because a macrofossil sample may include …

The article presents an overview of archaeobotanical research on artificial dwelling mounds,
so-called 'terps', in the northern-Netherlands. A total of 40 studies carried out over the past …

Abstract The Middle Neolithic (4300–4000 cal. yr BC) archaeological sites in the Swifterbant
area were typically regarded to represent a transitional phase between a hunter-gatherer …

The nature and timing of the transition to farming north of the Linearbandkeramik zone in
Europe is the subject of much debate, but our understanding of this fundamental shift in …

This article presents an overview of the current evidence on the process of Neolithisation in
the Dutch wetlands. Over the years, several models have been proposed with different …

Ventures to more general topics and research aspects were made, but in an introductive
manner. Other researchers have addressed these topics with more depth dedicating papers …

The analysis of a large number of charcoal fragments from fire places from a wetland camp
site of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition period (Swifterbant culture) now permits a detailed …

Castellum Fectio was one of the largest fortifications along the Limes, the northern border of
the Roman Empire. The castellum, situated 5 km southeast of Utrecht, the Netherlands, was …

Within the multidisciplinary WASA project, 160 cores up to 5 m long have been obtained
from the back-barrier area and off the coast of the East Frisian island of Norderney. Thirty …