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 ).

• Cover
• Series Editors
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Addresses of contributors
• 1. Mediterranean landscape archaeology and environmental reconstruction
• 2. Landscape archaeology and reconstruction of the Mediterranean environment based on palynology
• 3. A computerized data base for the palynological recording of human activity in the Mediterranean basin
• 4. Reconstructing vegetation and landscapes in the Mediterranean: the contribution of anthracology
• 5. Some examples of climatic reconstruction in the Mediterranean using dendroclimatology
• 6. Geomorphological techniques in Mediterranean landscape archaeology
• 7. L’apport de la micromorphologie des sols à la reconstitution des paléopaysages (Application au bassin méditerranéen pour la période 3000 av. J.C. - 1800 ap. J.C.)
• 8. Reconstructing past soil environments in the Mediterranean region
• 9. Energy dispersive X-ray micro-analysis and the geochemistry of soil sediments
• 10. Searching for the ports of Troy
• 11. Case studies from the Pontine region in central Italy on settlement and environmental change in the first millennium BC
• 12. Karst dolinas: evidence of population pressure and exploitation of agricultural resources in karstic landscapes
• 13. Archeologia ambientale padana: un caso di studio - la pianura padana centrale tra il Bronzo medio ed il Bronzo finale (XVI-XIII sec. a. C.)
• 14. Human impact and natural characteristics of the ancient ports of Marseille and Fos, Provence, southern France
• 15. Developing a methodological approach to the evolution of field systems in the middle Rhône valley
• 16. Progradación fluvial y cambios en la línea de costa en época histórica en el Golfo de Valencia (España)
• 17. The integration of historical, archaeological and paleoenvironmental data at the regional scale: the Vallée des Baux, southern France
• 18. The integration of historical, archaeological and paleoenvironmental data at the regional scale: the Étang de Berre, southern France
• 19. Geoarchaeology in Mediterranean landscape archaeology: concluding comments