European Postgraduate Course
Ravello-Palinuro, September 1986

Preface

I. Introduction: Archaeology as a Science (B. Arrhenius)

II. Geological aspects: Sediments and Soils (J. Lundqvist)
Geological Aspects of the Mediterranean Sea (G. Linnman)
Campanian Province, Tyrrhenian Sea and Human Settlement with special reference to the Palinuro Peninsula (G. Linnman)
Geology and Environmental History of the Stockholm Region as shown at the Museum of Medieval Stockholm, Helgeandsholmen (U. Miller)

III. Botanical aspects methods and projects: on the History of cultivated plants in Europe (K. E. Behre)
Floristic and Phytogeographic aspects of Campania (M. Ricciardi)
Botanical Research Methods in Archaeology: an outline of some interdisciplinary projects in Italy (M. Follieri)
Suggestions for a field sampling guide in Archaeobotany (M. Follieri)
The importance of integrated Palaeoethnobotanical Archaeological Research to consider the distribution and transport of plant material (K. Krzywinski)
Conservation and handling of delicate botanical material in field and in the laboratory (K. Krzywinski)
Interdisciplinary Research Project: the Bryggen project (K. Krzywinski)

IV. Pollen and diatom analysis: natural and cultural landscapes in the past, reconstructed by pollen analysis (S. Th. Andersen)
Pollen analysis. background, laboratory techniques and identification (A.M. Robertsson)
Pollen analysis in Archaeogeology and Geoarchaeology (L. K. Königsson)
An introduction into pollen analysis used in archaeological work with some examples from interdisciplinary projects (D. Moe)
Indications of anthropogenic erosion in a Palaeo-Environmental context (I. Vuorela)
Diatom analysis. Introduction to methods and applications (U. Miller, M.B. Florin)

V. Other methods: The 14C method. Its possibilities and some pitfalls. An introduction (I. U. Olsson)
Palaeoentomology, methods and applicability in archaeology (S. Noe-Nygaard)
Stratigraphical methods applied to shore displacement studies (J. Risberg)
Information science in archaeological survey (A. Voorrips, S. H. Loving, H. Kamermans)
Environmental projects, collections and their long term storage (D. Moe)