This volume is a collection of papers written by staff members of the Faculty of Archaeology and presents a good overview in time and space of the kind of research the Institute in Leiden is doing. The time periods vary from the Palaeolithic to the present day, and geographically the studies are spread from South Africa to Europe.Table of contents:The stable isotopes 13C and 15N in faunal bone of the Middle Pleistocene site Schöningen (Germany): statistical modelingJuliette Funck, Thijs van Kolfschoten, Hans van der Plicht'Trapping the past'? Hunting for remote capture techniques and planned coastal exploitation during MIS 5 at Blombos Cave and Klasies River, South AfricaGerrit L. Dusseldorp, Geeske H.J. LangejansA Late Neolithic Single Grave Culture burial from Twello (central Netherlands): environmental setting, burial ritual and contextualisationLucas Meurkens, Roy van Beek, Marieke Doorenbosch, Harry Fokkens, Eckhart Heunks, Cynthianne Debono Spiteri, Sebastiaan Knippenberg, Els Meirsman, Erica van Hees, Annemieke VerbaasThe Agro Pontino region, refuge after the Early Bronze Age Avellino eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy?Corrie Bakels, Jan Sevink, Wim Kuijper, Hans Kamermans'Set in Stone'? Technical, socio-economic and symbolic considerations in the construction of the Cyclopean-style walls of the Late Bronze Age Citadel at Tiryns, GreeceAnn Brysbaert'Set in stone'? Constructed symbolism viewed through an architectural nergetics' lens at Bronze Age Tiryns, GreeceAnn BrysbaertOstia's visual connection to RomeL. Bouke van der MeerOne day on the streets of Camelon: discarded shoes from a Roman fortMareille Arkesteijn, Carol van Driel-MurrayClearance for a medieval curtis, Black Death and buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench): vegetation history of the area around the confluence of the rivers Swalm and Meuse, the Netherlands, AD 800-1900Corrie Bakels, Marijke Langeveld, Iris van TulderMalaise and mosquitos: osteoarchaeological evidence for malaria in the Medieval NetherlandsRachel SchatsShipwrecks in Dutch Waters with Botanical Cargo or VictualsMartijn Manders, Wim Kuijper'A day in the Life' - Cannerberg (the Netherlands), August 2nd 5045 calBCLuc Amkreutz, Ivo van WijkUncovering Roman fort Matilo in Leiden, 70-250 ADJasper de BruinA pearl necklace: the Lower German Limes World Heritage nominationWillem Willems (†), Erik Graafstal, Tamar LeeneHERCULES: studying long-term changes in Europe's landscapesJan Kolen, Carole Crumley, Gert Jan Burgers, Kim von Hackwitz, Peter Howard, Krista Karro, Maurice de Kleijn, Daniel Löwenborg, Niels van Manen, Hannes Palang, Tobias Plieninger, Anu Printsmann, Hans Renes, Henk Scholten, Paul Sinclair, Martti Veldi, Philip VerhagenExploring archaeology's social values for present day societyMonique van den Dries, Krijn Boom, Sjoerd van der Linde