The End of Our Fifth Decade

In 2012 we celebrate the foundation of the initial independentcore of the Faculty of Archaeology, now 50 years ago. A compilation of articles was created to cover the very wide range of research conducted nowadays at the Faculty of Archaeology.01. Problems with preservation in situWillem J.H. Willems02. Twenty years after Malta: archaeological heritage as a source of collective memoryand scientifi c study anno 2012Monique van den Dries and Sjoerd van der Linde03. The internationalization of archaeological discourse?John Bintliff04. A short history of archaeological research in the Lesser Antillean archipelagoArie Boomert05. Indigenous religious traditions in Central Nicaragua: ethnohistorical documentation for an unknown archaeological recordLaura N.K. Van Broekhoven and Alexander Geurds06. Caribbean encounters: rescue excavations at the early colonial Island Carib site of Argyle, St. VincentCorinne L. Hofman and Menno L.P. Hoogland07. The ancient Mexican Books of Time: interpretative developments and prospectsMaarten E.R.G.N. Jansen08. Structuring the landscape in Iron Age and Roman period (500 BC – AD 250): the Multi-period site Oss-HorzakRichard Jansen and Stijn van As09. Investigating imperial space on the Palatine Hill in Rome: preliminary results of the Domus Flavia 2012 research campaignNatascha Sojc, Léon J. Coret and Lisa C. Götz10. Decoration and ideology in Nero’s Domus Aurea in RomePaul G.P. Meyboom and Eric M. Moormann11. Connectivity in the south-western part of the Netherlands during the Roman period (AD 0-350)Jasper de Bruin12. Archaeobotanical evidence of the fungus Covered smut (Ustilago hordei) in Jordan and EgyptRené T.J. Cappers, Federica Fantone, Reinder Neef and Clasina J.G. van Doorn13. Adonis: a Greek ritual and myth in the Etruscan worldL. Bouke van der Meer14. Avoiding crop failure in the Iron Age: maslins and emergency crops on the loess soils of western continental Europe, with a special note on oat (Avena sativa) and foxtail millet (Setaria italica)Corrie Bakels15. Hallstatt burials of Oss in contextHarry Fokkens, Sasja A. van der Vaart, David R. Fontijn, Simone A.M. Lemmers, Richard Jansen, Ivo M. van Wijk and Patrick J.C. Valentijn16. Decorated and ‘killed’? The bronze sword of WerkhovenDavid Fontijn, Liesbeth Theunissen, Bertil van Os and Luc Amkreutz17. Master and apprentice? A short note on wall construction in Ancient SyriaDiederik J.W. Meijer18.The materiality and social value of amber objects during the Middle Jomon in JapanIlona R. Bausch19. Workshop sites in a Neolithic quarry landscape (Geul valley, southern Limburg, the Netherlands)Alexander Verpoorte20. The archaeological practice of discovering Stone Age sitesMilco Wansleeben and Walter Laan21. A causewayed enclosure near Ermelo?Hans Kamermans, Joanne Mol, Eric Dullaart and Miranda de Kreek22. New perspectives for microwear analysisAnnelou van Gijn23. Radiocarbon and fossil bones: what’s in a dateHans van der Plicht24. Chronology of the Dutch Neolithic Bandkeramik Culture: a new attemptPieter van de Velde25. Burning down the house: the burnt building V6 at Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, SyriaPeter M.M.G. Akkermans, Merel Brüning, Neeke Hammers, Harmen Huigens, Lennart Kruijer, Anna Meens, Olivier Nieuwenhuyse, Andrea Raat, Esther F. Rogmans, Corijanne Slappendel, Sofi a Taipale, Sophie Tews and Eva Visser26. The trouble with stratigraphy: case studies from the Near EastBleda S. Düring27. Stable isotopes of Upper Weichselian land snails from Lakitelek (Hungary): a contribution to understanding the climatic context of the Upper Palaeolithicof the Hungarian basinAlexander Verpoorte, Simon R. Troelstra, Kay C.J. Beets and Pál Sümegi28. Confirmation of the presence of Cucubalus baccifer L. (Caryophyllaceae) in the British PleistoceneMichael H. Field29. Beyond ‘15 minutes’: revisiting the late Middle Pleistocene archaeological record of Maastricht-Belvédère (The Netherlands)Dimitri De Loecker and Wil Roebroeks30. Schöningen: the history and results of 20 years archaeozoological researchThijs van Kolfschoten