DOI: 10.17026/dans-x26-tt9d
title: The End of Our Fifth Decade
title: Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 43/44

description: &lt;p&gt;In 2012 we celebrate the foundation of the initial independent&lt;br&gt;core 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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01. Problems with preservation in situ&lt;br&gt;Willem J.H. Willems&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;02. Twenty years after Malta: archaeological heritage as a source of collective memory&lt;br&gt;and scientifi c study anno 2012&lt;br&gt;Monique van den Dries and Sjoerd van der Linde&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;03. The internationalization of archaeological discourse?&lt;br&gt;John Bintliff&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;04. A short history of archaeological research in the Lesser Antillean archipelago&lt;br&gt;Arie Boomert&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;05. Indigenous religious traditions in Central Nicaragua: ethnohistorical documentation for an unknown archaeological record&lt;br&gt;Laura N.K. Van Broekhoven and Alexander Geurds&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;06. Caribbean encounters: rescue excavations at the early colonial Island Carib site of Argyle, St. Vincent&lt;br&gt;Corinne L. Hofman and Menno L.P. Hoogland&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;07. The ancient Mexican Books of Time: interpretative developments and prospects&lt;br&gt;Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;08. Structuring the landscape in Iron Age and Roman period (500 BC – AD 250): the Multi-period site Oss-Horzak&lt;br&gt;Richard Jansen and Stijn van As&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;09. Investigating imperial space on the Palatine Hill in Rome: preliminary results of the Domus Flavia 2012 research campaign&lt;br&gt;Natascha Sojc, Léon J. Coret and Lisa C. Götz&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;10. Decoration and ideology in Nero’s Domus Aurea in Rome&lt;br&gt;Paul G.P. Meyboom and Eric M. Moormann&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;11. Connectivity in the south-western part of the Netherlands during the Roman period (AD 0-350)&lt;br&gt;Jasper de Bruin&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;12. Archaeobotanical evidence of the fungus Covered smut (Ustilago hordei) in Jordan and Egypt&lt;br&gt;René T.J. Cappers, Federica Fantone, Reinder Neef and Clasina J.G. van Doorn&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;13. Adonis: a Greek ritual and myth in the Etruscan world&lt;br&gt;L. Bouke van der Meer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;14. 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)&lt;br&gt;Corrie Bakels&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;15. Hallstatt burials of Oss in context&lt;br&gt;Harry Fokkens, Sasja A. van der Vaart, David R. Fontijn, Simone A.M. Lemmers, Richard Jansen, Ivo M. van Wijk and Patrick J.C. Valentijn&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;16. Decorated and ‘killed’? The bronze sword of Werkhoven&lt;br&gt;David Fontijn, Liesbeth Theunissen, Bertil van Os and Luc Amkreutz&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;17. Master and apprentice? A short note on wall construction in Ancient Syria&lt;br&gt;Diederik J.W. Meijer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;18.The materiality and social value of amber objects during the Middle Jomon in Japan&lt;br&gt;Ilona R. Bausch&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;19. Workshop sites in a Neolithic quarry landscape (Geul valley, southern Limburg, the Netherlands)&lt;br&gt;Alexander Verpoorte&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;20. The archaeological practice of discovering Stone Age sites&lt;br&gt;Milco Wansleeben and Walter Laan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;21. A causewayed enclosure near Ermelo?&lt;br&gt;Hans Kamermans, Joanne Mol, Eric Dullaart and Miranda de Kreek&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;22. New perspectives for microwear analysis&lt;br&gt;Annelou van Gijn&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;23. Radiocarbon and fossil bones: what’s in a date&lt;br&gt;Hans van der Plicht&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;24. Chronology of the Dutch Neolithic Bandkeramik Culture: a new attempt&lt;br&gt;Pieter van de Velde&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;25. Burning down the house: the burnt building V6 at Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria&lt;br&gt;Peter 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 Visser&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;26. The trouble with stratigraphy: case studies from the Near East&lt;br&gt;Bleda S. Düring&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;27. Stable isotopes of Upper Weichselian land snails from Lakitelek (Hungary): a contribution to understanding the climatic context of the Upper Palaeolithic&lt;br&gt;of the Hungarian basin&lt;br&gt;Alexander Verpoorte, Simon R. Troelstra, Kay C.J. Beets and Pál Sümegi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;28. Confirmation of the presence of Cucubalus baccifer L. (Caryophyllaceae) in the British Pleistocene&lt;br&gt;Michael H. Field&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;29. Beyond ‘15 minutes’: revisiting the late Middle Pleistocene archaeological record of Maastricht-Belvédère (The Netherlands)&lt;br&gt;Dimitri De Loecker and Wil Roebroeks&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;30. Schöningen: the history and results of 20 years archaeozoological research&lt;br&gt;Thijs van Kolfschoten&lt;/p&gt;