Practical techniques and case studies resulting from lectures given at a Symposium on Scientific Methods in Archaeology held in Palinuro, Italy in September 1986 and produced as a handbook for interdisciplinary research.  Topics covered include Sampling of Sediments and Soils; Botanical Research Methods in Archaeology; Pollen and Diatom Analysis;  Palaeoentomology; Stratigraphical Methods; Deforestation and Anthropogenic Soil Erosion; Long Term Storage of Environmental Samples.  Paperback.  214 pages.  Small ink stamp to half title page, otherwise good clean condition.  Cat No n54