This volume contains five articles on recent research from the Faculty of Archaeology of Leiden University. Two of them have as topic the Palaeolithic, three Palaeobotany. Watching the river flow: a small-scale survey of the floodplain deposits in the Vézère valley, between Le Moustier and Les Eyzies (Dordogne, France)By: Wil Roebroeks, Hans Kamermans, Joanne Mol, Alain Turq, Thijs van KolfschotenPatterns of Middle and Upper Paleolithic land use in Central Lazio (Italy)By: Hans Kamermans, Jan SevinkCrops grown on the sandy soils of Eastern Brabant (the Netherlands) before, during and after the Roman occupationBy: Corrie BakelsCoffee, cacao and sugar cane in a shipwreck at the bottom of the Waddenzee, the NetherlandsBy: Wim Kuiper, Martijn MandersShipping pepper: examining botanical contents of a 17th-century shipwreck at Texel Roads, the NetherlandsBy: Cornelie Moolhuizen