Book reviews of publications related to botanical work in the Netherlands

In this new, copiously illustrated book a large number of authors deal with various topics as archeology, prehistory, folklore, etc. of the Netherlands. Two botanists, Dr. H. T. Waterbolk and Dr. W. van Zeist have written the first two chapters. Professor Waterbolk in the first chapter (p. 12-26) deals with the dating and age measurements by means of the radiocarbon method as practised in the department of physics of Groningen University. The second chapter by Dr. van Zeist (p. 27-36) is entitled “Botanical Investigations and Prehistory”. It deals with the results of pollen analysis as far as it is important to the investigation of the activities of early human cultures. The book is in Dutch but subtitles of the illustrations in some chapters are also in English.