In 2012 it was 50 years ago that the initial independent core of the Faculty of Archaeology was founded. On the occasion of this 50th anniversary the Board of the Faculty of Archaeology has asked the editors of the Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia to produce a special volume of Analecta and open its pages not only for Prehistoric research but to all Archaeological disciplines. The editors invited the permanent staff of the Faculty to provide a contribution. The End Of Our Fifth Decade is the result. The subjects offered are very diverse and provide the reader with a written 'Tableau de la troupe', as it was intended to be. The first contributions are about the present. They deal with the problem of preserving archaeology in situ, the evaluation of twenty years of the Malta convention and the current variety of approaches in archaeology. However the rest of the book is about the past. This volume is organised in such a way that you go back in time and as good archaeologists we start from the top and dig our way into the past. The part about the past starts in the 17th century AD in the Caribbean and end with research on a 300 000 years old site from Germany.Table of contents:Problems with preservation in situ Willem J.H. WillemsTwenty years after Malta: archaeological heritage as a source of collective memory and scientifi c study anno 2012 Monique van den DriesSjoerd van der LindeThe internationalization of archaeological discourse?John BintliffA short history of archaeological research in the Lesser Antillean archipelagoArie BoomertIndigenous religious traditions in Central Nicaragua: ethnohistorical documentation for an unknown archaeological recordLaura N.K. Van BroekhovenAlexander GeurdsCaribbean encounters: rescue excavations at the early colonial Island Carib site of Argyle, St. VincentCorinne L. HofmanMenno L.P. HooglandThe ancient Mexican Books of Time: interpretative developments and prospectsMaarten E.R.G.N. JansenStructuring the landscape in Iron Age and Roman period (500 BC - AD 250): the Multi-period site Oss-HorzakRichard JansenStijn van AsInvestigating imperial space on the Palatine Hill in Rome: preliminary results of the Domus Flavia 2012 research campaignNatascha SojcLéon J. CoretLisa C. GötzDecoration and ideology in Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome Paul G.P. MeyboomEric M. MoormannConnectivity in the south-western part of the Netherlands during the Roman period (AD 0-350)Jasper de BruinArchaeobotanical evidence of the fungus Covered smut (Ustilago hordei) in Jordan and Egypt 159René T.J. CappersFederica FantoneReinder NeefClasina J.G. van DoornAdonis: a Greek ritual and myth in the Etruscan worldL. Bouke van der MeerAvoiding 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 BakelsHallstatt burials of Oss in context Harry FokkensSasja A. van der VaartDavid R. FontijnSimone A.M. LemmersRichard JansenIvo M. van WijkPatrick J.C. ValentijnDecorated and 'killed'? The bronze sword of WerkhovenDavid FontijnLiesbeth TheunissenBertil van OsLuc AmkreutzMaster and apprentice? A short note on wall construction in Ancient SyriaDiederik J.W. MeijerThe materiality and social value of amber objects during the Middle Jomon in JapanIlona R. BauschWorkshop sites in a Neolithic quarry landscape (Geul valley, southern Limburg, the Netherlands)Alexander VerpoorteThe archaeological practice of discovering Stone Age sitesMilco WansleebenWalter LaanA causewayed enclosure near Ermelo?Hans KamermansJoanne MolEric DullaartMiranda de KreekNew perspectives for microwear analysisAnnelou van GijnRadiocarbon and fossil bones: what's in a dateHans van der PlichtChronology of the Dutch Neolithic Bandkeramik Culture: a new attemptPieter van de VeldeBurning down the house: the burnt building V6 at Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad, SyriaPeter M.M.G. AkkermansMerel BrüningNeeke HammersHarmen HuigensLennart KruijerAnna MeensOlivier NieuwenhuyseAndrea RaatEsther F. RogmansCorijanne SlappendelSofi a TaipaleSophie TewsEva VisserThe trouble with stratigraphy: case studies from the Near EastBleda S. DüringStable isotopes of Upper Weichselian land snails from Lakitelek (Hungary): a contribution to understanding the climatic context of the Upper Palaeolithic of the Hungarian basinAlexander VerpoorteSimon R. TroelstraKay C.J. BeetsPál SümegiConfi rmation of the presence of Cucubalus baccifer L. (Caryophyllaceae) in the British PleistoceneMichael H. FieldBeyond '15 minutes': revisiting the late Middle Pleistocene archaeological record of Maastricht-Belvédère (The Netherlands)Dimitri De LoeckerWil RoebroeksSchöningen: the history and results of 20 years archaeozoological researchThijs van Kolfschoten