Anna Maria Mercuri has a 30-years experience in Palynology and Archaeobotany. She contributed to the onset of the Laboratory of Palynology and Palaeobotany of Modena. Her lines of research are human impact, cultural landscapes, resource exploitation and human behaviour, in Northern-Africa and Italian sites.
KEY WORDS: palynology, palaeoethnobotany, botany, LTHI-Long Term Human Impact, LTE-Long-Term Ecology, Sahara, Northern Africa, Mediterranean basin, Lateglacial/Holocene.