The research team of Environmental Archaeology was established by Prof. Michal Hejcman and his collaborators and students in the year 2008 and has been focused on performing modern interdisciplinary archaeological research directly connected with natural and agricultural disciplines such as soil, plant and animal sciences, agronomy, genetics and ecology. We focus on research into chemical signatures in archaeological soils; livestock feeding in the past – leaf fodder and year-round livestock grazing in particular; the use of cropmarks for identification of archaeological features on contemporary arable fields, phytoindication – the use of contemporary plant species composition of grasslands and forests for the detection of archaeological features and former land use ; origin, spread and reproduction mechanisms of ornamental and medicinal plants ( Vinca minor in particular) used by our ancestors in Central Europe; and experimental planting of prehistoric crops and their nutritive value, Triticum dicoccum in particular. We publish the results of our research activities on an ongoing basis in international journals.