Part 1 South Scandinavia above present sea-level: coastal adaptation and marine exploitation in the Limfjord region, Soren H. Andersen; fishing, Inge Bodker Enghoff; stationary fishing structures, Lisbeth Pedersen; the Ertebolle culture, Axel Degn Johansson; role of cemeteries, Lars Larsson. Part 2 Norway: prevailing problems and possibilities, Sveinung Bang-Andersen; Mesolithic man and the rising sea, Sveinung Bang-Andersen; a coastal Ahrensburgian site at Galta, Lisbeth Prosch-Danielsen and Mari Hogestol; the North Sea continent and the pioneer settlement of Norway, Hein Bjartmann Bjerck. Part 3 West Sweden: vertebrate fauna, Leif Jonsson; the West Swedish Hensbacka culture, Lou Schmitt; Hensbacka-Hogen-Hornborgasjon - coastal and inland settlements, Hans Kindgren; chronology and topography of coastal settlements, Bengt Nordqvist; faunal remains - aspects of topography and economy, Johan Wigforss. Part 4 East Sweden: the Kalmar area, Ebbe Westergren; the expanding coastal district of Svealand, Agneta Akerlund; Altrasket - a Mesolithic coastal site in North Sweden, Ove Halen. Part 5 The East Baltic countries: early inhabitants and the changing shoreline of Estonia, Ena Martin; coastal sites of seal hunters in Estonia, Kaarel Jaanits; the Latvian coastal area, Ilga Zagorska. Part 6 Scotland: the Western Scottish seaboard, Bill Finlayson; Mesolithic settlement and raw material in the Southern Hebrides, Steven Mithen; marine molluscs at Ulva Cave, Inner Hebrides, N.J. Russell et al. Part 7 Western and Southern Europe: the North Sea, Leo B.M. Verhart; Palaeolithic France, Jean J. Cleyet-Merle and Stephane Madelaine; Corsica, Jean-Denis Viogne and Nathalie Desse-Berget; the Crimea, Ukraine, Grigoriy M. Burov. Part 8 Japan and North America: the Japanese Archipelago, maritime adaptations, Akira Matsui; North America, David Sanger; high Arctic, Vladimir V. Pitul'ko; West Greenland, Morten Meldgaard. Part 9 South Scandinavia below present sea level: work on the Danish sea floor, Anders Fischer; submerged Stone Age sites in Denmark, Torben Malm; research on the sea bottom south of Funen; research in Stone Age sites at submerged shore zones - strategies and experiences, Ole Gron; results from the Hano Bay, southern Baltic, Lars Hansen; legislation, protection and management - the Danish model, Carsten Lund.