植物歷史和古植物學出版研究論文，評論文章和短的高質量的貢獻，從歐洲，美洲和世界各地。它涵蓋了整個植被歷史領域，探索了全新世(也包括更新世)時期植物區系和植被的發展，包括古生態學等相關學科。該雜志關注史前和中世紀人類對自然環境的影響。這反映在花粉圖以及考古學背景下的植物大遺骸中。最近的主題包括植物、火和氣候動態，如花粉和木炭分析所示;德國西北部一亞化石松林的樹木生態學研究初探花粉積累率低在估計喬木種群中的意義更大。

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany publishes research papers, review articles and short contributions of high quality from Europe, the Americas and around the world. It covers the entire field of vegetation history, exploring the development of flora and vegetation during the Holocene (and also the Pleistocene) era, and includes related subjects such as palaeoecology. The journal places interest on human impact upon the natural environment in prehistoric and medieval times. This is reflected in pollen diagrams as well as in plant macroremains from archaeological contexts. Recent topics have included vegetation, fire and climate dynamics as indicated by pollen and charcoal analysis; preliminary results from a dendroecological study of a sub-fossil pine woodland in NW Germany; the significance of low pollen accumulation rates in estimation tree population, and more.