This document is edited at the occasion of the Geoarchaeological meeting of Brugge: Soils as records of Past and Present: the geoarchaeological approach. Focus on: is there time for fieldwork today? - Bruges (Belgium), 6 & 7.11.2019. It contains the abstracts of talks and posters presented during the scientific meeting and the abstracts of papers of the book edited at this occasion (Deák et al., 2019) In the past few decades, soil science has contributed greatly to discussions on climatic and environmental changes, as well as to the understanding of various topics of human impact on landscapes and the environment. This meeting aims to address these complex issues and to demonstrate how they are approached and unravelled through past and current interdisciplinary research. The plenary talks, the posters and the scientific paper of the book edited at the occasion of this meeting try to answer the following questions: What is the current state of research on soils as a record of past and present? How is ...