Studies of vegetation history are important, as past vegetation distribution and development provide information on the development of the Earth's climate, palaeoecological conditions, as well as on the migration and activity of early humans. For studying the vegetation history of SE-Estonia, modern case-study approach was used on three lakes of different nature and archaeological background: one at the top of the Haanja Heights (Lake Plaani), one on the slope of the Heights (Lake Verijarv) and one at the foot of the Heights (Lake Lasva), which were analyzed sedimentologically and...