Journal of African Archaeology 9 (2)

Contents include: Editorial; Assessing the Efficacy of Red Ochre as a Prehistoric Hide Tanning Ingredient; Working in a UNESCO WH Site. Problems and Practices on the Rock Art of Tadrart Akakus (SW Libya, Central Sahara); Affad 23, a Late Middle Palaeolithic Site with Refitted Lithics and Animal Remains in the Southern Dongola Reach, Sudan; Khami and the Venda in the Mapungubwe Landscape; The Early Oldowan Stone-Tool Assemblage from Fejej FJ-1A, Ethiopia; Review of D.J. Mattingly. The Archaeology of Fazzan: Volume 3, Excavations of C.M. Daniels; Review of R. Derricourt. Inventing Africa: History, Archaeology and Ideas; Review of N. Anfinset. Metals, Nomads and Culture Contacts: The Middle East and North Africa; Review of P. Allsworth-Jones (ed.). West African Archaeology: New Developments, New Perspectives; Review of M. van der Veen. Consumption, Trade and Innovation. Exploring the Botanical Remains from the Roman and Islamic Ports at Quseir al-Qadim, Egypt; Review of K. Schramm. African Homecoming: Pan-African Ideology and Contested Heritage; Review of M. Parker Pearson. Pastoralists, Warriors and Colonists: The Archaeology of Southern Madagascar; Review of S. Pradines. Gedi, une cite swahilie. Islam medieval en Afrique orientale; Books Noted