Contents include: Editorial; Oil palm and prehistoric subsistence in tropical West Africa; Animal remains from Mahal Teglinos (Kassala, Sudan) and the arrival of pastoralism in the southern Atbai; Through thick and thin: early pottery in southern Africa; The visibility and invisibility of herders' kraals in southern Africa, with reference to a possible Early Contact Period Khoekhoe kraal at KFS 5, Western Cape; Pits, graves and grains: archaeological and archaeobotanical research in southern Cameroun; The Projet SAHEL 2004: an archaeological sequence in the Parc W, Niger; Excavations at Walalde: new light on the settlement of the Middle Senegal Valley by iron-using peoples; Early San spirituality - evidence from the Howieson's Poort Industry: a note to J. Parkington's review of San Spirituality; Review of D. Phillipson. African Archaeology (3rd Edition); Review of R. Bedaux, J. Polet, K. Sanogo & A. Schmidt (eds.). Recherches archeologiques a Dia dans le delta interieur du Niger (Mali): Bilan des saisons de fouilles 1998-2003; Review of R.J. Mc Intosh. Ancient Middle Niger: Urbanism and the Self-Organizing Landscape
