African Archaeological Review

Papers
(The median citation count of African Archaeological Review is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
John W. Arthur: Beer: A Global Journey Through the Past and Present14
Abubakar Sule Sani: Imprints of the Archaeology of Northern Nigeria: Landscape, society and crafts around Kirfi, Bauchi region11
Why Weaving? Teaching Heritage, Mathematics, Science and the Self11
Commentary on Remaking the Late Holocene Environment of Western Uganda: Archaeological Perspectives on Kansyore and Later Settlers11
The Future of African Archaeology—The 2023 Perspectives10
Dola Angèle Aguigah: Archéologie et Architecture Traditionelle en Afrique de l’Ouest10
How African Pasts Can Inspire Alternative Responses to Climate Change: a Creative Writing Experiment10
African Museums, Archaeology, and Praxis10
Jacques Aymeric Nsangou: Les fortifications endogènes au Sénégal Oriental (17ème – 19ème siècle)8
Some Thoughts on Glass in African Archaeology: An Introduction8
Sally C. Reynolds & René Bobe (Eds.): African Paleoecology and Human Evolution7
Giuseppina Mutri: Technological Styles in the Jebel Gharbi Lithic Industries of the Late Pleistocene (North-Western Libya)6
Communities and the Dead in Africa and Ancient Ethiopia (50–800 CE)6
Malebogo Mvimi: Past Environments and Plant Use in Holocene Southern Africa. A Study of Charcoal and Seed Remains from the Late Stone Age Sites of Toteng (Botswana), Leopard Cave and Geduld (Namibia)6
Andrew Smith: First People: The Lost History of the Khoisan6
The Urban Biography of a Mauritanian City: Microstratigraphic Analysis of the Eastern Quarter of Tamuda (Morocco)5
Patterns of Violence in the Pre-Neolithic Nile Valley5
Assimilations and Replacements of Early and Middle Holocene Ceramic Productions Across Spatial and Temporal Boundaries in Northern Sudan5
Interdisciplinary Research into the Legacy of the Medieval Metropolis of Soba in a Modern Khartoum Suburb4
The Tichitt Culture and the Malian Lakes Region4
The Ash Heaps of Kweneng, South Africa4
Kom W and Z Basin: Surface Artifact Collection, Culture History, and the Argument Over Village Occupation4
Chicumbane Connections: Lower Limpopo Valley During the First Millennium AD4
Earth, Water, Air, and Fire – Thinking about Farming and Farmscapes3
Claudia Abatino: Exploitation and Management of Animal Resources During the Middle Iron Age, Northern Limpopo Province, South Africa3
Taking Stock of Foodplants Growing in the Cradle of Humankind Fossil Hominin Site, South Africa3
Yusuf M. Juwayeyi: Archaeology and Oral Traditions in Malawi3
African Archaeology at the Crossroads3
Geoffroy Heimlich (Ed.): Art Rupestre et Patrimoine Mondial en Afrique Subsaharienne3
Akin Ogundiran: Archaeology of the Ọ̀yọ́ Empire, 2017–2021—a Photo Exhibition. Multipurpose Hall of the Old Oyo National Park (Nigerian National Park Service), Ọ̀yọ́, Nigeria. May 10, 2021 till furthe3
Akinwumi Ogundiran: The Yorùbá: A New History3
Chapurukha M. Kusimba, Tiequan Zhu, Purity Wakabari Kiura (Eds.): China and East Africa: Ancient Ties and Contemporary Flows3
Solange Ashby: Calling Out to Isis: The Enduring Nubian Presence at Philae3
Developer-Led Archaeology in Ethiopia: Reflection on the Field3
A Contextual Reintegration of Shaw’s 1959–1964 Igbo-Ukwu Excavation Sites and Their Material Culture2
Critique of the “Black Pharaohs” Theme: Racist Perspectives of Egyptian and Kushite/Nubian Interactions in Popular Media2
School Learning Enriched by Doing: An Apprenticing Model2
Remaking the Late Holocene Environment of Western Uganda: Archaeological Perspectives on Kansyore and Later Settlers2
Material Science and the Present and Future of African Archaeology2
The African Archaeological Review Turns Forty: Some Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future2
The Age and Graphic Attributes of the First Potteries of the Western Sahara2
Alice Stevenson: Egyptian Archaeology and the Twenty-First Century Museum2
The Oudierin Drainage Archaeological Project: New Perspectives on the Saloum Delta Shell Middens (Senegal)2
Helina S. Woldekiros: The Boundaries of Ancient Trade: Kings, Commoners, and the Aksumite Salt Trade of Ethiopia2
The Role of Different Raw Materials in Lithic Technology and Settlement Patterns During the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa1
Landscapes of Memory and Power: The Archaeology of a Forgotten Kingdom in Ethiopia1
The Territory of Ancient Tipasa, Algeria: Archaeological Survey, Material Culture, and Connectivity in Central Maghreb1
Revisiting Kalundu Mound, Zambia: Implications for the Timing of Social and Subsistence Transitions in Iron Age Southern Africa1
Phillip L. de Barros: La Métallurgie du Fer en Pays Bassar (Nord-Togo) Depuis 2400 Ans. Tome I: L’Âge du Fer Ancien (de 400 avant J.-C. à 130 après J.-C.)1
Households in Transition: Persistence and Change of Dwellings in the City of Old Dongola (Sudan, 14th–17th Century)1
Later Stone Age Occupation on Iresi Hills: A New Dated Context in Southwest Nigeria1
Pikunda-Munda and Batalimo-Maluba1
Correction to: The 4.2 ka BP Climate Event in Egypt: Integration of Archaeological, Geoarchaeological, and Bioarchaeological Evidence1
The Future of Human Origins and Modern Behavior in Africa1
Prehistoric Rock Art of Jebel Shaqadud, Northwestern Butana (Sudan)1
Sitwe 23, a Complex ESA/MSA Locality in the Northern Luangwa Valley, Zambia1
A Newly Discovered Acheulean Assemblage in the Mbulu Plateau, Northern Tanzania1
Lotfi Belhouchet: Du Capsien Chasseur au Capsien Pasteur. Pour un Modèle Régional de Néolithisation1
Unveiling Site Visibility: A Study of Farming Communities in the Magaliesberg Region, South Africa1
Geospatial Science1
Sustainable Management and Conservation of Heritage Assets: A Case Study of the Lake Eyasi Basin, Northern Tanzania1
Storytelling in Archaeology and the Quest for a Pedagogy of Renewal1
Deciphering Middle Stone Age Technological Behaviors: An Analysis of the Lithic Technology from Level VI-B at Mumba, Tanzania1
Rethinking the Capsian: Lithic Variability Among Holocene Maghreb Hunter-Gatherers1
Networked Farmers, Ancestral Rituals, Regional Marketplaces, and Salt: New Insights into the Complexity of First Millennium BC/AD Farming Societies in West Africa1
Embodying Ethiopia’s Global Golden Age on the Muslim-Christian Frontier: The Allure of Glass Beads1
“All the world's a stage…”: A Valedictory Note1
Jean-Paul Ossah Mvondo: L’Archéologie: De la restitution de l’histoire à l’émergence de l’Afrique1
Investigating the MIS2 Microlithic Assemblage of Umbeli Belli Rockshelter and Its Place Within the Chrono-cultural Sequence of the LSA Along the East Coast of Southern Africa1
“A Survey of Surveys” Revisited: Current Approaches to Landscape and Surface Archaeology in Southern Africa1
Historical Archaeology of the Dente Shrine at Peki, Ghana: Landscapes of Power and Memories of Atlantic Slavery in West Africa1
Worldwide Research on Australopiths1
African Epistemologies and Ontologies: Building a Pathway that Elevates African Ways of Constructing the World as Part of a Future African Archaeology0
Global Connections and Connected Communities in the African Past: Stories from Cowrie Shells0
The Making of Bikini Glass in Bida, Nigeria: Ethnography, Chemical Composition, and Archaeology0
Alejandro Jiménez-Serrano and Juan Carlos Sánchez-León: Le Premier Nome du sud de l’Égypte au Moyen Empire, Fouilles de la mission espagnole à Qoubbet el-Haoua (Assouan) 2008–20180
Aspects of Zulu Ceramic Traditions in the Upper and Lower uThukela Basin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa0
The Archaeology of Social Transformation in Rural Zanzibar, Tanzania, from the Eleventh Through Nineteenth Centuries CE0
On the Validity of the Capsian and Iberomaurusian Entities (Northwest African Later Stone Age)0
Amarillis Pompei: The Napatan Cylindrical Sheaths. A Catalogue and Analysis of Precious Objects from the Royal Cemetery of Nuri0
David Phillipson’s Contribution to the Archaeology of the Northern Horn of Africa0
Charles Bonnet: The Black Kingdom of the Nile0
Lisa K. Sabbahy: Kingship, Power, and Legitimacy in Ancient Egypt: From the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom0
We Need Social Archaeology to Understand Resilience and Build Usable Pasts0
On Hunting and Meat-eating by Middle Stone Age Hominins at Loiyangalani Site in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania0
In Consideration of a Post-Professional Archaeology: Reflections on David W. Phillipson’s Research and Career0
My Meals Are in the Pots: Making Pots and Meals in Wollega, Southwest Ethiopia0
Elena A. A. Garcea: The Prehistory of the Sudan0
Connecting the Dots: Ceramics and the Creation of Foundational Narratives in East African Archaeology0
Graham Connah: The So Pots of Central Africa: Memories of the Past0
Mtepe: Documentation and Analysis of a Sewn-Boat Reconstruction from Zanzibar, Tanzania0
Crafting Swahili Beads: Exploring a New Glass Bead Assemblage from Northern Zanzibar, Tanzania0
Doing Archaeology in a Turbulent Time0
A Holocene Ceramic Sequence in the Central Sahara: Pottery Traditions and Social Dynamics Seen from the Takarkori Rockshelter (SW Libya)0
European Trade in Malawi: The Glass Bead Evidence0
Ritual and State Making in Precolonial Rwanda0
The 4.2 ka BP Climate Event in Egypt: Integration of Archaeological, Geoarchaeological, and Bioarchaeological Evidence0
Isotopic Evidence for Socio-economic Dynamics Within the Capital of the Kingdom of Alwa, Sudan0
Herman Ogoti Kiriama: The Legacy of Slavery in Coastal Kenya: Memory, Identity, and Heritage0
On Food, Pots, Gender, Iron, and Archaeological Theory: Interview with Professor Randi Haaland0
Archaeology and Development: Post-Conflict Rebuilding of the Archaeology and Heritage Sector in Sudan0
Commentary on Remaking the Late Holocene Environment of Western Uganda: Archaeological Perspectives on Kansyore and Later Settlers0
Record-Making, Research, and Removal: Mitigating Impacts on Rock Art in a CRM Context in Southern Africa—the Case of the Metolong Dam, Lesotho0
The Social Implication of a “mixed” Ceramic Assemblage: Understanding the Predynastic Community of Nag el-Qarmila (First Nile Cataract, Egypt) Through Pottery Technology0
Sustainable Development and Cultural Heritage Management in Kenya: The Impact of Changing Governance and Financing Landscapes on Developer-Led Archaeology0
Glass Beads from Songo Mnara, Tanzania: Chemical Composition and Evidence for Local Bead Manufacture0
Institutionalizing a “developer pays” Principle for Commercial Archaeology as Part of Changing China-Africa Economic Relations0
The Current Phyto-Scape and Foodplants of Holley Shelter, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Its Potential for Past Foragers0
Nicholas David (1937–2023)0
A Focus on Western Uganda0
New Luminescence and Radiocarbon Dates for Kanem-Borno Fired-Brick Elite Sites in Kanem, Chad: Bayesian Chronological Modelling of Settlement Construction0
The Chronology of Kilwa Kisiwani, AD 800–15000
Production and Use of Ceramics in the First Millennium BC: Jebel Moya, Sudan0
Holl, A. F. C.: The Mobility Imperative: A Global Evolutionary Perspective of Human Migration0
Stéphane Pradines: Historic mosques in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Timbuktu to Zanzibar0
Correction: Pre-Aksumite and Aksumite Agricultural Economy at Ona Adi, Tigrai (Ethiopia): First look at a 1000-Year History0
A Day on the Nile: Living in a Town in Nubia0
Amanda L. Logan: The Scarcity Slot: Excavating Histories of Food Security in Ghana0
Teardrops at the Lake: Chemistry of New Kingdom to Makuria Glass Beads and Pendants Between the First and Second Nile Cataracts0
David Phillipson: An Illustrious Synthesizer of African Archaeology0
Pre-Aksumite and Aksumite Agricultural Economy at Ona Adi, Tigrai (Ethiopia): First look at a 1000-Year History0
The Politics of Knowledge Production: Training and Practice of Archaeological Science in Africa0
Gwyn Campbell: Africa and the Indian Ocean World from Early Times to Circa 19000
Multilingualism at the Crossroads of Africa: A Response to Commentaries on “Remaking Late Holocene Environment of Western Uganda: Kansyore and Later Settlers in the Ndali Crater Lakes Region”0
Tumuli at Tombos: Innovation, Tradition, and Variability in Nubia during the Early Napatan Period0
Comment on Schmidt et al., “Remaking the Late Holocene Environment of Western Uganda: Archaeological Perspectives on Kansyore and Later Settlers”0
Salomé Zurinaga Fernández-Toríbio: España en la Campaña de Salvamento de la UNESCO en Nubia0
Savino di Lernia and Marina Gallinaro (Eds.): Archaeology of Africa. Potential and Perspectives on Laboratory & Fieldwork Research0
The Possible Time and Region of Host Switches of Ancient Malaria Parasites with Reference to the Pliocene–Quaternary Archaeological Sites in Africa0
Africa and Its Global Connections0
African Archaeology in Support of School Learning: an Introduction0
Lucarelli, Rita, Joshua Aaron Roberson, and Steve Vinson (eds). Ancient Egypt, New Technology: The Present and Future of Computer Visualization, Virtual Reality, and Other Digital Humanities in Egypto0
Peter Mitchell: African Islands: A Comparative Archaeology0
Wood Charcoal from Border Cave’s Member 1RGBS: Evidence for the Environment and Plant Use During MIS 50
Mark William Hauser and Julia John Haines: The Archaeology of Modern Worlds in the Indian Ocean0
Seventy Years of Pottery Studies in the Archaeology of Mesolithic and Neolithic Sudan0
Reconciling Archaeology and Legacy at Gishimangeda Cave, Tanzania0
John Kinehan: Namib: The Archaeology of an African Desert0
Expanding Space and Time at Igbo-Ukwu: Insights from Recent Fieldwork0
Abdel Kader Bongo Doyendze: Le Paléolithique du Gabon—Étude des industries pré-historiques du Haut-Ogooué0
Capturing Empire Through the Lens: Colonial Narratives and Power Structures in Henry Wellcome’s Expedition to Jebel Moya, Sudan0
Pikunda-Munda: Disappearance of Pottery Production in the Western Congo Basin at the End of the Early Iron Age0
The Future of Heritage Management and Development in Africa0
Hunting, Fishing, and Herding in Later Stone Age and Iron Age Zambia: A Review of Zooarchaeological Evidence0
Andrea Manzo: Ancient Egypt in its African Context: Economic Networks, Social and Cultural Interactions0
Igbo-Ukwu at 50: A Symposium on Recent Archaeological Research and Analysis0
African Farmers, Not Stone Age Foragers: Reassessment of Human Remains from the Mumbwa Caves, Zambia0
Training and Collaboration in African Archaeology0
Spatial Organization and Socio-Economic Differentiation at the Dhar Tichitt Center of Dakhlet el Atrouss I (Southeastern Mauritania)0
Lydia Wilson Marshall (Ed.): Landscapes of Slavery in Africa0
David Phillipson: A Pan-African Archaeologist0
Middle Stone Age Bifacial Technology and Pressure Flaking at the MIS 3 Site of Toumboura III, Eastern Senegal0
Usable Pasts Forum: UNESCO and Heritage Tourism in Africa0
Wild Food: Plants, Fish and Small Animals on the Menu for Early Holocene Populations at al-Khiday, Central Sudan0
Evidence of an Eleventh-Century AD Cola Nitida Trade into the Middle Niger Region0
Francis X. Lwamgira: The History of Kiziba and Its Kings / Historia ya Kiziba na Wafalme Wake0
Genetics and Archaeology0
Correction to: Elena A. A. Garcea: The Prehistory of the Sudan0
Leire Olabarria: Kinship and Family in Ancient Egypt: Archaeology and Anthropology in Dialogue0
Alexandra C. Kelly: Consuming Ivory: Mercantile Legacies of East Africa and New England0
New Insights on the Palaeo-archaeological Potential of the Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal0
Durability, Context, and Pragmatics in Linguistic Histories0
Glass in African Archaeology: A New Methodology Offers New Opportunities0
Preliminary Analysis of Ceramic Styles in Fier, Lankan, and Daffo, Southern Jos Plateau, Central Nigeria0
Re-assessing Middle Nubian cultural constructs through ceramic petrography0
Ethnoarchaeology0
The Many Meanings of “Integration”: Some Thoughts on Relating Rock Art and Excavated Archaeology in South Africa0
Igbo-Ukwu Textiles: AMS Dating and Fiber Analysis0
A Life in African Archaeology: Autobiographical Notes0
Noel Lenski and Catherine M. Cameron (Eds.): What Is a Slave Society? The Practice of Slavery in Global Perspective0
Troche Julia: Death, Power, and Apotheosis in Ancient Egypt: The Old and Middle Kingdoms0
The 100,000–77,000-Year Old Middle Stone Age Micromammal Sequence from Blombos Cave, South Africa: Local Climatic Stability or a Tale of Predator Bias?0
A Metallographic Study of Objects and Fragments from the Site of Igbo Isaiah, Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria0
Chumnungwa Glass Beads: New Insights into the Geochemistry, Circulation, and Consumption Patterns of Pre-European Glass Beads in Iron Age Southern Africa, CE 980–16500
First Archaeological Excavations Along the Atlantic Ocean Coastline of the Democratic Republic of Congo: The Iron Age Sites at Muanda0
Science, Not Black Magic: Metal and Glass Production in Africa0
Contemporaneity of the Typical and Upper Capsian (Northwest African Later Stone Age)0
Local Ceramics from the Islamic Trade Center of Harlaa, Eastern Ethiopia: Markers of Chronology and Contacts0
Barbara Frank: Griot Potters of the Folona: The History of an African Ceramic Tradition0
Preserving Heritage Amid War: A Protocol for Recording and Disseminating the Tomb of Djehutyhotep at the Sudan National Museum0
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