OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of African Archaeological Review is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
John W. Arthur: Beer: A Global Journey Through the Past and Present	16
Giuseppina Mutri: Technological Styles in the Jebel Gharbi Lithic Industries of the Late Pleistocene (North-Western Libya)	14
Dola Angèle Aguigah: Archéologie et Architecture Traditionelle en Afrique de l’Ouest	12
The Tichitt Culture and the Malian Lakes Region	10
Assimilations and Replacements of Early and Middle Holocene Ceramic Productions Across Spatial and Temporal Boundaries in Northern Sudan	10
A Window into the Nubian Diet: A Case Study of Food Crop Storage in the Kingdom of Dongola (Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries CE), Northern Sudan	9
Alice Stevenson: Egyptian Archaeology and the Twenty-First Century Museum	8
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 Africa	7
Geospatial Science	7
Households in Transition: Persistence and Change of Dwellings in the City of Old Dongola (Sudan, 14th–17th Century)	7
Deciphering Middle Stone Age Technological Behaviors: An Analysis of the Lithic Technology from Level VI-B at Mumba, Tanzania	7
Rethinking the Capsian: Lithic Variability Among Holocene Maghreb Hunter-Gatherers	6
“All the world's a stage…”: A Valedictory Note	6
Remaking the Late Holocene Environment of Western Uganda: Archaeological Perspectives on Kansyore and Later Settlers	6
The Future of Human Origins and Modern Behavior in Africa	6
Hunting by Farmers in the Central Lowveld of South Africa: The Late Iron Age Fauna from Mluwati	6
Commentary on Remaking the Late Holocene Environment of Western Uganda: Archaeological Perspectives on Kansyore and Later Settlers	6
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.)	5
Mark William Hauser and Julia John Haines: The Archaeology of Modern Worlds in the Indian Ocean	5
Science, Not Black Magic: Metal and Glass Production in Africa	5
African Farmers, Not Stone Age Foragers: Reassessment of Human Remains from the Mumbwa Caves, Zambia	5
Preserving Heritage Amid War: A Protocol for Recording and Disseminating the Tomb of Djehutyhotep at the Sudan National Museum	4
John Kinehan: Namib: The Archaeology of an African Desert	4
Institutionalizing a “developer pays” Principle for Commercial Archaeology as Part of Changing China-Africa Economic Relations	4
Andrea Manzo: Ancient Egypt in its African Context: Economic Networks, Social and Cultural Interactions	4

Wild Food: Plants, Fish and Small Animals on the Menu for Early Holocene Populations at al-Khiday, Central Sudan	4
How African Pasts Can Inspire Alternative Responses to Climate Change: a Creative Writing Experiment	3
Ethnoarchaeology	3
First Archaeological Excavations Along the Atlantic Ocean Coastline of the Democratic Republic of Congo: The Iron Age Sites at Muanda	3
New Insights on the Palaeo-archaeological Potential of the Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal	3
Africa’s Cultural Crossroads: Archaeological Evidence for Ritual Syncretism in Western Uganda from Western Kansyore, Transitional Urewe, and Bigo-Period Burials	3
On the Validity of the Capsian and Iberomaurusian Entities (Northwest African Later Stone Age)	3
Durability, Context, and Pragmatics in Linguistic Histories	3
Expanding Space and Time at Igbo-Ukwu: Insights from Recent Fieldwork	3
Sustainable Development and Cultural Heritage Management in Kenya: The Impact of Changing Governance and Financing Landscapes on Developer-Led Archaeology	3
Correction: Pre-Aksumite and Aksumite Agricultural Economy at Ona Adi, Tigrai (Ethiopia): First look at a 1000-Year History	3
Training and Collaboration in African Archaeology	3
The Many Meanings of “Integration”: Some Thoughts on Relating Rock Art and Excavated Archaeology in South Africa	2
A Newly Discovered Acheulean Assemblage in the Mbulu Plateau, Northern Tanzania	2
The Future of Heritage Management and Development in Africa	2
“A Survey of Surveys” Revisited: Current Approaches to Landscape and Surface Archaeology in Southern Africa	2
Lotfi Belhouchet: Du Capsien Chasseur au Capsien Pasteur. Pour un Modèle Régional de Néolithisation	2
A Day on the Nile: Living in a Town in Nubia	2
Earth, Water, Air, and Fire – Thinking about Farming and Farmscapes	2
Pre-Aksumite and Aksumite Agricultural Economy at Ona Adi, Tigrai (Ethiopia): First look at a 1000-Year History	2
The Territory of Ancient Tipasa, Algeria: Archaeological Survey, Material Culture, and Connectivity in Central Maghreb	2