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Contents include: On the periphery of Kerma - The Handessi Horizon in Wadi Hariq, Northwestern Sudan; Size and size change of the African aurochs during the Pleistocene and Holocene; A new contribution to the history of pastoralism in West Africa; Global encounters: slavery and slave lifeways on nineteenth century Danish plantations on the Gold Coast, Ghana; Towards a comparative archaeology of Africas islands; Evolution of Prehistoric Fishing in the Nile Valley; Review of K. Neumann, A. Butler & S. Kahlheber (eds.). Food, Fuel and Fields. Progress in African Archaeobotany; Review of P. Mitchell, A. Haour & J. Hobart (eds.). Researching Africas Past. New Contributions from British Archaeologists; Review of A. F. C. Holl. Saharan Rock Art. Archaeology of Tassilian Pastoral Iconography; Review of P. F. de M. Farias (ed.). Arabic Medieval Inscriptions from the Republic of Mali. Epigraphy, Chronicles and Songhay-Tuareg History