Peter Mitchell is Professor of African Archaeology, Tutor and Fellow at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and Honorary Research Associate, GAES, at the University of the Witwatersrand. From 2004 until 2006 he served as President of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, and since 2006 has been Honrary Secretary of the British Institute in Eastern Africa. Paul Lane is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of York and Honary Research Associate, GAES, at the University of the Witwatersrand. From 2008 to 2010 he served as President of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists.
The Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology is a great source of reference to work with. Especially for a professional who specializes in regions outside Africa, it represents a useful starting point to gain a comprehensive, though necessarily selective, overview of key topics. * Monika Baumanova, European Journal of Archaeology * Mitchell and Lane have brought together an impressive volume of lucidly written short essays accompanied by substantive bibliographies that provide useful pathways into current literature. * Ann Stahl, University of Victoria, Canada * Peter Mitchell and Paul Lane can be congratulated on successfully identifying contributors with both general and site-specific knowledge and taking the time to cross-reference the chapters and provide a comprehensive index. It will become one of the most useful books on my shelves. * Janette Deacon, Landscape History * The Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology is an essential purchase for Africanist archaeologists and for college and university libraries. * John J. Shea, Journal of Anthropological Research * The chapters are comprehensive and authoritative with successive sections on theory, method and practice; becoming human; African forager, pastoralist and farming communities; towns and states; andAfrican societies and the modernworld system. * Martin Hall, South African Archaeological Bulletin *