Botswana

Archaeological research at Modipe Hill, Kgatleng district, Botswana: survey and excavation,
      1992-1995
      Nicholas Pearson...............................................................................................................2

Burkina Faso

Recherches archéologiques concernant l’histoire de l’occupation de la région sahélienne
      au nord du Burkina Faso: campagne de fouille de 1994
      Ralf Vogelsang.................................................................................................................16

Cameroon

Archéologie dans la reserve du Dja es ses environs (Sud-Cameroun)
      Jean-Paul Ossah Mvondo................................................................................................21

Ethiopia

The I.U.O./B.U. excavation at Bieta Giyorgis (Aksum): an interim report
      Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich.........................................................................25

The B.I.E.A. Aksum excavations, 1994
      David W. Phillipson.........................................................................................................28

Libya

New investigations in the Tadrart Acacus, Libyan Sahara
      Elena A.A. Garcea...........................................................................................................35

Nigeria

Recent discovery of prehistoric sites in the Ajibode area of Ibadan, Nigeria:
      a preliminary report
      K.N. Momin.....................................................................................................................38

Those Igbo-Ukwu dates again
      Thurstan Shaw.................................................................................................................43

A report on newly discovered soapstone figurines from North-Central Yorubaland, Nigeria
      Aribidesi Usman..............................................................................................................44

Senegal

Produits périssables superficiels: apports de la chimie et de l’ethnologie
      Josette Rivallain..............................................................................................................51

South Africa

Florisbad, South Africa: over 120,000 years of human activity
      Zoë Henderson.................................................................................................................53

Sudan

Archaeological fieldwork at Musawwarat es Sufra, spring 1995
      Steffen Wenig and Pawel Wolf........................................................................................57

Tanzania

Reconnaissance of sites bearing triangular incised (Tana tradition) ware on Pemba Island,
      Tanzania
      Adria LaViolette and Jeffrey Fleisher.............................................................................59

Zaire

The peopling of the central African rain forests: landscape and prehistory in the
      Ituri forest of Zaire
      Julio Mercader.................................................................................................................66

Conference News

The biennial meeting of Society of African Archaeologists,
      Poznan, Poland, September 3-6, 1996..............................................................................70

The 14th Southern African Association of Archaeologists biennial conference,
      July 1-4, 1996...................................................................................................................74

Publications and other information

New books / Book available for review...................................................................................75

H-AFRICA Electronic Discussion Group.................................................................................76