Contents include: Decoding an Early Holocene Saharan stratified site. Ceramic dispersion and site formation processes in the Takarkori rock-shelter, Acacus Mountains, Libya; Slag identification at southern African archaeological sites; A look into the earth: evaluating the use of magnetic survey in African archaeology; Iron smelting - a vanishing tradition: ethnographic study of this craft in south-west Ethiopia; Preliminary investigations in the Djebel Uweinat region, Libyan Desert; Review Essay. What do we know about African iron working?; Review of A. F.C. Holl. Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements; Review of F. Jesse. Rahib 80/87. Ein Wavy-Line-Fundplatz im Wadi Howar und die fruheste Keramik in Nordafrika; Review of S. di Lernia & G. Manzi (eds.). Sand, Stones, and Bones. The Archaeology of Death in the Wadi Tanezzuft Valley (5000-2000 BP)