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> World-Wide Web Virtual Library Africa (worldwide links on other topics from the University of Columbia, United States)
> Internet African History Sourcebook
> Women Researching African Archaeology
ANCIENT MAPS :
> Afriterra.Org (a non-profit Cartographic Library and Archive assembling and preserving the original rare maps of Africa)
> Map Gallery - historical maps of Africa (American Museum of Natural History)
> Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas :
... Africa Maps from the CIA
... Historical Maps of Africa
> Worldatlas.com Africa maps
BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND DATABASES :
> Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (database at the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Belgium)
> British Institute in Eastern Africa, Axum Archive - archive set up on the Aluka server
> British Institute in Eastern Africa, Kilwa Archive - archive set up on the Aluka server
> Canary Islands Prehispanic Rock Art (from the "Institutum Canarium" web site - see "Institutions")
> Central Africa : Cameroon, Centrafrique, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, People's Republic of Congo, Angola (in french/english, compiled by B.Clist)
... Bibliography
... Recent publications
> Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary (database at the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Belgium)
> General Geology Library Catalogue (database at the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Belgium)
> Ethnoarchaeology Bibliography (compiled by Dr. Nicholas David, Department of Archaeology at the University of Calgary; pdf format, also can use Procite)
> Fossil Hominids : References
> Heinz Rüther Collection - archive set up on the Aluka server
> Le nord-ouest de l'Afrique (Afrique du Nord, Sahara, Afrique de l'Ouest) - Paléoenvironnements et Préhistoire : Publications récentes ("recent publications, North-West Africa" - set up by Robert Vernet)
> Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale - Prehistory & Archaeology Library Catalogue
> Rock Art - archive set up on the Aluka server
> Tervuren Xylarium Wood Database (database at the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Belgium)
> UN-BU Archaeological Expedition at Bieta Giyorgis, Aksum - archive set up on the Aluka server
> Other archaeology bibliographies, click here.
BOOKS :
> Books on amazon.com : in the "search books" form type 'african archaeology' then browse.
> British Archaeological Reports on Africa
> Publications from African and Comparative Archaeology (Uppsala University)
ICOM HANDBOOK OF STANDARDS :
> Documenting african collections (bilingual, english and french)
JOURNALS :
Note : african archaeology papers are also published in mainstream archaeology journals, e.g. Journal of Human Evolution, World Archaeology or Antiquity. Check here for an exhaustive list. Some information can be found in "Archaeologies : The Journal of the World Archaeological Congress", some abstracts about african archaeology.
> African Archaeological Review (online : Table of Contents and abstracts since 1983, vol.1, issue 1).
> Afrique : Archéologie & Arts (Online : Table of Contents of issue n°1)
> Annales Aequatoria (since 1980; on the anthropology, history and linguistics of central Congo)
... see also Centre Aequatoria in french or in english
> Artefacts - The South African Archaeological Society Transvaal Branch Newsletter
> Azania - The British Institute in Eastern Africa Journal (follow the links on this page either to past or present volumes of Azania).
> Bulletin Mega-Tchad (Mega-Tchad scientific network bulletin - TOC and full text contents since issues of 1997)
> Cimbebasia - Scientific Journal of the National Museum of Namibia. Contents.
> International Newsletter on Rock Art (INORA) (english version; french version available here :). Online since 2005, issue number 42.
> Journal of African Archaeology (Online : Table of Contents and abstracts since vol.1, No1, 2003)
> Journal of African History (Online : TOC since issue 03, Nov 1997)
> Journal of Environment and Culture : though presented as the "the leading voice on environmental issues in Africa", the contents available via the World Archaeological Congress web site are limited to the first two volumes (2004 & 2005) with TOC and abstract of papers published, and the topics are mainly about Nigeria. Checking further this point, one finds that it is "an official publication of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria."
> KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt (Online : Table of Contents since Vol.6, No2, Summer 1995)
> Mediterranean Archaeology ("The Australian and New Zealand Journal for the Archaeology of the Mediterranean World". Table of Contents online since issue No1, 1988)
> Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry ("interdisciplinary International Journal issued by the University of the Aegean, Department of Mediterranean Studies, Rhodes, Greece." First issue : 2001. Full text papers with pdf format. Semestrial journal)
> Mediterranean Prehistory Online - e-journal (Table of Contents for issues No1 and 2 (1998-2000) formerly at http://www.history-journals.de/articles/hjg-eartic-j00023.html, now off line & more info here)
> Nsi liaison bulletin (archaeology of Central Africa, some texts on eastern and southern Africa - TOC and full texts in pdf format, 1987-1992)
> Nyame Akuma [Bulletin of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists. Online : the full contents are available (pdf format) from vol.1 1972 onwards to 2004 included. From 2005 'til now, TOC only].
> PalArch (e-journal : archaeology of Egypt, vertebrate paelontology, archaeology of north west Europe; four issues a year; first issue 2004)
> Préhistoire Anthropologie méditerranéennes (papers on the Sahara and northern Africa)
> Prehistory Society of Zimbabwe Newsletter : newsletter 137, March 2008 |
> Sahara : Prehistory and History of the Sahara (online : Table of Contents and abstracts since vol.10, 1999)
> Sagittarius - magazine of the South African Museum (TOC from Vol.1 n°1 1986 to Vol.5 n°1 1990, some full text papers online)
> Southern African Humanities : a journal of cultural studies (Natal Museum, South Africa) (TOC since vol.14, dec.2002)
> Other journals in Anthropology and Archaeology: Anthropology Resources on the Internet (more than 300 journals listed)
WORLD HERITAGE LIST :
> UNESCO World Heritage List (Africa is included)