Documents : |Ancient Maps | Bibliographies / Databases | Books | ICOM Handbook |
| Journals | World Heritage List |
| Journals | World Heritage List |
> 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 :
> 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
> 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
> 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
> Tervuren Xylarium Wood Database (database at the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Belgium)
> 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.
> African Archaeological Review (online : Table of Contents and abstracts since 1997, vol.14, issue 4).
> 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.
> 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)
> 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 : currently the Table of Contents for all issues are slowly being copied into the US server, later they will be there from n°1, 1972)
> 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)
> 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)