Volume 40, Issue 2 | African Archaeological Review

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Volume 40, Issue 2

June 2023

Glass in African Archaeology

Issue Editor:

Abidemi Babatunde Babalola

10 articles in this issue

Some Thoughts on Glass in African Archaeology: An Introduction
Abidemi Babatunde Babalola
Thilo Rehren
Introduction 24 May 2023 Pages: 289 - 294
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Archaeology of Glass in Africa: Material and Materiality
Teardrops at the Lake: Chemistry of New Kingdom to Makuria Glass Beads and Pendants Between the First and Second Nile Cataracts
Joanna Then-Obłuska
Laure Dussubieux
Original Article Open access 15 December 2021 Pages: 295 - 315
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Archaeology of Glass in Africa: Material and Materiality
Embodying Ethiopia’s Global Golden Age on the Muslim-Christian Frontier: The Allure of Glass Beads
Beatriz Marín-Aguilera
Laure Dussubieux
Original Article Open access 30 March 2023 Pages: 317 - 333
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Archaeology of Glass in Africa: Material and Materiality
Crafting Swahili Beads: Exploring a New Glass Bead Assemblage from Northern Zanzibar, Tanzania
Henriette Rødland
Original Article Open access 10 March 2022 Pages: 335 - 356
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Archaeology of Glass in Africa: Material and Materiality
Glass Beads from Songo Mnara, Tanzania: Chemical Composition and Evidence for Local Bead Manufacture
Marilee Wood
Laure Dussubieux
Jeffrey Fleisher
Original Article 05 August 2022 Pages: 357 - 376
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Archaeology of Glass in Africa: Material and Materiality
European Trade in Malawi: The Glass Bead Evidence
Laure Dussubieux
Menno Welling
Jessica C. Thompson
Original Article 22 August 2022 Pages: 377 - 396
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Archaeology of Glass in Africa: Material and Materiality
The Making of Bikini Glass in Bida, Nigeria: Ethnography, Chemical Composition, and Archaeology
Lesley Lababidi
Abidemi Babatunde Babalola
Aurélien Canizares
Original Article Open access 20 October 2022 Pages: 397 - 424
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Archaeology of Glass in Africa: Material and Materiality
Glass in African Archaeology: A New Methodology Offers New Opportunities
Ian C. Freestone
Commentary 23 May 2023 Pages: 425 - 428
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Archaeology of Glass in Africa: Material and Materiality
New Insights on the Palaeo-archaeological Potential of the Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal
Matar Ndiaye
Eric Huysecom
Katja Douze
Research Report Open access 15 April 2023 Pages: 429 - 442
Sally C. Reynolds & René Bobe (Eds.): African Paleoecology and Human Evolution
Robert Patalano
Book Review 24 April 2023 Pages: 443 - 446