Part I. Introduction. Introducing African archaeology / Peter Mitchell and Paul Lane
Part II. Doing African archaeology : theory, method, practice
Part III. Becoming human
Part IV. Hunters, gatherers, and intensifiers : the diversity of African foragers
Part V. Food for thought : the archaeology of African pastoralist and farming communities
Part VI. Power, prestige, and consumption : African towns and states and their neighbours
Part VII. African societies and the modern world system.
The Oxford handbook of African archaeology. ISBN 9780199569885. Published by Oxford University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.