Contents include: Guest Editorial - Archaeological science and African archaeology; An exploratory study of copper and iron production at Marothodi, an early 19th century Tswana town, Rustenburg District, South Africa; Iron smelting in pre-colonial Zimbabwe: evidence for diachronic change from Swart Village and Baranda, northern Zimbabwe; Lead isotopes in West African copper alloys; Chemical Analysis of glass Beads from Madagascar; Early Primary Glass Production in Southern Nigeria; An indigenous technology? A commentary on Lankton et al. "Early Primary Glass Production in Southern Nigeria"; Mise en evidence dans le nord-ouest du Gabon de la presence de l Homme au sein des forets dage Holocene; Zilum: A Mid-First Millennium BC Fortified Settlement near Lake Chad; Review Article: The Difficult Path of France / Africa Scientific Cooperation; Review of J.L. Quellec, P. & Ph. de Flers. Du Sahara au Nil. Peintures et gravures d'avant les Pharaos; Review of C.R. De Corse. An Archaeology of Elmina. Africans and Europeans on the Gold Coast, 1400-1900