NYAME AKUMA
Editor: Pam Willoughby
CONTENTS (#48, December 1997)
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Editorial....................................................................................................................................1
Burundi
Prospections géophysiques de sites archéologiques de métallurgie du fer dans
la région centre du Burundi
Elizabeth Vignati-Pagis et Albert Hesse...............................................................................2
Cameroon
Refuse disposal and mound formation: An ethnoarchaeological approach in Northern Cameroon
Kimberly S. Jones...............................................................................................................11
Eritrea
German fieldwork in Eritrea
Steffen Wenig.....................................................................................................................20
Ethiopia
The 1997 B.U./I.O.U. Excavations at Bieta Giyorgis, Aksum: A preliminary report
Kathryn Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich.................................................................................22
Ghana
Obituary for Boyasi Hill: A Kintampo site in Ashanti region, Ghana
Joanna Casey and Roland Sawatsky..................................................................................29
Report of excavations at the Birimi site in northern Ghana
J. Casey, R. Sawatsky, D.I. Godfrey-Smith, N. Quickert, A.C. D’Andrea,
M. Wollstonecroft and A. Hawkins......................................................................................32
Guinea
The technology of iron production in the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea
Rolf Jensen.........................................................................................................................39
Tanzania
The Excavation at Kwale Island, south of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Felix Chami and Paul J. Msemwa......................................................................................45
Archaeological site survey from Kisiju to Dar es Salaam
Emanuel T. Kessey.............................................................................................................57
Uganda
Archaeological research in Bunyoro-Kitara: preliminary results
P. Robertshaw, E.R. Kamuhangire, A. Reid, R. Young, S.T. Childs and N. Pearson..........70
Conference news
Call for papers: Historical and contemporary Bourgou in the West African context......................78
Report on the workshop on the archaeological heritage of Eastern Africa
J.E.G. Sutton.....................................................................................................................78
Report on the second workshop on the archaeobotany of North Africa
Katharina Neumann..........................................................................................................79