TY - JOUR AU1 - Magnavita, Sonja AU2 - Breunig, Peter AB - Book Review Five papers, spanning from the early Oldowan to modern times, are provided in the current issue of the Journal of African Archaeology. Thanks to the submissions of a number of colleagues, particularly those working in the northern part of the African continent, we were indeed able to keep our promise from earlier this year and accordingly offer an overall regionally well-balanced ninth volume of the Journal to our readers. The present issue starts with a rather unusual kind of experimental study in the African archaeological research landscape. Written by Riaan F. Rifkin, a PhD student about to conclude his thesis at the University of the Witwatersrand, the paper examines the efficacy of various ochre-based `recipes' that might have been once employed in prehistoric hide tanning. As learnt from some colleagues involved in the process of reviewing the paper's earlier drafts, including a worldwide leading leather chemist, the conclusions drawn by the author will be of great interest for those working on traditional leather manufacture both inside and outside the continent. The second paper of this number was penned by Savino di Lernia and Marina Gallinaro. It is all about the challenges of working and preserving UNESCO TI - Editorial JF - Journal of African Archaeology DO - 10.1163/21915784-90000006 DA - 2011-10-25 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/brill/editorial-QwuYzGQG5z SP - 129 EP - 129 VL - 9 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -