Includes bibliographical references and index.

Theory in Africa : Africa in theory / Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey B. Fleisher -- African models in global histories / Scott MacEachern -- The problem of equifinality in archaeology / Felix Chami -- The place of Africa in theory / Henrietta L. Moore -- Problems with practice : dynamic interpretation in African archaeology / Stephanie Wynne-Jones -- Situating the Swahili house / Jeffrey B. Fleisher -- Pioneers of archaeological thought and practice in postcolonial Nigeria / Akinwumi Ogundiran -- Settlements and culture : cognitive models in African prehistory / Thomas N. Huffman -- Material expressions of religious identity in Ghana / Kodzo Gavua -- What kind of science is archaeology? Iron age studies in southern Africa / Per Ditlef Fredriksen -- Iron age imaginaries and barbarian encounters : European prehistory's African past / Paul Lane -- The African state in theory : thoughts on political landscapes and the limits of rule in Atlantic Senegal (and elsewhere) / François G. Richard -- Broadening the archaeological perspective : some lessons from the sub-Saharan African landscape? / Timothy Insoll -- Off the coast, but hopefully not too off-the-cuff : thoughts on anthropological archaeology and theory in practice in Africa / Susan Kus -- Archaeology of a continent, in theory / Wendy Ashmore -- Anthropology, archaeology and African studies : some thoughts on theory, stuff and the possibilities of a new Afro-centrism / Joost Fontein.