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ArchFox Books, in association with the Northern Branch of ArchSoc, offers a wide range of books on archaeology and related fields of interest to members and friends of the Society. The Northern Branch benefits financially from the sales, which is one reason why it is in a position to make generous annual grants for archaeological research and education.

 

Books and other items are sold at Northern Branch lectures and at its Annual School in October. However, orders may also be placed direct either for collection, or for delivery by post. Mail orders are subject to a postage and packaging charge of R75 upwards for South African orders, depending on the weight of the parcel. All mail orders are sent by registered post.

 

ArchFox Books is also ready to assist in obtaining any book required and specialises in locating second-hand copies of rare books, or books that are out of print.   

The new books listed here are generally in stock. Any other books, including out-of-print books, may be ordered as well. Contact Reinoud Boers at fox@boers.org.za or tel. 011 803 2681. Mailing will be advised. Payment by bank transfer or credit card. Prices are subject to change.

Link to downloadable price list, as of September 2026
Link to downloadable second-hand price list, as of September 2026

OTHER ITEMS - 2026

ArchSoc Mug	R30
Poster: 'Botha’s Cave' – Rock Art Research Institute	R45
Poster: ‘History of Southern African Archaeology’	R10

BOOK PRICE LIST - 2026

African Archaeolgy Without Frontiers. Sadr, Esterhuysen, Sievers	R380
African Civilisations: an archaeological perspective (3rd edit.). G Connah	R650
African History of Africa. Zeinab Badani	R295
African Kaiser. R Gaudi	R410
Africans: the history of a continent. 3rd edit. John Illife	R380
Africa’s Top Geological Sites. Morris Viljoen et al.	R245
After the Ice. S Mitthen	R460
Archaeological Heritage of Africa. G Pwiti and W Ndoro	R180
Archaeological Resource Management. J Carman	R580
Archaeology of Food, The. Katheryn Twiss	R520
Archaeology of Southern Africa, 2nd edit. Peter Mitchell	R680
Art of Tracking. Louis Liebenberg	R310
Bird Activity Book. McColaugh, Doreen	R100
Birds of SA and Their Tracks and Signs. Lee Gutteridge	R320
Boer War in Colour: Vol. 2. Tinus le Rolux	R495
Bones and Bodies: How SA scientists studied race. Alan Morris	R410
Book of Earth. Heidi Gustafson	R795
Brief History of Everyone who ever Lived. A Rutherford	R360
Buck that Buries its Poo. Quinton Coetzee	R275
Burchell’s African Odessy. Susan Buchanan	R475
Bushmen of Southern Africa	R295
Bushman Rock Art: an interprative guide. T Forsmann	R180
Bushman Shaman. B Keeney	R635
Bushman Stories. !Kwa ttu	R295
Cape Herders. Boonzaaier et al.	R270
Capturing the Spoor. E & C Eastwood	R350
Cederberg Rock Paintings. John Parkington	R320
Century 0f Geological Endeavours in South Africa. GSSA	R160
Climate, Clothing and Agriculture in Prehistory. Ian Gilligan	R340
Conceiving God. Lewis-Williams, David	R390
Cradle of Humankind. Janette Deacon	R45
Cradle of Life: The story of the Magaliesberg. Vincent Carruthers	R375
Creation of the Zulu Kingdom, 1815-1828. E Eldredge	R535
Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants. Pitta Joffe	R475
Culture: A new world history. Puchner, Martin	R490
Dance of the Dung Beetles. Byrne & Lunn	R415
Darwin’s Hunch: Science, Race & the Search for Human Origins. C Kuljian	R350
Diamonds, Gold and War: The making of SA. Meredith, M	R375
Discovering Southern African Rock Art. David Lewis-Williams	R340
Droppings, Dung and Scats od Southern African Wildlife. Lee Gutteridge	R210
Edible: 70 sustainable plants. K Hobbs	R540
Eland’s People: New perspectives in the rock art. Benjamin Smith	R810
Entangled Life. Sheldrake, M	R350
Exquisite Heritage: The forager rock art of Zimbabwe. Rob Burrett	R170
Extinction. MJ Benton	R450
Fading Footprints. SA da Prada	R345
Field Guide to the Amaryllis Family of Southern Africa. Duncan, Voigt	R410
Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa. Nicki van der Heide	R485
Field Guide to Sieges of South Africa. Nicki van der Heyde	R255
50 Must-see Geological Sites in South Africa. G Whitfield	R460
Finding the Mother Tree. Simard, Suzanne	R385
First People: Ancestors of the San. John Parkington	R395
First People at the Cape. Allen Mountain	R360
First People: The lost history of the Khoisan. Andrew Smith	R275
Five Hundred Years. Amanda Esterhuizen	R380
Food or War. Julian Cribb	R330
Fossil Legends of the First Americans. Adrienne Major	R520
Fossil Men. K Pattison	R410
From Tools to Symbols. D’Errico & Blackwell	R280
Geology and Paleontology of the Cape West Coast. Geological Society	R50
Great Mineral Fields of Africa. Geological Society	R100
Great South African Inventions. M Bruton	R165
Guide to Sieges of South Africa. Von der Heyde	R255
Guidebook to Sites of Geological and Mining Interest	R70
Handook to the Cradle of Humankind. Lee Berger & Elliott	R270
Healing the Exposed Being. R Thornton	R380
Hidden Life of Trees. B Wohlleben	R485
Human Beginnings in South Africa. Deacon & Deacon	R270
Humankind: a hopeful history. Bregman, Rutger	R340
Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa. Alan Barnard	R735
Image-makers. David Lewis-Williams	R200
Indigenous Healing Plants. Roberts & Roberts	R480
Indigenous Mining and Metallurgy in Africa. S Chirikure	R165
Inside the Neolithic Mind. David Lewis-Williams & David Pearce	R425
Into the Past: a memoir. Phillip Tobias	R90
Invention of Nature. Andrea Wulf	R360
Karoo Rock Engravings. John Parkington	R395
Language Evolution. R Botha	R370
Making the Most of Indigenous Trees. Fanie Venter	R460
Mapungubwe. Janette Deacon	R45
Mapungubwe: Ancient African Civilisations on the Limpopo. Tom Huffman	R350
Medicinal Plants of South Africa. Ben van Wyk, B-E	R490
Mfecane Aftrmath. Hamilton,Carolyn	R440
Mind in the Cave. David Lewis-Williams	R615
Musical Instruments of the Indigenous Peoples of SA. PR Kirby	R585
Mystery Cults in the Ancient World. Hugh Bowden	R485
Of Hominins, Hunter-gatherers and Heroes.	R260
Only in Africa: The ecology of human evolution. Norman Owen-Smith	R735
On Trail: Charles Darwin and Herschel	R100
Origins of Life in the Universe. Robert Jastrow & Michael Rampino	R585
Origin of the Species. Charles Darwin	R215
Origins: The emergence of humans and humankind in Africa. Geoff Blundell	R120
Our Fragile Moment. Michael Mann	R485
Palaces of Stone. Huffman, Tom	R310
Palaezoology and Paleoenvironment.	R325
People of the Earth: An introduction to world prehistory. Brian Fagan	R495
People of the Eland. Pat Vinnicombe	R510
People’s Plants: A guide to useful plants of South Africa.	R495
Photography and History of Colonial South Africa. L Rizzo	R380
Pocket Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Van Wyk, P	R285
Politics of Heritage in South Africa. D Peterson	R590
Remarable Trees of South Africa. Esterhuyse et al.	R430
Reservoirs of Potency. Townley-Bassett S	R265
River of Gold. Norton, Gardner and Walker	R360
Rock Art of the Waterberg. Lyn Wadley	R450
San Elders Speak. Backwell, L and D’Erico, F	R510
San Rock Art. David Lewis-Williams	R180
San Spirituality. David Lewis-Williams	R190
Sapiens: a brief history. Harari, Y	R350
Secret Network of Nature. Peter Wohlleben	R295
Seven Khoi Lives. Karel Schoeman	R280
Slave Emancipation. Watson RL	R245
Specimens of Bushman Folklore. Bleek & Lloyd	R350
Splinters from the Fire. Coral Fourie	R110
Sterkfontein: Early hominid site in the Cradle of Humankind. A Esterhuysen	R250
Stone Tools in Human Evolution. John Shea	R345
Stories that Float from Afar. David Lewis-Williams	R190
Story of Earth and Life. Bruce Rubidge and Spike McCarthy	R485
Termites of the Gods. Siyaka Nguni	R360
This Idea is Brilliant. J Brockman	R410
Traditionally Useful Plants of Africa. Xaba	R180
Transformations in Slavery: a history of slavery in Africa. Paul Lovejoy	R385
Tricksters and Trancers. Guenther Mathias	R595
Tsodilo Hills: Copper bracelets of the Kalahari. Campbell et al.	R360
Ukhahlamba. John Wright	R360
Unnatural World. D Bielo	R390
Unsung Heritage. Alan Mountain	R270
Untold History and Prehistory of African Indigenous Palaeontology. J Benoit	R370
Visionary Animal. Ego, Reinaud	R655
Way of the Bushmen. B & H Keeney	R625
Who We Are and How We Got Here. D Reich	R440
Why Don’t Things Fall Up. Alem Shaka	R295
World: A Family History. Simon Montefiore	R530
Working with Rock Art. Ben Smith	R380