By means of introduction, Peter Mitchell and Alison Roberts outline the background to, not only the geography, climate and ecology of South Africa, but also its archaeology and the role of the British in terms of archaeological study, research projects, funding and the acquisition of artefacts by British individuals and institutions. This precedes a large gazetteer of sites and objects that derive from various sites in South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, which are now held by the British Museum.