The Archaeology of Southern Madagascar. By Mike Parker Pearson with Karen Godden, Ramilisonina, Retsihisatse, Jean-Luc Schwenninger, Georges Heurtebize, Chantal Radimilahy and Helen Smith with contributions by Irene de Luis, David Baker, Seth Priestman, Lucien Rakotozafy, Bako Rasoarifetra, Alan Vince, Zoë Crossland and Brian Boyd. BAR International Series 2139, Archaeopress, 2010, 725 pp. ISBN 978-1-4073-0608-3. £ 95.00.