Eight papers from the EAA meeting held in Bournemouth in 1999, focusing on the technical rather than theoretical aspects of using ethnographic case studies. The case studies come from Siberia, Spain, France, Portugal, Africa, Indonesia and New Guinea and focus on techniques of agricultural and craft production andEight papers from the EAA meeting held in Bournemouth in 1999, focusing on the technical rather than theoretical aspects of using ethnographic case studies. The case studies come from Siberia, Spain, France, Portugal, Africa, Indonesia and New Guinea and focus on techniques of agricultural and craft production and