During the first half of 2025, Henri Zana conducted several fieldwork missions to collect data on the (ethno)archaeology of pottery-producing communities located in the southwest of the Central African Republic. More specifically, Henri Zana collected ethnographic and archaeological data in the prefectures of Lobaye (Mbaïki), Sangha Mbaéré (Nola), and Mambéré Kadéi (Bania). Besides collecting data on the chaînes operatoires of potters belonging to different Ubangi subgroups, the mission led to the identification of 12 sites, 7 of which were excavated. The mission also involved genetic data collection on Ubangi and Bantu-speaking populations never sampled before.