List of archaeology journals explained

This page contains a list of academic journals covering archaeology, the study of the human past through material remains. It includes both active periodicals and those that have ceased publication.

Before the advent of the modern journal format, the Society of Antiquaries of London published Vetusta Monumenta, a series of illustrated folios on antiquarian studies which appeared at irregular intervals between 1718 and 1909.^[1] Beginning in 1770, papers delivered at the society's meetings were also published in quarto format in Archaeologia (last published in 2007), and from 1843 in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London, which is still published today under the title Antiquaries Journal.^{[2] [3]} Other early archaeological journals that are still active include The Archaeological Journal and La Revue Archéologique, both first published in 1844, Archaeologia Cambrensis, published by the Cambrian Archaeological Association since 1846, and Sussex Archaeological Collections, published by the Sussex Archaeological Society since 1848.

Apart from the dedicated academic publications listed here, scholarship in archaeology is also published in general-purpose scientific journals such as Science or Nature, and in semi-scholarly periodicals such as Archaeology, Discover, National Geographic, or Scientific American.^[4] In North America, archaeology is considered one of the four subfields of anthropology, so papers on archaeology are often published in general anthropology journals, for example American Anthropologist or Current Anthropology. Environmental archaeology is often published in multi-disciplinary environmental science journals, such as Quaternary International or The Holocene, or less commonly, in ecology or development studies journals.^[5]

Archaeology journals are dominated by men.^[6] Across publications, there are two to three times more papers by male authors than by women.^{[7] [8] [9]} Many archaeology journals also show a gender citation gap: articles written by women are less likely to be cited, especially by men.^{[10] [11]} Studies have generally shown that the imbalance in publication rates is because archaeology journals receive fewer submissions from women, rather than any detectable bias in the peer review processes.^[12] In recent years the number of women authors have increased but,, gendered publication rates are not equal. As well as gender, archaeological publishing is also homogenous in terms of race, ethnicity and sexual orientation; more prestigious journals tend to be dominated by straight, white, cisgender men.

Active publications

Title	Publisher	First published	Issues per year	Open access	ISSN<	-- New row:
title	publisher	first_year	issues_per_year	open_access	-->
Acta Archaeologica		1930	2
Acta Archaeologica Sinica		1936	4
Advances in Archaeological Practice		2013	4	Hybrid
African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter	African Diaspora Archaeology Network	1994	4
American Antiquity	Cambridge University Press	1935	4
American Anthropologist^[13]	Wiley	1888	4
American Journal of Archaeology	Archaeological Institute of America	1885	4
Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia	Brill	1995	6
Ancient Mesoamerica	Cambridge University Press	1990	3
Antiguo Oriente	Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina	2003
Antiquity	Cambridge University Press	1927	6	Hybrid
Annual Review of Anthropology		1972	1
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy	Wiley-Blackwell	1990	2
Archaeologia Cambrensis	Cambrian Archaeological Association	1846	1
Archaeologia Polona	Polish Academy of Sciences	1958	1
The Archaeological Journal	Taylor & Francis	1844	1
Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association	Wiley	1989	1
Archaeological Review from Cambridge		1981	2
Archaeologies	Springer	2005	3
Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia	Elsevier	2000	4	Delayed
Archaeology International	UCL Press	1954	1	Yes
Archaeology in Oceania	Wiley-Blackwell	1966	3
Archaeometry	Wiley-Blackwell	1958		Hybrid
Archeologia Medievale			1
Archivos do Museu Nacional	National Museum of Brazil	1876	4
The Artefact	Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria	1970	2
Asian Perspectives	University of Hawaii Press	1957	2
Australian Archaeology	Australian Archaeological Association	1974	3
Brycheiniog	Brecknock Society and Museum Friends	1955	1
Bulletin d'archéologie marocaine	National Institute of Archaeological and Heritage Sciences (Morocco)	1956	1	Yes
Bulletin of the History of Archaeology	Ubiquity Press	1991	2	Yes
Cambridge Archaeological Journal	Cambridge University Press	1991	3
Current Anthropology	University of Chicago Press	1959	6
Cretica Chronica	Society of Cretan Historical Studies	1947	1
Dacia	Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology	1924
Damqatum	Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina		1
Danish Journal of Archaeology	Routledge	1982		Yes
Dendrochronologia	Elsevier
Environmental Archaeology	Maney	1996	2
Epigraphia Zeylanica		1904
Estudios Atacameños	Catholic University of the North	1973	2
European Journal of Post-Classical Archaeologies	Società Archeologica	2011		Hybrid
Fornvännen	Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities	1906	4	Delayed
Gallia Préhistoire		1958	1	Yes
Geoarchaeology	Wiley	1986	6	Hybrid
Gnomon	C. H. Beck	1925	8
Hesperia	American School of Classical Studies at Athens	1932	4
Historical Archaeology	Springer	1967	4
IA		1975	2
International Journal of Historical Archaeology	Springer	1997	4
International Journal of South American Archaeology	Syllaba Press		2
Internet Archaeology	Council for British Archaeology	1996		Yes
Journal of the Iowa Archeological Society	Iowa Archeological Society
Israel Exploration Journal	Israel Exploration Society	1950	2
Journal of African Archaeology	Brill	2003	2	Delayed (3 years)
Journal of Ancient History		1937	4
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology	Elsevier	1982	4
Journal of Anthropological Research	University of Chicago Press	1937	4
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory	Springer	1978	4	Hybrid
Journal of Archaeological Research	Springer	1993	4
Journal of Archaeological Science	Elsevier	1974	12	Hybrid
Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies		1996		Yes
Journal of Cultural Heritage	Elsevier	2000	6	Hybrid
Journal of Field Archaeology	Routledge	1974	8	Hybrid
Journal of Indo-European Studies	Institute for the Study of Man	1973	4
Journal of Roman Archaeology	Cambridge University Press	1988	1
Journal of Social Archaeology	SAGE	2001	3
Journal of the Iowa Archeological Society	Iowa Archeological Society
Journal of the North Atlantic	Eagle Hill	2008	1
Kaogu		1934	12
Latin American Antiquity	Society for American Archaeology	1990
Levant	Council for British Research in the Levant	1968	3
Medieval Archaeology	Society for Medieval Archaeology	1957	1	Hybrid
Mesolithic Miscellany		1980	1	Yes
Ñawpa Pacha	Institute of Andean Studies	1963	2
Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin	Near East Archaeological Society	1958	1
Near Eastern Archaeology	American Schools of Oriental Research	1998	4
Norwegian Archaeological Review	Routledge	1968	2
Old Kilkenny Review	Kilkenny Archaeological Society	1948	1
Ostraka	Loffredo	1992	1
Oxford Journal of Archaeology	School of Archaeology, University of Oxford	1982	4
Paléorient		1973	2	Delayed (2 years)
Papers from the Institute of Archaeology	UCL Press	1990^[14]	1	Yes
The Post Hole^[15]		2008	12	Yes
Public Archaeology	Maney	2000	4
Pyrenae	University of Barcelona	1965	2
Quaternary Science Reviews	Elsevier	1982	24
Revue Archéologique		1844	2
Revue du Nord		1910
Rock Art Research		1984	2
Rossiyskaya arkheologiya		1957	4
Scottish Archaeological Journal	Edinburgh University Press	1859
Sussex Archaeological Collections		1848	1	Delayed
Trowel		1988	1
Tel Aviv	Taylor & Francis	1974	2	Hybrid
World Archaeology	Routledge	1969	4

Defunct publications

Title	Publisher	First published	Last published	ISSN<	-- New row:
title	publisher	first_issue	last_issue	-->
Ancient India	Archaeological Survey of India	1946	1966
Dialektikê	Centre de palethnographie stratigraphique d'Arudy	1973	1987
Epigraphia Indica	Archaeological Survey of India	1888	1977
The Indian Antiquary	Bombay Education Society	1872	1971
Present Pasts	Ubiquity Press	2009^[16]	2020
Publications du Service des Antiquités du Maroc	Service des Antiquités du Maroc	1935	1954
Vetusta Monumenta		1718	1906

See also

• • Lists of academic journals

Further reading

• Beck . Jess . Gjesfjeld . Erik . Chrisomalis . Stephen . Prestige or Perish: Publishing Decisions in Academic Archaeology . American Antiquity . October 2021 . 86 . 4 . 669–695 . 10.1017/aaq.2021.64 . 241575394 . en . 0002-7316. free .
• Finnegan . Gregory A. . Ogburn . Joyce L. . Smith . J. Christina . Journals of the Century in Anthropology and Archaeology . The Serials Librarian . 4 May 2001 . 39 . 4 . 69–78 . 10.1300/J123v39n04_06 . 62154192 . 0361-526X.
• Heyworth et al. 1995, Internet archaeology: an international electronic journal for archaeology, Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 28.
• Hole, B. 2012. A Call for Open Scholarship in Archaeology, in Bonacchi, C, (ed.) Archaeologists and Digital Communication: Towards Strategies of Public Engagement. Archetype: London, UK.
• Hutson . Scott R. . Self-Citation in Archaeology: Age, Gender, Prestige, and the Self . Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory . 1 March 2006 . 13 . 1 . 1–18 . 10.1007/s10816-006-9001-5 . 143770659 . en . 1573-7764.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harris . Greg . Antiquaries in Britain, 1707–2007: Recording and illustrating . 24 November 2010 . Making History . Royal Academy of Arts . 13 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111113172519/http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/makinghistory/recording-and-illustrating,444,AR.html . dead .
2. Book: Visions of Antiquity: the Society of Antiquaries of London 1707–2007 . Society of Antiquaries . 2007 . Pearce . Susan . London.
3. Web site: The Antiquaries Journal . 1 March 2018 . Cambridge Journals.
4. Book: Muckle, Robert J. . Introducing Archaeology . University of Toronto Press . 2014 . 978-1-4426-0785-9 . 2nd . 46–47 . en.
5. Book: Isendahl . Christian . The Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied Archaeology . Stump . Daryl . Oxford University Press . 2019 . 978-0-19-165333-9 . 257 . en.
6. Heath-Stout . Laura E. . 2020 . Gender, Equity, and the Peer Review Process at the Journal of Field Archaeology . Journal of Field Archaeology . 45 . 3 . 135–139 . 10.1080/00934690.2020.1719295 . 211127004 . 0093-4690 . free .
7. Bardolph . Dana N. . 2014 . A Critical Evaluation of Recent Gendered Publishing Trends in American Archaeology . American Antiquity . 79 . 3 . 522–540 . 10.7183/0002-7316.79.3.522 . 43184920 . 229168471 . 0002-7316.
8. Bardolph . Dana N. . Vanderwarker . Amber M. . 2016-09-01 . Sociopolitics in Southeastern Archaeology: The Role of Gender in Scholarly Authorship . Southeastern Archaeology . 35 . 3 . 175–193 . 10.1080/0734578X.2015.1113101 . 147189226 . 0734-578X.
9. Heath-Stout . Laura E. . July 2020 . Who Writes about Archaeology? An Intersectional Study of Authorship in Archaeological Journals . American Antiquity . en . 85 . 3 . 407–426 . 10.1017/aaq.2020.28 . 219751772 . 0002-7316.
10. Hutson . Scott R. . April 2002 . Gendered Citation Practices in American Antiquity and Other Archaeology Journals . American Antiquity . en . 67 . 2 . 331–342 . 10.2307/2694570 . 2694570 . 163462008 . 0002-7316.
11. Book: Beaudry . Mary C. . Women in Archaeology . White . Jacquelyn . University of Pennsylvania Press . 1994 . Claassen . Cheryl . Philadelphia . 138–158 . Cowgirls with the Blues? A Study of Women's Publication and the Citation of Women's Work in Historical Archaeology.
12. Rautman . Alison E. . 2012 . Who Gets Published in American Antiquity? . The SAA Archaeological Record . . 12 . 2. 10.1.1.673.2205 .
13. Heath-Stout . Laura E. . Who Writes about Archaeology? An Intersectional Study of Authorship in Archaeological Journals . American Antiquity . 2020 . 85 . 3 . 407–426 . 10.1017/aaq.2020.28 . 219751772 . en . 0002-7316.
14. Roe . Joe . PIA at 25: A Retrospective . Papers from the Institute of Archaeology . 2 August 2016 . 25 . 2 . 10.5334/pia.517 . en . 2041-9015. free .
15. Web site: Journals . Department of Archaeology . . 15 June 2023.
16. Hole . Brian . Editorial . Present Pasts . 23 August 2010 . 1 . 1 . 10.5334/pp.3 . en . 1759-2941. free .