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The journal serves the interests of archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, scientists, and others concerned with the recovery and interpretation of archaeological data. With a worldwide scope covering all time periods, this peer-reviewed journal publishes field reports, technical and methodological studies, review articles, occasional essays, and brief preliminary reports. It is considered a leading resource for practitioners and scholars alike. The complete archive, extending back to Volume 1 (1976), is available online to all subscribers. Visit the journal homepage for top articles, instructions for authors and subscription information. Sign up for Table of Contents alerts from ingentaconnect. View latest contents online now. A message from the Editor-in-Chief:
In this essay Professor Runnels reflects on the changes that are occurring in field archaeology and how these new approaches continue to find their way into the pages of Journal of Field Archaeology. Professor Runnels stresses that although there is need for specialized regional, topical, and theoretical journals, Journal of Field Archaeology is still the only journal that provides a forum for the publication of research results from archaeological fieldwork around the world. "Archaeology around the world is changing fast, and some of the most noticeable changes are occurring in field archaeology, which can be defined very broadly to include all archaeology “in the field,” whether archaeologists are conducting mapping or architectural drafting, investigating sites or off-site materials by survey and excavation, carrying out balloon photography and soil chemistry analyses, or coming to grips with the issues of archaeological heritage and ethics that affect the discipline as a whole..." Read the full essay... Meet the editorial team... Stephanie Simms and Chad DiGregorio work on the Journal of Field Archaeology as Editorial Assistants and are both pursuing their doctoral degrees at Boston University.
Stephanie has conducted four seasons of excavation and artifact analysis at the residential site of Escalera al Cielo (EAC), located in the Puuc Maya region of Yucatán, Mexico. EAC offers a rare opportunity to reconstruct daily life activities within a suburban elite Maya household because it contains rich artifact assemblages left in and around every structure yet investigated. These assemblages suggest that the residents of EAC abandoned their homes in haste with the intention to return someday. Material remains and radiocarbon dates are consistent with a punctuated Late–Terminal Classic-period occupation (A.D. 600–950), an era marked by a fluorescence in the northern Maya... Chad has focused primarily on the Greek island of Crete over the last four years, working with a Greek-American collaborative team directed by Dr. Eleni Panagopoulou and Dr. Thomas Strasser. The Plakias Stone Age Project began in 2008 as a targeted Mesolithic survey. At the time, there was no identified Mesolithic presence on the island, although contemporary settlements on some of the smaller Greek islands suggested that a Mesolithic occupation was a possibility. [Their] survey, based on a targeted research model originally designed for mainland Greece, proved very successful. To [their] surprise, [they] also encountered tools of much greater antiquity, which after additional fieldwork in 2009... Read more about Stephanie and Chad's research... The intentional heat treatment of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic ornaments
In this essay Dr Catherine Perlès (Université Paris Ouest, France) and Dr Marian Vanhaeren (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France) expand on their article "Black Cyclope neritea Marine Shell Ornaments in the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Franchthi Cave, Greece: Arguments for Intentional Heat Treatment" that was published in Volume 35.3 of Journal of Field Archaeology. "It was by chance, at the start, that as a young French scholar I was invited to join the American team that excavated the site of Franchthi Cave in the Argolid (Greece). I was then working as a specialist of chipped stone tools on another site in Greece, with a French team. For comparative purposes, I asked to visit Franchthi and be shown the lithic collection, which T. W. Jacobsen kindly agreed to. The specialist in charge of the Franchthi stone tools withdrew soon afterwards, and I was thus offered to study the Franchthi assemblages. Many years later, when drafting a synthesis of this unique sequence, which spans from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Final Neolithic (ca 39,000 – 5,000 BP), I was surprised by a statement from the marine molluscs specialist: she had written, in the volume she had devoted to the exploitation of marine molluscs at Franchthi..." |
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Professor Runnels became editor of Journal of Field Archaeology in 2002. In this video he gives an introduction to the journal and explains how publishing field research and the coverage of new methods keep it a key resource in the discipline. Spotlight on... Professor Norman Hammond
Professor Hammond is the Consulting Editor for Journal of Field Archaeology. He is Archaeology Correspondent of The Times of London and a former Archaeology Editor of the Times Literary Supplement (TLS). "Norman Hammond is Professor Emeritus of Archaeology at Boston University and Associate in Maya Archaeology at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, also a Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at Cambridge University..." Read a full biography of Professor Hammond... Picture Gallery... The above gallery is a selection photographs from recent issues of Journal of Field Archaeology. The images are of archaeological digs and research conducted all around the world including sites in South Africa, Peru, Greece, the USA and Belize. Read more about the images... Individual subscribers receive bonus online access in 2012
You can subscribe to the journal at a 20% discount today! Simply click the 'Subscribe' button to your right. Activate your online access today! Existing individual subscribers can activate their online access via ingentaconnect. For details on how to register please see the online instructions. Archaeological Heritage and Ethics Morag Kersel and Christina Luke Morag Kersel and Christina Luke edit the 'Archaeological Heritage and Ethics' column in Journal of Field Archaeology.
"The Archaeological Heritage and Read more about the column ... AUTHOR AREA Why should you submit a paper to Journal of Field Archaeology?
Authors from issue 36.4 of the journal explain why they chose to submit their articles to the Journal of Field Archaeology. The essay includes contributions from:
In these testimonies, the journal is described as presenting archaeologists "with the opportunity to publish [their] work in a timely and efficient manner, and...to put forward new ideas" as well as "one of the highest ranking journals" with the ability to "showcase [their] work to a wide specialist readership". Ultimately, "publication in such a high ranked journal is a mark of the quality of [their] scholarship". For information on how to submit a paper to Journal of Field Archaeology please go to the journal's Instructions for Authors. ------------------------------------------------- Supplementary data Supplementary material gives authors the opportunity to enhance their work by including material that cannot be included in an article for reasons of space, is of very specific interest, or is not compatible with the standard journal format (e.g. audio or video files, animations, software, models, or large datasets). Supplementary material will be published online and linked to and from the article. It is considered to form an integral part of the article. Please see our full policy on supplementary data for more information. |
BEST OF THE ARCHIVE: The most popular articles from Journal of Field Archaeology To celebrate Journal of Field Archaeology being Journal of the Month in April, in addition to the 3 years of free content the following ten articles are available free to download until 15th May 2012! Simply sign up using the form above to access your free content! We have selected these articles in particular as they are the most downloaded from the journal's extensive online archive and represent the quality and scope of the journal. Use-Wear Analyses on Manos Late Paleolithic and Mesolithic Coastlines of Greece and the Aegean The Marble Court of Sardis and Historical Reconstruction Revisiting Neolithic Caprine Exploitation at Suberde, Turkey Satellite Remote Sensing The Development of A Prehistoric Complex Society: A Regional Perspective from the Valley of Mexico The Egyptian Predynastic: A Review of the Evidence New Approaches in the Search for Meaning? A Review of Research V. Gordon Childe 25 Years After: His Relevance for the Archaeology of the Eighties See us soon at... Society for American Archaeology 77th Annual Meeting Booth #904
The 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology is being held at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, TN, USA between 18th-22nd April 2012. The meeting has potentially the largest number of submissions ever and promises to deliver a vibrantly rich scholarly program as well as a host of other activities. Read more about the conference... ------------------------------------------------- Institute for
Read more about the conference... Visit the Maney Publishing stands at both of these events - we will be offering big discounts on our archaeology and heritage books and discounts on all journal subscriptions! You can also enter our competitions to win a Betty's of Harrogate luxury English teatime gift basket! |
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The Journal of Field Archaeology editorial team is based at the Department of Archaeology at Boston University. It is the only distinct, fully constituted university department of archaeology in the United States. Students The first major step in the evolution of archaeology at Boston University was the founding of the Journal of |
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