ANTH 172: Interpreting the Past / Archaeological Perspectives

Articles, reports, current research, commentary, reviews and book notes on all aspects of the archaeology of the New World and on archaeological theory, method and practice worldwide published as the Journal of the Society for American Archaeology.

An independent, not-for-profit, peer-reviewed journal for archaeology, hosted by the Department of Archaeology at the University of York. The journal is open access and operates only to sustain itself, publishing articles of a high academic standing while also exploring the potential of electronic publication.

Is it archaeology to investigate the material culture of Sex Pistols? Sculptures of the USSR pavilion at the International Exhibition of 1937? Graffiti writings in Sydney’s suburbs? According to a group of studies in the Journal of Contemporary Archaeology, the answer is definitely yes. They argue for the vitality of archaeological questions in many realms of contemporary society and extend the scope of archaeological analysis to contemporary pieces of material culture. By doing so, they re-interpret the notion of material culture in the digital world.

A peer-reviewed, electronic-only journal that publishes original, high-quality research on all aspects of archaeology. The journal encompasses novel, interdisciplinary approaches to archaeological data including archaeological science, theory and interpretation as well as archaeological heritage management and promotion.

NOTE: 18 month full-text delay. Theme issues and review articles on world archaeology; early man, art and design, urban archaeology, currency, burial, caves, Islamic archaeology, coastal archaeology, hoards and hoarding, chronologies, the humid tropics and mines and quarries.