The 

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory is a peer-reviewed academic journal which

focuses on methodology and theory in archaeology. It is published quarterly by Springer
Science+Business Media.[1]
The journal originated in an annual edited volume series, Advances in Archaeological Method and
Theory, established by Michael Schiffer in 1978.[2] The purpose of the series was to publish review
articles covering current issues in archaeological theory.[3][4] It was published by Academic
Press between 1978 and 1987, and by Plenum Press between 1989 and 1993 as Archaeological
Method and Theory.[5] The series moved to a quarterly journal format in 1994, in order to expand its
scope from reviews to other types of papers.[5] Schiffer continued as editor until 2000. From 2000 to
2018, it was edited by Catherine M. Cameron and James M. Skibo.[2] The current editors
are Valentine Roux and Margaret E. Beck.[6]
The journal is often associated with the processual, behavioural, and evolutionary schools of
archaeological theory, but aims to "welcome 'all theoretical archaeology'".[2] For example, a landmark
paper by Ian Hodder, which established the name post-processual archaeology for the theoretical
reaction to processual archaeology he led in the early 1980s, was published in volume 8
of Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory.[7][8]

Abstracting and indexing[edit]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Scopus, Social
Sciences Citation Index, Academic Search, International Bibliography of Periodical
Literature, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online,
and Anthropological Literature.[9] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a
2019 impact factor of 2.828, ranking it 10th out of 91 journals in the category "anthropology".[10]

References[edit]
1. ^ "Journal homepage".  Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. Springer.
Retrieved 2020-11-18.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b c Roux, Valentine; Beck, Margaret E. (1 March 2019). "Editorial".  Journal of
Archaeological Method and Theory.  26  (1): 1–2. doi:10.1007/s10816-019-09416-y. ISSN 1573-7764.
3. ^ Schiffer, Michael B. (1978).  "Preface".  Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory. 1:
xiii–xv.  ISSN  0162-8003. JSTOR 20170127.
4. ^ Goodyear, Albert C. (1980).  "Archaeology: Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory,
Vol. 1. Michael B. Schiffer".  American Anthropologist.  82  (2): 417–
418.  doi:10.1525/aa.1980.82.2.02a00450.  ISSN  1548-1433.
5. ^ Jump up to:a b Schiffer, Michael Brain (1994).  "Introductory Statement".  Journal of
Archaeological Method and Theory.  1 (1): 1–2.  doi:10.1007/BF02229421. ISSN 1072-
5369.  JSTOR  20177302. S2CID  195242012.
6. ^ "New Editors 2019".  Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. Springer. Retrieved  18
November 2020.
7. ^ Hodder, Ian (1985).  "Postprocessual Archaeology". Advances in Archaeological Method
and Theory.  8: 1–26.  ISSN  0162-8003. JSTOR 20170185.
8. ^ Preucel, Robert W. (2018).  "Post-processual Archaeology".  Oxford
Bibliographies.  doi:10.1093/OBO/9780199766567-0188.  ISBN  9780199766567.
9. ^ "Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory".  MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis
of Journals.  University of Barcelona. Retrieved  2020-11-18.
10. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: ANTHROPOLOGY". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of
Science  (Science  ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2020.
External links[edit]
 Official website