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The African Archaeological Review publishes original research articles, review essays, reports, book/media reviews, and forums/commentaries on African archaeology, highlighting the contributions of the African continent to critical global issues in the past and present. Relevant topics include the emergence of modern humans and earliest manifestations of human culture; subsistence, agricultural, and technological innovations; and social complexity, as well as topical issues on heritage. The journal features timely continental and subcontinental studies covering cultural and historical processes; interregional interactions; biocultural evolution; cultural dynamics and ecology; the role of cultural materials in politics, ideology, and religion; different dimensions of economic life; the application of historical, textual, ethnoarchaeological, and archaeometric data in archaeological interpretation; and the intersections of cultural heritage, information technology, and community/public archaeology.

Highlights:

Impact factor
1.6 (2022)
5 year impact factor
1.6 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
12 days
Downloads
167,393 (2023)

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Journal updates

  • 5 New Temporary Free Access Articles

    The African Archaeological Review is pleased to announce Free Temporary Access to a select number of articles on a three-month rotational basis.

  • 2020 Metrics

    The 2020 impact metrics for the African Archaeological Review are now available. We thank our authors, reviewers, readers, editorial board, and editorial staff for a wonderful year.

  • Useable Past: What Can African Archaeology Tell Us About the Present?

    In 2019, African Archaeological Review launched a new forum: "Useable Past". The goal of the forum is to provide space for 4-6 archaeologists to use archaeological knowledge to reflect on a topic of contemporary relevance. The forum publishes critical essays (not more than 1500 words each) that make use of any aspect of archaeological knowledge to address a common topic. 

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1572-9842
Print ISSN
0263-0338
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  1. ANVUR
  2. Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  3. BFI List
  4. Baidu
  5. CLOCKSS
  6. CNKI
  7. CNPIEC
  8. Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
  9. Dimensions
  10. EBSCO
  11. ERIH PLUS
  12. Google Scholar
  13. JSTOR
  14. Naver
  15. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  16. Portico
  17. ProQuest
  18. SCImago
  19. SCOPUS
  20. Social Science Citation Index
  21. TD Net Discovery Service
  22. UGC-CARE List (India)
  23. Wanfang
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