Historical Archaeology
Last updated ISSN 0440-9213
Historical Archaeology is published by Springer Science+Business Media in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $2,190.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Historical Archaeology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- American Environmental and Regional History
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- American History and Culture
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0440-9213, 2328-1103 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $2,190 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Arts & Humanities Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,245 |
| Publishing since | 1967 |
| Journal website | www.springer.com/journal/41636 |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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