Journal of Social Archaeology
Last updated ISSN 1469-6053
Journal of Social Archaeology is published by SAGE Publishing in earth and planetary sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,650.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Social Archaeology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Museums and Cultural Heritage
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1469-6053, 1741-2951 |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,650 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Arts & Humanities Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 445 |
| Publishing since | 2001 |
| Journal website | jsa.sagepub.com/ |
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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