North American Archaeologist
Last updated ISSN 0197-6931
North American Archaeologist 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 North American Archaeologist concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- American Environmental and Regional History
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0197-6931, 1541-3543 |
| 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 | 816 |
| Publishing since | 1979 |
| Journal website | us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/north-american-arch |
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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