Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society
Last updated ISSN 0079-497X
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society is published by Cambridge University Press in earth and planetary sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,550.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 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
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Legal case studies and regulations
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
Key facts
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0079-497X, 2050-2729 |
| Subject area | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,550 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,751 |
| Publishing since | 1935 |
| Journal website | www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-p |
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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