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The Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory addresses method- and/or theory-focused issues of current archaeological interest. Papers focus on:

theoretical issues related to major anthropological and historical phenomena, such as change and the evolution of material culture and human societies
methodological issues related to the analysis of archaeological data so that new and robust archaeological interpretations can be obtained
innovative multilevel analytical works relating individual actions, anthropological regularities and cultural historical specifics
actualist studies led in present-day societies and mobilizing different disciplines so as to study mechanisms explaining recurrent phenomena
epistemological papers questioning the founding of our scientific constructs

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Kostalena Michelaki PhD
Valentine Roux PhD

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Journal Impact Factor: 2.7 (2025)

5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.2 (2025)

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Developing archaeological method and theory for investigating economic growth and degrowth

Economic growth is often considered one of the most powerful forces in human history, and is regularly cited as a driver of ecological, political...

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Toward an Integration of Quantitative Approaches to Lithic Analysis

Lithic analysts have for decades sought to move beyond purely typological and qualitative approaches to the study of stone tools, developing an...

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Computational Approaches and Theoretical Challenges in Landscape Archaeology

This Collection originates from the session “Computational Approaches in Landscape Archaeology: Exploring Human-Environment Dynamics and Settlement...

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Latest articles

An Approach from Networks Science to Bronze Age Archaeology in Southeast Iberia
Marti Rosas-Casals
Marcello Peres
Roberto Risch
Research Open access 24 October 2026 Article: 30
Seeing the Skyline: A Continuous Surface Approach to Landscape Visual Quality
Zehao Li
Suhui Liu
Junjie Zhao
Research 13 October 2026 Article: 29
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Computational Approaches and Theoretical Challenges in Landscape Archaeology
Simulating Shape Variation in Material Culture: The Simumorph R-package
Alfredo Cortell-Nicolau
Anne Kandler
Research Open access 10 October 2026 Article: 28
Archaeologies of Indigenous Foodways and Collective Capacities
Molly Carney
Research 10 October 2026 Article: 27
Broken bodies in Domestic Spaces: Direct and Structural Violence in an Atypical Mortuary Dataset from Iron and Viking Age Scandinavia
Marianne Hem Eriksen
Veronica Tamorri
Jo Appleby
Research Open access 28 September 2026 Article: 26

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This journal has 251 open access articles

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The Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory is indexed by Scopus and has a score of 6.0 for 2025.
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Electronic ISSN: 1573-7764
Print ISSN: 1072-5369
Abstracted and indexed in: ANVUR

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