The ''Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory'' is a

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which focuses on

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and

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archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsc ...

. It is published quarterly by

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. The journal originated in an annual

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series, ''Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory'', established by

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in 1978. The purpose of the series was to publish

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covering current issues in

archaeological theory Archaeological theory refers to the various intellectual frameworks through which archaeologists interpret archaeological data. Archaeological theory functions as the application of philosophy of science to archaeology, and is occasionally referred ...

. It was published by

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between 1978 and 1987, and by

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between 1989 and 1993 as ''Archaeological Method and Theory''. The series moved to a quarterly journal format in 1994, in order to expand its scope from reviews to other types of papers. Schiffer continued as editor until 2000. From 2000 to 2018, it was edited by Catherine M. Cameron and James M. Skibo. The current editors are Valentine Roux and Margaret E. Beck. The journal is often associated with the processual,

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, and

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schools of archaeological theory, but aims to "welcome 'all theoretical archaeology'". For example, a landmark paper by

Ian Hodder Ian Richard Hodder (born 23 November 1948, in Bristol) is a British archaeologist and pioneer of postprocessualist theory in archaeology that first took root among his students and in his own work between 1980–1990. At this time he had suc ...

, which established the name

post-processual archaeology Post-processual archaeology, which is sometimes alternately referred to as the interpretative archaeologies by its adherents, is a movement in archaeological theory that emphasizes the subjectivity of archaeological interpretations. Despite having ...

for the theoretical reaction to processual archaeology he led in the early 1980s, was published in volume 8 of ''Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory''.

Abstracting and indexing

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in the

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, and

Anthropological Literature Anthropological Literature (AL) is an online database of citations to journal articles and articles in edited volumes and symposia held by the Tozzer Library (previously the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology), the anthropology library a ...

. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2019

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of 2.828, ranking it 10th out of 91 journals in the category "anthropology".

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External links

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