The professional journal ''Advances in Archaeological Practice'' is published by

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, on behalf of the

Society of American Archaeology The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) is a professional association for the archaeology of the Americas. It was founded in 1934 and its headquarters are in based in Washington, D.C. , it has 7,500 members. Its current president is Deborah L. ...

, an organization of professional

archaeologists 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 landsca ...

of the Americas. Established in 2013, it is the SAA's newest journal.

History

''Advances in Archaeological Practice'' is a quarterly, full-color digital journal published, with articles sharing 'creative solutions to challenges in the practice of archaeology globally'. The purpose of the journal is to provide a venue for archaeologists to publish short, peer-reviewed, methodologically oriented articles. A unique feature of this journal is the freely accessible 'digital media reviews' section. These articles are a 1500-2000 word critical evaluation of one (or a series of) digital application(s) developed for archaeology and heritage audiences. Previous articles in this section have reviewed heritage/archaeology online exhibitions, video games, digital archives, podcasts,

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, news programmes,

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, crowdsourcing sites, and more generally on VR and AR applications, and online public courses (e.g.

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Editorial board

The editorial advisory board of ''Advances in Archaeological Practice'' has 21 members from around the world, including a mix of academic, consulting and government archaeologists.

References

External links

''Advances in Archaeological Practice''

The Society for American Archaeology
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