November 2011
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11th issue of Arqueologia Iberoamericana
The 11th issue of the open access publication Arqueologia Iberoamericana just came out. The articles are on Spanish but you can translate them-
Some entries in the ethnohistorical Chalchihuites mine in northwestern Zacatecas by Mary Teresa Cabrero G.
Mailhac and economic fluctuations of archaic Iberian early history (550-450 BC) by Pascual Izquierdo-Egea
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ArcheoArte. Rivista elettronica di Archeologia e...
http://ojs.unica.it/index.php/archeoarte/about
ArcheoArte. Rivista elettronica di Archeologia e Arte is a peer reviewed journal about archaeology and art history. The best part is that it is open access so you can read as many articles that you want. You will have to speak Italian or use google translate to read the articles but that is a small inconvenience. The stuff is pretty good. check it...
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ArchAtlas- Open Access publication for visual...
This is a really great publication/website that has some amazing images and visual presentations. I cant really describe them, you will just have to check them out- http://www.archatlas.org/journal/journal.php
“ArchAtlas Journal provides a vehicle for presenting case studies on archaeological problems and ideas in a graphical form. Our articles are visual essays, many of which...
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Interested in Swiss Archaeology?- Archäologie der...
Archäologie der Schweiz is published in the languages of Switzerland- German, French, and Italian. It is a journal that deals specifically with the Archaeology of Switzerland. Here is what the webpage says-
“The quarterly journal: richly illustrated, easy to read, to date - with articles, diary, new releases and much more. 200-300 pages per year.”
the webpage is here-...
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WooHoo- Underwater Archaeology
Looking to learn more about underwater archaeology? Speak French or English. Then I have the journal for you, Archaeonautica is an open access archaeology journal that deals with water archaeology.
“Archaeonautica is a collection created in 1977 by the CNRS and the Ministry of Culture on the initiative of Bernard Liu. … research of underwater archeology, or more generally,...
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Archaeometry Workshop- Open Access Journal
Archaeometry Workshop is e-journal published by the Hungarian National Museum. Started in 2004, this journal focuses are archaeology method and sciences. It is published in both Hungarian and English, 3x a year, but most of the articles are in Hungarian. If your into sciences and new techniques then I recommend checking out the journal- http://www.ace.hu/am/indexe.html
The cool part is that this...
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Archaeology Southwest and Archaeology In Tucson
Archaeology Southwest, formally known as Archaeology in Tucson is published in English by the Center for Desert Archaeology (now Southwest Archaeology). The “award-winning”, full-color magazine explores topical issues in the archaeology of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.The back issues, prior to 2004, are available at the website. It would be great is more...
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Archaeology in the United Arab Emirates- Open...
http://www.adach.ae/en/portal/archeaologyintheuae.journal.aspx
Published on and off since 1976 this open access journal deals with the archaeology of the United Arab Emirates. It started out as a French and English publication but has since moved to all English. It looked like it was defunct a few months back but now there is this message on the website-
Papers presented at this conference...
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Another Museum Based Open Access Publication
Archaeological Newsletter (ANL) was produced by the Royal Ontario Museum but stopped publishing in 2009. The publication did start in 1956 so it has quite a bit of history to it. It dealt with the archaeological work undertaken by the Royal Ontario Museum. You can find more details and back issues online here- http://www.rom.on.ca/collections/newsletter/index.php
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New Open Access Article- Distribution of β-globin...
From Anthropological Science a new article is now open access- http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ase/advpub/0/advpub_1111170118/_article
Here is the abstract-
Distribution of β-globin haplotypes among the tribes of southern Gujarat, India
AASTHA AGGARWAL1), PRIYANKA KHURANA1), SIULI MITRA1), BHAVESH RAICHA2), YAZDI M. ITALIA2) and GAUTAM K. KSHATRIYA1)
1) Department of Anthropology,...
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Open Access Publications for the Museum Types
If your thinking about going towards to curatorial end of archaeology then you my want to check out Archaeological Archives Forum Papers. Published in English, and accessible from the Archaeology Data Service, the papers are pretty decent place to start when you have to deal with archives.
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/aaf_papers/
The Archaeological Archives Forum was...
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22 Open Access Archaeology Publications You May...
A brief summary of 22 publications you may have missed but are free to access.
Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica – Natural Sciences in Archaeology: The journal’s interests include bioarcheaology (archaeobotany, archaeozoology, archaeogenetics and anthropology), geoarchaeology (petro-archeology, micromorphology) and dating methods in archaeology. http://www.iansa.eu/index.html
American Journal...
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Archaeologica Adriatica
Here is another peer reviewed archaeology journal that has all of its issues online and open access. The website is http://hrcak.srce.hr/adriatica?lang=en
Archaeologica Adriatica is a journal of exclusively archaeological character involved in explicating various archaeological themes and questions related to the Adriatic Sea region and the area bordering it. This definitely includes those...
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Archaeologia Polona
“Archaeologia Polona is a Polish archaeological journal edited and published in the English language annually by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, intended for an international audience. Its main purpose is to present a wide range of various approaches to the most important problems of contemporary archaeology.”
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Archaeologia Lituana
“Archaeologia Lituana - Vilnius University, Department of Archaeology illustrated in continuous publication, annually, one volume has been published since 1999 in Vilnius . Articles are published in Lithuanian , English , German , French and Russian languages . Archaeologia Lituana publishes articles on Lithuania’s Baltic and archeology, scientific papers and reviews of scientific...
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Most obscure open access archaeology publication:...
The Archaeo+malacology Group Newsletter is by far the most obscure publication I have come across related to archaeology. What is archaeomalacology you might be asking right now? Well it is the study of molluscs in archaeological contexts and there are enough people that do this to have a newsletter. Considering they make their publications open access, so more people can learn about what they do,...
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Antiqua- Open Access Archaeology Journal
Here is a small bit explaining what the journal is about
ANTIQUA is a new, peer-reviewed, Open Access journal intended to archaeologists and scientists having particular interests in the application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology. Our journal publishes Original Research papers as as well as Rapid Communications, Case Histories, Editorials, and Letters....
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Open Access Journal- Anthropozoologica
“ANTHROPOZOOLOGICA, European semi-periodic set up in 1984, aims to promote the exchange of results and ideas among scientists working on the relationship between man and animal, from its origins to the present. It aims to promote the study of this relationship as an expression of strong history of cultures and societies in their natural environment.”
Anthrozoology was something I...
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Open Access Journal- Anthropological Science
Anthropological Sciences is published by the Anthropological Society of Nippon. As the title suggests it covers to the topic of anthropological sciences. What does anthropological sciences cover, you might be asking? Well, pretty much anything and everything anthropology related.
You can get more information here-
http://anthropology.jp/english/anthropological_science.html
And download articles...
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Open Access Journal- Annales Instituti...
Annales Instiuti Archaeologici translates to the annuals of the Institute of Archaeology and is published by the Croatian organizations of the same name. The journal publishes results of the archaeological excavations and field surveys carried by Institute of Archaeology. It is being published once a year (one volume, one number). Manuscripts are in bilingual form, one in Croatian and the other...
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Open Access Archaeology Journal- Anmed
The website is http://www.akmedanmed.com/index_en.php
“ANMED, one of the annual periodicals by Suna & İnan Kıraç Research Institute on Mediterranean Civilisations, has been published bilingual in Turkish and English in Antalya since 2003.
Within the frame of the Institute’s foundation goals and priorities, the preliminary annual reports of excavations, surveys, ...
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Open Access History and Archaeology Journal-...
This is a pretty cool born digital journal. It publishes essays, news, viewpoints, primary sources and field work reports on any topic related to History, Archaeology and ArtHistory of any era and any part of the world provided it is of interest to the general educated public, students, scholars. It is completely open access so neither the reader or the author pays.
“Anistoriton is an...
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Open Access Journal- Ancient TL
Ancient TL is a journal devoted to Luminescence Dating, Electron Spin Resonance Dating and related techniques. The journal is currently published by the Aberystwyth Luminescence Research Laboratory, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystywth University (UK). It is peer reviewed and has been published since 1977.
“It aims to publish papers dealing with experimental and...
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How to read academic research →
Yes, everyone should read this. Even professionals with “years of experience”.
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Open Access Journal- Ancient Nepal
“Published by the Department of Archaeology in Kathmandu, Nepal, Ancient Nepal (प्राचीन नेपाल) is a journal devoted to pre-history and field archaeology in the Himalayas. Special interests include epigraphy, manuscripts, numismatics, archives, art, anthropology, architecture and museum studies.”
You can find journals from 1967-2006 online...
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Open Access Journal- Ancient Asia
Ancient Asia is a journal that has slowly been getting off the ground. First published in 2006 the second volume did not arrive till 2010. The slow start aside, the website is really good. It looks like it is now part of Ubiquity Press which runs an author pays model of open access but no prices are listed. Really good articles on Asian Archaeology. Here is a blurb- “Ancient Asia is the...
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Open Access Journal- Analecta Praehistorica...
Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia is a annual journal put out by the Faculty of Archaeology (formerly the Institute of Prehistory), Leiden University.You can find more details at this website- http://archaeology.leiden.edu/organisation/publications/analecta-praehistorica-leidensia/analecta-praehistorica-leidensia.html
And the actuall issues are here at this website -...
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Open Access Archaeology Journal-ALMATOURISM
Almatourism is a Open Access Peer Reviewed Journal that publishes articles about heritage and tourism. I find this to very interesting topic myself. A quick browse of the journal found some very interesting topics.
“In particular, the Journal publishes articles concerning tourism-related cultural issues, both at the theoretical and practical level. Different disciplinary approaches are...
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Open Access Publication- African Diaspora...
It maybe a newsletter but it presents original research on the subject of African diaspora archaeology. A quick look at Publish or Perish finds that quite a few of these articles receive citations. If you are interested in this subject definitely check out this publication for some quality research. A quick blurb-
“The African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter is published quarterly, with ...
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Open Access Resource- ADORANTEN
Amazing magazine! The pictures are like archaeology porn. As far as I can tell it is not peer reviewed BUT the articles include citations and original research so I would definitely cite them in any paper. Here is the blurb from the website
“ADORANTEN, an international magazine mainly concerned with rock carvings - recent research, interpretations, the history of religion, descriptions of...
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Open Access Journal-Acta Terrae Septemcastrensis
Acta Terrae Septemcastrensis is published by the Institutul pentru Cercetarea si Valorificarea Patrimoniului Cultural Transilvanean in Context European and it is peer reviewed. They describe it as “a yearly journal centred on the Transylvania heritage (from Neolithic, Bronze Age, Classical and Medieval archaeology). Additionally we publish proceedings related to our conferences we held...
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Open Access- American Center of Oriental Research
The website is- http://www.acorjordan.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=83&lang=english
Published in: English
Published from: 1989- present, bi-annual
The American Center of Oriental Research Newsletter is an open access publication put out by an organization of the same name. As it is a newsletter so there are the usually organization sections- updates,...
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Open Access- Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological...
The website is- http://www.adias-uae.com/newsletter.html
Published in: English
The Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey Newsletter was published from December 1994-November 2005 and covers research in and around Abu Dhabi.
It is a newsletter so there are lots of “in the news”, “what is happening”, and “our website is receiving lots of hits” sections....
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American Journal of Archaeology- Book Reviews Open...
This came over the BritArch listserve- The American Journal of Archaeology puts its book and museum reviews online with free access for all. If only they put some of thier articles on line with free access, sigh.
I’ll be honost, I already half deleted this post and then un-did it because it is only book reviews. However, book reviews are usally left behind the pay wall so I figure, what the...
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Open Access Journal: Interdisciplinaria...
Someone was kind enough to point me in the direction of a open access journal I did not have on my list- Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica – Natural Sciences in Archaeology. The website is here- http://www.iansa.eu/index.html
Here is a description from the webpage:
The focus of Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica – Natural Sciences in Archaeology is the ongoing cooperation of archaeology with the...
