| Discipline | Archaeology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Rachel Phillips |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1981–present |
| Publisher | Archaeological Review from Cambridge (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Biannual |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Archaeol. Rev. Camb. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0261-4332 |
| OCLC no. | 612660375 |
| Links | |
The Archaeological Review from Cambridge (ARC) is a biannual academic journal of archaeology. It is managed and published on a non-profit, voluntary basis by postgraduate researchers in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. Each issue addresses a particular subject of interest within archaeology, featuring topics such as ethnoarchaeology, feminist archaeology and landscape archaeology.
The first issue of ARC was published in 1981. Following a brief hiatus, the journal returned to regular production in the spring of 1983, and has since been continually published twice a year. The journal's current general editor is Rachel Phillips.
Aims and Intentions
ARC aims to provide a platform for the discussion of current archaeological research, welcoming relevant contributions from archaeologists of any temporal, geographic or theoretical standpoint. A statement of editorial intent was outlined in Volume 2.1 (Spring 1983), expressing that ARC was established in order to bridge the gap between the formal publication of major research projects in leading journals, and the more informal discussions which take place at seminars and conferences.[1]
Issues typically consist of a thematic section (containing articles relating to the issue's overarching theme), a general section (intended to provide a forum within which subjects, not connected with the thematic section but of current interest, may be presented) and commentary (covering shorter notes and contributions, reviews and correspondence arising from the study and practice of archaeology more widely).[2] Book and article reviews are also a regular feature of each journal.
Table of Issues
| Number | Title | Theme Editor(s) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38.1 | Archaeology and Colonialism | Marianna Negro, Julia Gustafson and Gian Battista Marras | May 2023 |
| 37.2 | Aesthetics, Sensory Skills and Archaeology | Polina Kapsali and Rachel Phillips | November 2022 |
| 37.1 | Rethinking the Archaeology-Heritage Divide | Alisa Santikarn, Elifgül Doǧan, Oliver Antczak, Kim Eileen Ruf and Mariana P.L. Pereira | May 2022 |
| 36.2 | Text & Image | Elisa Scholz and Glynnis Maynard | November 2021 |
| 36.1 | Resilience & Archaeology | Sergio G. Russo and Leah M. Brainerd | May 2021 |
| 35.2 | Knowledge-scapes | Julia Montes-Landa, Friederike Jürcke and Alessandro Ceccarelli | November 2020 |
| 35.1 | The Chaîne Opératoire: Past, Present, and Future | Michael Lewis and Monique Arntz | September 2020 |
| 34.2 | Beyond the Human: Applying Posthumanist Thinking to Archaeology | Mark Haughton and David K. Kay | December 2019 |
| 34.1 | Desert Archaeology | Camila Alday and Sarah Morrisset | April 2019 |
| 33.2 | The Others: Deviants, Outcasts and Outsiders in Archaeology | Leah Damman and Sam Leggett | November 2018 |
| 33.1 | Glocal Archaeology | Lindsey J. Fine and Jess E. Thompson | April 2018 |
| 32.2 | On the Edge of the Anthropocene? Modern Climate Change and the Practice of Archaeology | J. Eva Meharry, Rebecca Haboucha and Margaret Comer | November 2017 |
| 32.1 | In Sickness and In Health | Eóin W. Parkinson and Lynette Talbot | July 2017 |
| 31.2 | Landscapes | Ian Ostericher | November 2016 |
| 31.1 | In the Trenches | Meghan E. Strong | April 2016 |
| 30.2 | Archaeology: Myths Within and Without | Benjamin Hinson and Barbora Janulíková | November 2015 |
| 30.1 | Seen and Unseen Spaces | Matthew Dalton, Georgie Peters and Ana Tavares | April 2015 |
| 29.2 | The Archive Issue | Renate Fellinger and Leanne Philpot | November 2014 |
| 29.1 | Social Network Perspectives in Archaeology | Sarah Evans and Kathrin Felder | April 2014 |
| 28.2 | Humans and Animals | Kate Boulden and Sarah Musselwhite | November 2013 |
| 28.1 | Archaeology and Cultural Mixture | W. Paul van Pelt | April 2013 |
| 27.2 | Archaeology and the (De)Construction of National and Supra-National Polities | Russell Ó Ríagáin and Cătălin Nicolae Popa | November 2012 |
| 27.1 | Science and the Material Record | Katie Hall and Danika Parikh | April 2012 |
| 26.2 | Collaborative Archaeology | Dominic Walker | November 2011 |
| 26.1 | Archaeology and Economic Crises | Rosalind Wallduck and Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch | April 2011 |
| 25.2 | Boundaries and Archaeology | Mark Sapwell and Victoria Pia Spry-Marqués | November 2010 |
| 25.1 | Violence and Conflict in the Material Record | Skylar Neil and Belinda Crerar | April 2010 |
| 24.2 | Beyond Determinism? Engagement and Response in Human Environment Interactions | Robyn H. Inglis and Alexander J.E. Pryor | November 2009 |
| 24.1 | Invention and Reinvention: Perceptions and Archaeological Practice | Tera C. Pruitt and Donna Yates | April 2009 |
| 23.2 | Movement, Mobility and Migration | Emma Lightfoot | November 2008 |
| 23.1 | Archaeological Histories: 25th Anniversary Edition | Monique Boddington and Naomi Farrington | April 2008 |
| 22.2 | The Disturbing Past | James Holloway and Alison Klevnas | November 2007 |
| 22.1 | The Materiality of Burial Practices | Alice Stevenson and Natalie C.C. White | April 2007 |
| 21.2 | Embodied Identities | Isabelle Vella Gregory | November 2006 |
| 21.1 | Technologies: Changing Matter; Changing Minds? | Brad Gravina | April 2006 |
| 20.2 | Issues of Food and Drink: An Interdisciplinary Approach | Sarah Ralph | November 2005 |
| 20.1 | Active Landscapes: Paleolithic to Present | Mary Chester-Kadwell | April 2005 |
| 19.2 | Reconsidering Ethnicity: Material Culture and Identity in the Past | Susanne E. Hakenbeck and Steven G. Matthews | November 2004 |
| 19.1 | Art and Archaeology: Unmasking Material Culture | David A. Barrowclough | April 2004 |
| 18 | Medieval Animals | Aleks Pluskowski | June 2002 |
| 17.2 | Early Medieval Religion | Aleks Pluskowski | 2001 |
| 17.1 | New Approaches to the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic | Chantal Conneller | April 2000 |
| 16.1 & 16.2 | Contending with Bones | Nicky Milner, Dorian Q Fuller and Mary Baxter | November 2003 |
| 15.2 | Disability and Archaeology | Nyree Finlay | 1999 |
| 15.1 | The Archaeology of Perception and the Senses | Carleton Jones and Chris Hayden | 1998 |
| 14.2 | An Archaeological Assortment | Nicky Milner and Dorian Q Fuller | 1997 (for 1995) |
| 14.1 | History and Archaeology | Mads Ravn and Rupert Britton | 1997 (for 1995) |
| 13.2 | Perspectives on Children and Childhood | Jo Sofaer Derevenski | Winter 1994 |
| 13.1 | Archaeology Out of Africa | Rachel MacLean and Timothy Insoll | Spring 1994 |
| 12.2 | The Hierarchy of Being Human | Mark Lake and Paul Pettitt | Autumn 1993 |
| 12.1 | General Perspectives | Spring 1993 | |
| 11.2 | Digging for a Laugh | Bill Sillar | Autumn 1992 |
| 11.1 | In the Midst of Life | Sarah Tarlow and Brian Boyd | Summer 1992 |
| 10.2 | Archaeology in Context | Jonathan Last | Winter 1991 |
| 10.1 | Interpreting Archaeological Science | Kathryn Roberts and Kevin C. MacDonald | Spring 1991 |
| 9.2 | Affective Archaeology | John Carman and Jeremy Meredith | Winter 1990 |
| 9.1 | Technology in the Humanities | Anthony Sinclair and Nathan Schlanger | Summer 1990 |
| 8.2 | Writing Archaeology | Anthony Sinclair | Winter 1989 |
| 8.1 | Dangerous Liaisons? Archaeology in East and West | Simon Kaner and Sarah Taylor | Spring 1989 |
| 7.2 | Archaeology and the Heritage Industry | Frederick Baker | Autumn 1998 |
| 7.1 | Women in Archaeology | Karen Arnold, Roberta Gilchrist, Pam Graves and Sarah Taylor | Spring 1988 |
| 6.2 | Archaeology as Education | Nigel Holman and Fiona Burtt | Autumn 1987 |
| 6.1 | Time and Archaeology | Patricia Curry and Olivier de Montmollin | Spring 1987 |
| 5.2 | Creating Space | Robin Boast and Eugenia Yiannouli | Autumn 1986 |
| 5.1 | Archaeology and Politics | Ajay Pratap and Nandini Rao | Spring 1986 |
| 4.2 | Aesthetics and Style | James Whitley | Autumn 1985 |
| 4.1 | Surface Archaeology | Paul Lane | Spring 1985 |
| 3.2 | Archaeology and Texts | John Bennet | Autumn 1984 |
| 3.1 | The History of Archaeology | James B. McVicar | Spring 1984 |
| 2.2 | Ethnoarchaeology | Todd Whitelaw | Spring 1983 |
| 2.1 | Archaeology and the Public | Robert Bewley | Spring 1983 |
| 1.2 | General Issue | Sheena Crawford and Henrietta L. Moore | Summer 1981 |
| 1.1 | Founding Issue | Sheena Crawford and Henrietta L. Moore | Summer 1981 |
Notable Contributors
A number of notable archaeologists have contributed to the journal since its founding, including: Graeme Barker, Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Christopher Chippindale, Ian Hodder, Lynn Meskell, Colin Renfrew, Chris Scarre, Charles Thurstan Shaw, Laurajane Smith, Peter Stone, Christopher Tilley, and John Bennet, amongst others.