In 2021, Acta Archaeologica came under the umbrella of Brill Publishers, a Dutch international academic publisher founded in 1683 in Leiden, Netherlands. Particularly appealing for Acta Archaeologica is Brill’s focus on the humanities and social sciences with ambitions to become a leading platform for researchers in these fields. We hope that our readers will continue to support Acta Archaeologica through subscription and downloads, and we also urge the subscribers to inspect whether an existing subscription continues as expected.
Acta Archaeologica was founded in 1930 by a group of distinguished scholars from all the Nordic countries to allow Scandinavian archaeology an independent international voice, whether dealing with Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Arctic, or any other part of the globe. Acta Archaeologica won its high prestige already with the first volumes. Acta Archaeologica is a Class “A” periodical and series in the list of the European Science Foundation.
A substantial part of the contributions to Acta Archaeologica are still on Northern European archaeology (including Baltic countries); others are on European and World themes of particular interest to the archaeology of Northern Europe. Emphasis is throughout on quality, originality of data, well documented and illustrated studies, and methodological issues.
Contributions by young scholars are invited. The languages of Acta Archaeologica are English, German, and French. All contributions are peer-reviewed by specialists (their names may be made available to the authors upon request). For preferred standards, see recent volumes. Contributors should produce separate electronic files for the text and every single illustration. The periodical and series of Acta Archaeologica is published annually in one or two volumes, on paper as well as electronically. The high production quality of the volumes is a close match of their contents. “Originality and Lasting Value” is the dictum of Acta Archaeologica.
Acta Archaeologica has only seen three general editors since its foundation, but a long list of archaeologists have acted as assistant editors, board members, and advisors; a number of technicians have secured the high quality of illustrations and type-setting.
Acta Archaeologica is financially independent, building on subscriptions, individual contributions and support from various institutions and private foundations.
Acta Archaeologica provides many author benefits, such as free PDFs, special discounts on Brill publications and much more. Open Source publication can be offered to the contributors upon a single fee.
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