ISSN 1019-5785 print version
ISSN 2789-1844 online version

ABOUT THE JOURNAL

 

Basic Information

Southern African Field Archaeology aims to communicate basic data, findings, syntheses and opinions about all aspects and periods of southern and/or sub–Saharan African archaeology, the palaeo–sciences, and heritage collections and management, to professional archaeologists, heritage practitioners, students, governing authorities and the public. It therefore serves everybody concerned with field and laboratory research, methods development, experimentation, data analysis and the interpretation of the archaeological and palaeo–science records, as well as with collections and heritage management pertaining to the sub–continent.

The journal accepts peer–reviewed research articles/reports, comparative studies, syntheses, or overviews, and critiques/discussions; non–peer reviewed editorials, opinion pieces and short notes.

The journal publishes one volume annually,with articles made available when ready for publication.

Key ISO-abbreviated title of the journal is South. Afr. Field Archaeol.

 

 

Indexing Coverage

  • CoLab
 

 

Copyright Statement

Southern African Field Archaeology uses a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

The journal therefore does not take ownership of the copyright of the published article although the journal and UJ Press maintains the right of first publication and redistribution. In other words, authors retain the copyright to their work with only minor restrictions as listed below. They are free to republish their work as part of anthologies, books, or other materials under the following conditions:

  • The reuse is indicated as copy, version or revision of the original text published in Southern African Field Archaeology.
  • The original source of the publication is cited as such when reusing the article.
  • Authors and re–publishers accept that the article remains first published by Southern African Field Archaeology.
  • Self–archiving: Authors are permitted to archive any version of their article, including the published version on their institutional repository and any other suitable site.
 

 

Journal Sponsorship

Palaeo–Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, the Palaeontological Scientific Trust (PAST), Johannesburg, South Africa, and previously by the Wenner–Gren Foundation.

 

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