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Journal overview

STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research publishes peer-reviewed open access research on scientific and computational methods in archaeology.

The journal aims to embrace the full breadth of archaeological enquiry.

STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research accepts papers related to the following topics:

  • Archaeological materials science
  • Airborne remote sensing, geophysical techniques and imaging
  • Artefact conservation and restoration methods
  • Biological and biochemical approaches
  • Environmental approaches
  • Forensic archaeology
  • Heritage studies and conservation methods
  • Mathematical modelling, computational analyses and virtual reality
  • Scientific dating including geochronological approaches
  • Spatial analysis and GIS
  • Underwater archaeological methods

STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research publishes original research articles. The journal operates on a single-anonymized peer review policy.

All articles will be made freely and permanently available online through gold open access publication.

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STAR is now included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Clarivate Analytics and Scopus