About this journal

Aims and scope

Post-Medieval Archaeology is a bi-annual journal devoted to the study of the material evidence of European society wherever it is found in the world. This fascinating period saw the transition from medieval to industrial society, the foundation of the modern European world on new Renaissance and Reformation values, the shift from collective to individual mentalities, increasing social segregation, new notions of privacy, family, gender and space, global expansion, and revolutions in the modes and scales of production. The journal wishes to foster a multidisciplinary approach to the past, exploiting material, textual, iconographic and scientific evidence, and to engage in the latest theoretical debates.

Post-Medieval Archaeology is an international journal, covering a range of subjects, which illustrates the increasingly broad scope of post-medieval archaeology today, including pottery, glass, metalwork, fortifications, vernacular architecture, landscape studies and industrial archaeology.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 27K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 0.4 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 0.5 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 0.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.905 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.172 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 56 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 81% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editors:


Assistant Editors

  • Grace Conium (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)  [email protected] 
  • Crystal Hollis (University of Exeter, UK)  [email protected] 
  • Eric Tourigny (Newcastle University, UK)  [email protected]
  • Gwilym Williams (Københavns Museum, Denmark)  [email protected]


  • Reviews Editor:
  • Will Todd (University of Bristol, UK) [email protected] 


  • Editorial Advisory Board:
  • Marley R Brown III (The College of William and Mary, USA)
  • Blessing Chidimuro (University of Reading, UK (from 2022))
  • Bob Clarke (Wessex Archaeology, UK)
  • James Dixon (Cheshire West & Chester Council, UK)
  • Martin Gibbs (University of New England, Australia)
  • Jimena Lobo Guerrero Arenas (Caldas University, Colombia)
  • Laura Hampden (Historic England, UK)
  • Audrey Horning (Queen's University Belfast, UK)
  • Lene Høst Madsen (Museum Skanderborg, Denmark)
  • Ranjith Jayasena (Municipality of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  • Tania Manuel Casimiro (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal)
  • Natascha Mehler (Universität Tübingen, Germany)
  • Kimberly Monk (Brock University, Canada)
  • Harold Mytum (University of Liverpool, UK)
  • Hilary Orange (Swansea University, UK)
  • Charles E Orser, Jr. (Vanderbilt University, USA)
  • Russell Palmer (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China)
  • Jacqui Pearce (Museum of London Archaeology, UK)
  • Innocent Pikirayi (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
  • Maxime Poulain (Ghent University, Belgium)
  • Katarina Predovnik (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
  • Lorna Richardson (University of East Anglia, UK)
  • Jane Ruffino (Södertörn University, Sweden)
  • Daniel Schávelzon (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • Paola Schiappacasse (University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico)
  • Madeline Shanahan (Extent, Australia)
  • Jussi-Pekka Taavitsainen (University of Turku, Finland)
  • Giorgio Verdiani (University of Florence, Italy)
  • Li Wei (Renmin University of China, China)
  • Nakanishi Yumiko (Osaka Cultural Properties Protection Division, Japan)

Abstracting and indexing

Post-Medieval Archaeology is included in the following services:

Abstracts in Anthropology

Academic Search Alumini

Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Premier

America: History and Life

Arts and Humanities Citation Index of ISI

Bibliography of the History of Art

British and Irish Archaeological Abstracts

Current Abstracts

Current Contents of ISI

Genamics JournalSeek

Getty Conservation Institute Project Bibliographies

Historical Abstracts

ISI

Modern Language Association Bibliography

Numismatic Literature

Periodicals Index Online

Repertoire International de la Litterature de l'Art

Scopus

TOC Premier

Open access

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  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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Society information

About
The Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology is Europe’s leading society for the study and promotion of historical archaeology. The SPMA was founded in 1966 with the aim of promoting the archaeology of late medieval to industrial society in Britain, Europe and those countries influenced by European colonialism. The Society now covers the archaeology of the period up to the present day. To achieve this aim the Society publishes the triannual journal Post-Medieval Archaeology, and a twice yearly newsletter, as well as regular monographs, and holds conferences and meetings.

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Membership Benefits
• Three print issues of our Journal Post-Medieval Archaeology (PMA)
• Online access to PMA from Volume 1 (1967) onwards
• A twice-yearly Newsletter
• Society monographs at discounted rates
• 30% discount on Routledge archaeology books
• Membership to our 'PhD group' for post-graduate students
• Advance notice and early booking for our annual Geoff Egan Memorial Lecture
• Membership of our Post-Medieval Society email news list
• Reduced membership rates for Conference registration
• Opportunities to contribute to the running of SPMA through Council membership positions and AGM voting privileges.

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