Advances in Archaeological Practice

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Advances in Archaeological Practice is a quarterly, full-color digital journal published, with articles sharing 'creative solutions to challenges in the practice of archaeology globally'. [1] The purpose of the journal is to provide a venue for archaeologists to publish short, peer-reviewed, methodologically oriented articles. [2]

A unique feature of this journal is the freely accessible 'digital media reviews' section. These articles are a 1500-2000 word critical evaluation of one (or a series of) digital application(s) developed for archaeology and heritage audiences. Previous articles in this section have reviewed heritage/archaeology online exhibitions, video games, digital archives, podcasts, chatbots, news programmes, Sketchfab, Instagram, Facebook, crowdsourcing sites, and more generally on VR and AR applications, and online public courses (e.g. MOOCs). [3]

Editorial board

The editorial advisory board of Advances in Archaeological Practice has 21 members from around the world, including a mix of academic, consulting and government archaeologists. [4]

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References

  1. "Advances in Archaeological Practice". Cambridge Core.
  2. Dore, Christopher D. (16 January 2017). "Advances in Archaeological Practice". Advances in Archaeological Practice. 1 (1): 1–2. doi: 10.7183/2326-3768.1.1.1 .
  3. Perry, Sara (16 January 2017). "Deconstructing Archaeology's Digital Media". Advances in Archaeological Practice. 4 (2): 217. doi: 10.7183/2326-3768.4.2.217 .
  4. "Editorial board". Cambridge Core.