Contributions feature timely continental and subcontinental studies covering cultural continuities and discontinuities; interregional interactions; biocultural evolution; cultural dynamics and ecology; the role of cultural materials in politics and ideology; the application of ethnohistorical, textual, and ethnoarchaeological data in archaeological interpretation; conservation; management of cultural heritage, information technology, and public archaeology.

Papers present new field data from key excavation sites or localities aimed at understanding interregional processes, major cultural changes, and transitions in Africa's past, and Africa's place in world archaeology.

Rated 'A' in the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH)
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SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) 2015:   0.612

31 out of  246 on the Archeology list

26 out of 251 on the Archeology (Arts and Humanities) list

SJR is a measure of the journal’s relative impact in its field, based on its number of citations and number of articles per publication year.