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| Journal of American Ethnology and Archaeology | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of American Ethnology and Archaeology |
| Discipline | Ethnology; Archaeology |
| Language | English |
| Abbreviation | JAEA |
| Publisher | University-based press |
| Country | United States |
| History | 20th century–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
Journal of American Ethnology and Archaeology is a peer-reviewed academic periodical concentrating on indigenous Native American studies, material culture, and prehistoric and historic sites across the Americas. Articles commonly engage with fieldwork from regions such as Mesoamerica, Andes Mountains, Amazon basin, and Great Plains, and discuss collections in institutions like the Smithsonian Institution, Peabody Museum, and American Museum of Natural History. Contributors have included researchers affiliated with universities such as Harvard University, Yale University, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Arizona.
The journal emerged in the mid-20th century amid debates involving scholars from Columbia University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, and University of Michigan. Early editorial boards featured figures connected to projects at Poverty Point, Mesa Verde National Park, Chaco Canyon, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, and excavations near Monte Albán. Over decades the publication intersected with policy and legal developments including the Indian Reorganization Act, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, and court decisions arising from cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States. International collaborations expanded ties to researchers at institutions like the National Autonomous University of Mexico, University of São Paulo, Universidad de Chile, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
The journal covers ethnographic studies related to communities such as the Navajo Nation, Cherokee Nation, Sioux (Lakota), Apache, Maya, Inca, Arawak, Tupi-Guarani, and Mapuche. Archaeological research spans prehistoric complexes at Olmec sites, Teotihuacan, Zapotec sites, Moche, Nazca, and Tiwanaku. Contributors analyze materials housed in collections at the British Museum, Louvre, Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico), and the Field Museum of Natural History. The journal also addresses ethical debates tied to organizations like National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, World Archaeological Congress, and UNESCO.
Editorial governance typically involves an editor-in-chief drawn from faculties at places such as University of California, Los Angeles, University of Texas at Austin, Arizona State University, or Colgate University, supported by editorial boards with scholars from Smithsonian Institution, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, American Philosophical Society, and the Royal Anthropological Institute. Peer review practices reference standards used by journals associated with American Anthropological Association, Society for American Archaeology, European Association of Archaeologists, and the Latin American Studies Association. Reviewers have included specialists who have led projects at sites like Pukara de Quitor, Chavín de Huántar, Palenque, and Copán.
The journal issues quarterly volumes and special issues organized around themes such as indigenous heritage and colonial encounters, often guest-edited by scholars from McGill University, University of Toronto, University College London, or Australian National University. Print distribution has historically involved university presses linked to Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and regional university presses; electronic access is available via aggregators comparable to platforms maintained by JSTOR and repositories resembling Project MUSE. Libraries at institutions such as Library of Congress, New York Public Library, and Biblioteca Nacional de España hold extensive runs.
Abstracting services indexing the journal include databases akin to Anthropology Plus, Scopus, Web of Science, and bibliographies similar to those produced by the Royal Society of Antiquaries. Indexing facilitates discovery in catalogs maintained by the Digital Public Library of America, HathiTrust, WorldCat, and consortia such as the Research Libraries Group and the Center for Research Libraries.
The journal has been cited in policy reports produced by entities such as the National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution Office of Museum Studies, and non-governmental organizations including Survival International and Cultural Survival. Its articles have influenced monographs published by presses like University of Arizona Press, Duke University Press, University of Chicago Press, and Cambridge University Press, and informed exhibitions at venues including the American Museum of Natural History, Field Museum, Royal Ontario Museum, and Museo Nacional de Antropología (Madrid). Critical reception has engaged scholars associated with Lewis Binford-style processual approaches, critics from schools linked to Julian Steward, and advocates of interpretive frameworks associated with Clifford Geertz.
Noteworthy contributions have addressed stratigraphic analyses from projects at Poverty Point, ceramic typologies from Mimbres sites, settlement patterns in the Mississippian culture, isotope studies comparable to work from Nazca, and ethnohistorical reassessments of colonial encounters involving archives in Archivo General de Indias, National Archives and Records Administration, and regional repositories like the Archivo General de la Nación (Peru). Seminal pieces debated chronology for Clovis culture, reinterpretations of iconography from Maya codices, radiocarbon sequences relevant to Folsom culture, and conservation protocols championed by specialists affiliated with ICOMOS, Getty Conservation Institute, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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