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| Revista de Arqueologia | |
|---|---|
| Title | Revista de Arqueologia |
| Discipline | Archaeology |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Country | Brazil |
| Publisher | Brazilian Institute of Archaeology |
| History | 1970–present |
| Frequency | Biannual |
| Issn | 0000-0000 |
Revista de Arqueologia is a peer-reviewed scholarly periodical focusing on archaeology, prehistoric studies, and cultural heritage, published in Portuguese with abstracts in English. The journal serves as a platform connecting researchers, institutions, and excavations across Latin America and the wider international archaeological community, featuring articles, field reports, and review essays.
Founded in the late 20th century, the journal emerged amid scholarly dialogues involving institutions such as the Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional (Brazil), Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional, and the Sociedade de Arqueologia Brasileira. Early contributors included researchers associated with the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Smithsonian Institution, British Museum, and the National Museum of Natural History (France), linking networks from the American School of Prehistoric Research to the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Editorial directions reflected conversations with figures connected to the Prehistoric Society, Society for American Archaeology, European Association of Archaeologists, and regional bodies such as the Andean Archaeology Association. The journal documented excavations at sites comparable in prominence to Sítio do Meio, Serra da Capivara National Park, Monte Alegre (archaeological site), and projects influenced by methodologies from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
The journal covers field archaeology, zooarchaeology, lithic analysis, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, and theoretical debates influenced by scholarship from the University of Arizona, University of Michigan, University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, and Yale University. Articles engage with regionally significant topics like pre-Columbian horticulture, ceramic typologies, and rock art studies analogous to work at Cueva de las Manos, Tiahuanaco, Machu Picchu, and El Paraíso (archaeological site). Contributors have examined cultural interactions comparable to Mississippian culture, Moche culture, Chavín culture, Tiwanaku, and Olmec connections, and methodological advances reflecting collaborations with the Max Planck Society, CNRS, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, and Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. The journal includes technical reports on radiocarbon dating practices linked to laboratories such as the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Laboratory of Chronology and Archaeometry (C14), and comparative analyses referencing collections at the National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico), Museo Nacional de Antropología (Spain), and the Field Museum.
Published biannually, the editorial board has included scholars affiliated with Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and visiting editors connected to Columbia University, Princeton University, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford University. Peer review follows standards championed by organizations like the Committee on Publication Ethics, with production supported by printers and funders historically allied with the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development and cultural agencies such as the Ministry of Culture (Brazil). Distribution networks extend through partnerships with libraries including the Biblioteca Nacional do Brasil, Library of Congress, and university presses like Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press for archival exchanges.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in regional and international databases modeled after services such as Scopus, Web of Science, Anthropological Index Online, JSTOR, Redalyc, and SciELO, and is catalogued by consortia like the OCLC and the International Council on Archives. Citation practices align with standards promoted by the International Council on Monuments and Sites and bibliographic control systems comparable to Library of Congress Subject Headings and the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme archival guidelines.
Scholarly reception has positioned the journal within dialogues alongside periodicals like Journal of Archaeological Science, Latin American Antiquity, Antiquity (journal), American Antiquity, and Archaeology (magazine). The journal has influenced cultural policy debates involving institutions such as the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística, Fundação Nacional do Índio, Comissão Nacional de Museus and contributed to heritage discussions seen at venues like the International Congress of Americanists, World Archaeological Congress, and symposia convened by the Pan-American Institute of Geography and History. Citation analyses reference work by scholars at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, British Academy, National Endowment for the Humanities, and grant programs from the European Research Council.
Special issues have focused on themes comparable to regional syntheses on Holocene climate change, Late Pleistocene peopling of the Americas, Neolithic transitions, and site-specific monographs paralleling studies of Paleoindian lithic industries, Ceramic sequences of the Amazon, and Rock art conservation. Notable articles feature methodological case studies engaging laboratories and museums such as the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia (USP), Museu de História Natural e Jardim Botânico da UFMG, and collaborations with research programs from National Science Foundation, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, and the Wellcome Trust.
Category:Archaeology journals Category:Portuguese-language journals