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| Revue Belge d'Archéologie | |
|---|---|
| Title | Revue Belge d'Archéologie |
| Discipline | Archaeology |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Société royale d'Archéologie de Belgique |
| Country | Belgium |
| History | 19th century–present |
| Frequency | Annual / Irregular |
Revue Belge d'Archéologie is a Belgian scholarly periodical dedicated to archaeological research, antiquarian studies, and heritage reporting connected to Belgian and European antiquities. Established in the 19th century, the journal has chronicled excavations, numismatic finds, epigraphic discoveries, and museological developments involving institutions such as the Royal Museums of Art and History, the Royal Library of Belgium, and the Belgian Royal Academy.
The journal emerged amid 19th-century antiquarian initiatives associated with figures like Gustave Wappers, institutions such as the Société royale d'Archéologie de Belgique, and national projects influenced by the creation of the Royal Museums of Art and History and the consolidation of collections at the Royal Library of Belgium. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries its pages reflected debates paralleling exhibitions at the Exposition Universelle (1889), contacts with scholars at the British Museum and the Musée du Louvre, and comparisons with periodicals such as the Bulletin des Antiquités Grecques and the Journal of Hellenic Studies. The two World Wars affected production, with editorial activity intersecting with scholars affiliated to the Université libre de Bruxelles, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and the Royal Academy of Belgium, while postwar archaeology featured contributions that referenced fieldwork near Tongeren, Hannut, and along the Meuse River.
The journal publishes reports on excavations, numismatics, epigraphy, architectural remains, and conservation projects connected to sites like Basilica of Saint Servatius, Tournai Cathedral, and Roman remains in Arlon and Tongeren. Articles discuss artifacts comparable to collections at the British Museum, the Musée du Cinquantenaire, and the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, and engage with methodological debates visible in the works of Petrie, Mortimer Wheeler, Flinders Petrie, Graham Clark, and Gordon Childe. It includes catalogues of finds, treatises on medieval sculpture referencing artists documented in the Practical Guide to Medieval Art, studies in palaeography paralleling research at the Vatican Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and synthetic essays that situate Belgian material culture alongside findings from Etruria, Gallia Belgica, and the Roman Empire.
Published by the Société royale d'Archéologie de Belgique and associated with Belgian learned societies including the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, the journal historically issued annual or irregular volumes bound in French, occasionally including articles in Dutch and German to reflect bilingual scholarship from the Université catholique de Louvain and the Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Distribution reached libraries such as the British Library, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and university collections at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, and it cross-referenced standards set by the International Council on Monuments and Sites and cataloguing norms used at the Museo Nazionale Romano.
Editorial stewardship has involved members of the Société royale d'Archéologie de Belgique, curators from the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, and academics from the Université libre de Bruxelles and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, with contributors including archaeologists, numismatists, epigraphers, and conservators who collaborated with colleagues at the British Museum, the Musée du Louvre, the Vatican Museums, and the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. The board has coordinated peer review procedures aligned with practices at the Society of Antiquaries of London and editorial guidelines shaped by standards of the International Council for Archaeozoology and the European Association of Archaeologists.
Noteworthy articles have documented major excavations and finds comparable in significance to discoveries reported in the pages of the Journal of Roman Studies and the Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, including reports on Roman villas near Arlon and medieval church furnishings from Tournai. The journal influenced restoration debates that reached the ICOMOS charters and conservation interventions observed at the Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp), and its numismatic studies have been cited alongside catalogues produced by the British Numismatic Society and the American Numismatic Society. Cross-citations appear in monographs produced by scholars affiliated with the Collège de France, the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford, and research networks connected to the European Research Council.
Back issues are held in major research libraries including the Royal Library of Belgium, the British Library, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and university repositories at the University of Ghent and the Catholic University of Leuven, and are indexed in regional bibliographies of Belgian heritage and integrated catalogues used by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Selected articles have been digitized in collaboration with national libraries and appear in institutional repositories alongside records in union catalogues such as WorldCat and databases used by the European Library.
Category:Archaeology journals Category:Belgian periodicals