Journal of Caribbean Archaeology

The Journal of Caribbean Archaeology is intended to provide a refereed publication outlet for archaeological research in the Caribbean and surrounding area. The development of our understanding of both the historic and prehistoric past in the Caribbean has been hampered by the lack of a journal devoted expressly to archaeology in the region, and archaeologists have resorted to publishing in a variety of venues. Many of these are not widely or readily available or are typically associated with another discipline. There is no journal devoted specifically to Caribbean archaeology, and it is this void that the Journal of Caribbean Archaeology seeks to fill.



The journal will be published initially three times a year beginning in 1999, although quarterly issues will be considered if submissions warrant. The Journal of Caribbean Archaeology will consider for publication both reports and papers dealing with any aspect of archaeology in the Caribbean. Reports are typically shorter and site or island specific, while papers are longer and examine more general synthetic, theoretical, methodological, or topical issues of interest to a wider audience. A book review section is under consideration but will not be implemented until the journal has become established.