Announcing

The Journal of Caribbean Archaeology

Devoted to archaeological research in the Caribbean and surrounding areas

Editors

Christopher Ohm Clement
South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
(803) 777-8044

Elizabeth Wing
Florida Museum of Natural History

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.

Papers and reports submitted to the Journal of Caribbean Archaeology will be subject to review by members of the editorial board, composed of archaeologists who are well known in the field. As a group, their specialties cover the Caribbean both regionally and temporally. Outside reviewers will also be utilized in most cases, while the two editors will provide additional editorial comment. Each manuscript received for consideration will be examined by the editors who will send it for review to at least one appropriate member of the editorial board as well as to up to two outside reviewers. Based on their comments, the editors will then determine whether the paper is suitable for publication in the Journal of Caribbean Archaeology, requires revision, or is unsuitable for publication.

We would like the Journal of Caribbean Archaeology to be as widely disseminated as possible to encourage scholarship and communication among the scattered practitioners of archaeology in the Caribbean. To accomplish this, the Journal of Caribbean Archaeology will be available free of charge and will be published electronically, reducing production and distribution costs. The journal will be available free to anyone with internet access.

Available issues.

Additional information about JCA.

Information for contributors.