Archaeological Review from Cambridge

The Archaeological Review from Cambridge is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for our upcoming volume, 42.1: Agency in Action. We welcome papers from the fields of Archaeology, Anthropology, Heritage Studies, and adjacent fields, which incorporate agency as an interpretive axis, and actively encourage submissions grounded in relational approaches which touch upon one or more of the themes outlined below. Potential contributors are encouraged to register their interest by submitting an abstract of up to 250 words to the following email address: [email protected].

The abstract should also include five keywords reflecting the core themes of the study. The abstract submission deadline is the 13th of February, 2026.

Once accepted, papers of no more than 4000 words (excluding acknowledgements or references) should be submitted before the 17th of May 2026, for publication in November 2026. More information about the Archaeological Review from Cambridge may be found online at http://arc.soc.srcf.net.

Information about submission guidelines, notes for contributors, and the style guide may be found online at http://arc.soc.srcf.net/contribute.html.

The Archaeological Review from Cambridge is pleased to announce the release of Volume 40.2: “Shall We Still Write?” Text and Knowledge Production in Decolonial Archaeology. To celebrate, we will be hosting a launch event on Monday December 1st at 2 PM in the McDonald Seminar Room, where Dr Victoria Vargas-Downing from the University of Leeds will give a talk titled: “Shall We Still Write?” Decolonial Approaches and Heritage Epistemic Hopes. A food and mulled wine reception will follow, see the poster below for more details! We hope to see you there!

The Archaeological Review from Cambridge is pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for our upcoming volume 41.1: The Archaeology of Skin. We welcome contributions from archaeology, anthropology, history, art history, classics, literary studies, material culture studies, museum studies, and adjacent fields.

Potential contributors are encouraged to register interest by submitting an abstract of up to 250 words to [email protected] before 31 August 2025. Once accepted, papers of no more than 4,000 words should be submitted before 15 November 2025 for publication in May 2026. More information about the Archaeological Review from Cambridge may be found online at https://arc.soc.srcf.net/. Information about submission guidelines, notes for Contributors and Style Guide may be found online at http://arc.soc.srcf.net/contribute.html.

We look forward to hearing from you!

HAPPENING TODAY: The Archaeological Review from Cambridge is pleased to announce the launch event for our newest volume, Food, Gods & Ancestors will be held at the McDonald Institute this Friday, June 20th at 5 PM. Our guest speaker is Egyptologist and Cambridge alumna Dr. Salima Ikram, who will be speaking to us from the American University in Cairo about food offerings found in Tutankhamun's Tomb. Following her talk, there will be a brief panel discussion from the editors about the volume itself, a book sale, and a food and drinks reception!

The Archaeological Review from Cambridge is pleased to invite submissions for our next issue (40.2), titled: Shall We Still Write? Text and Knowledge Production in Decolonial Archaeology. Those who are interested in contributing an article should submit their abstracts of 250 words by 28 February, 2025.

We are thrilled to announce the recent publication of Volume 39.2 - Indigenous Archaeologies!

Beautiful artwork by

Join us at the McDonald Institute on Oct. 9th to celebrate the launch of our new volume, Human-Insect Entanglement: Past, Present, and Future. Dr. David Smith of the University of Birmingham will be giving a special guest lecture in honor of the occasion. To watch online, please register via the following zoom link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAud--rqzwqH9IE7TfyD73fTFQGsC4BUFVq #/registration
We hope to see you there!

We are pleased to announce the launch of our most recent volume 38.2 “Archaeology and the Public’s” this Friday June 14 at 4pm in the McDonald Seminar room with guest speaker Neil Redfern, executive director of the Council for British Archaeology. Light refreshments and drinks to follow - copies of the volume will also be available to purchase for anyone interested. We hope to see you all there !

Past Volume Editor Gian Battista Marras ( ) gave a wonderful talk today about geoarchaeology in Sardinia for the Pitt-Rivers Lecture Series

logy

We have extended the call for papers for our latest volume to February 14! See the attached for more info !!

We are thrilled the share the cover of our latest volume 38.2 : Archaeology and the Publics !

ARC 38.2 Article Spotlight- ARCHAEOLOGY, INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL KNOWLEDGE, AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CARIBBEAN: SELECT CASE STUDIES AMONG THE KALINAGO, MACUSHI AND MAROON COMMUNITIES IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND THE GUIANAS

Globally, there is an increasing awareness of the value of considering the place for cultural heritage in climate change discourse, yet within the Caribbean region, this area remains understudied. This paper discusses the intersections between archaeology and Indigenous and local knowledge and climate change in the Caribbean, through the very different perspectives of the Kalinago in Dominica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Macushi of Guyana, and the Maroons of Suriname. In so doing, it aims to give agency to the voice of Indigenous communities in contributing to the advancement of this dialogue in the Caribbean.

This article emanates from a collaboration amongst four traditional community representatives and three researchers based in the Caribbean. From Guyana, Louisa Daggers is a researcher of Guyanese prehistory with emphasis on environmental change and human environmental interplay during the Holocene. She is presently co-author of the Archaeology of Guyana (second edition).

gy