''Archaeometry'' is a

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covering archaeological science, particularly

absolute dating Absolute dating is the process of determining an age on a specified chronology in archaeology and geology. Some scientists prefer the terms chronometric or calendar dating, as use of the word "absolute" implies an unwarranted certainty of accuracy ...

methods, artefact studies, quantitative archaeology,

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, conservation science, and

environmental archaeology Environmental archaeology is a sub-field of archaeology which emerged in 1970s and is the science of reconstructing the relationships between past societies and the environments they lived in. The field represents an archaeological-palaeoecologica ...

. It is published bimonthly by

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, on behalf of the

Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art The Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art (RLAHA) is a laboratory at the University of Oxford, England which develops and applies scientific methods to the study of the past. It was established in 1955 and its first director wa ...

at the

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, in association with the '' Gesellschaft für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie Archäometrie'' and the

Society for Archaeological Sciences A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societi ...

. Its current editors are A. Mark Pollard, Ina Reiche, Brandi MacDonald, Gilberto Artioli, and Catherine Batt. The journal was founded as the ''Bulletin of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art'' in 1958. It has been published by Wiley-Blackwell since 2001.

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published in ''Archaeometry'' are typically "technical expositions of physical and chemical methods applicable to dating and materials identification in archaeology". It is also notable for publishing periodic "datelists", which compile information on

radiocarbon date Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon. The method was dev ...

s produced by the

Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit The Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art (RLAHA) is a laboratory at the University of Oxford, England which develops and applies scientific methods to the study of the past. It was established in 1955 and its first director wa ...

and other radiocarbon laboratories.

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in the

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, the

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, the

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, '' L'Année philologique'', Art Source,

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, and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2019

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of 1.519, ranking it 64th out of 86 journals in the category "Chemistry, Analytical", 28th out of 45 in the category "Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear", and 142nd out of 200 in the category "Geosciences, Multidisciplinary".

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* {{Official website, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14754754, Journal homepage Archaeology journals Hybrid open access journals Wiley (publisher) academic journals Academic journals associated with universities and colleges Bimonthly journals English-language journals Publications established in 1958

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