''Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific'' is an

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covering the

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and prehistory of

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

and the

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region. In addition to

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

, it features articles and book reviews on

ethnoarchaeology Ethnoarchaeology is the ethnographic study of peoples for archaeological reasons, usually through the study of the material remains of a society (see David & Kramer 2001). Ethnoarchaeology aids archaeologists in reconstructing ancient lifeways by s ...

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, and

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. The journal was established in 1957 as the ''Bulletin of the Far-Eastern Prehistory Association (American Branch)'' under the editorship of Wilhelm G. Solheim II, then followed its editor to other institutions. Volumes II (1958) through VIII (1964) were published by

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, and volumes IX (1966) through XI (1968) by the Social Science Research Institute at the

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. The

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became the publisher from volume XII (1969), adding the subtitle ''A Journal of Archaeology and Prehistory of Asia and the Pacific.'' In 1992, the editorship passed to Michael W. Graves and the subtitle was changed to ''The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific''.

Miriam Stark Miriam T. Stark (born September 14, 1962) is an American archaeologist whose field experience and emphasis of studies have included locations in North America, the Near East and Southeast Asia. She is currently a professor of Southeast Asian Arc ...

at the University of Hawaii served as editor from 2000 through 2006, then the editorship passed to three-person team: Deborah Bekken (

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), Laura Lee Junker (

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), and Anne P. Underhill (

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). The journal appears biannually in March and September. Its first electronic edition appeared in 2000 (vol. 39) on

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. Back issues are being added to an open-access archive in the University of Hawaii at Mānoa's

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External links

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Online index to vols. 1-39
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