Aims and scopeJournal of World Prehistory is an international forum for the publication of peer-reviewed, original treatments of the prehistory of an area or larger region. It was founded nearly thirty years ago with the remit of providing researchers, instructors and students with timely and authoritative research syntheses from all fields of archaeology. Journal of World Prehistory continues to lead in this field. Our classic articles may be 20,000 or 25,000 words long, as appropriate (excluding their extensive bibliographies). Since 2008 they have been joined by shorter (around 10,000 words), position pieces, which provide in-depth, thoughtful development of data and concepts, including interventions in controversies that unfold in our pages. These, written in a fashion interesting and accessible to all archaeologists, are often paired with a longer treatment in a single volume. In addition, readers now benefit from thematic special issues and double issues, in which a number of leading authors deal with a key theme in world prehistory, such as the origins of metallurgy (2009, volumes 22: 3 and 4), or the East Asian Neolithic (2013, in preparation). All papers are available first online, followed by the print edition. We aim to be truly global in coverage, with recent articles dealing, inter alia, with Amazonian lithics, the late Jomon of Hokkaido, the Bronze Age in Southeast Asia, the Neanderthal settlement of Doggerland, Neolithic networks in Western Asia, younger Dryas Paleo-Indian adaptations, and state formation in the Horn of Africa. Articles benefit from multi-language abstracts where appropriate, and we work closely with authors who do not have English as a first language to present major syntheses in a clear and concise way to an international audience. Traditionally, JWP focuses on earlier periods, but it includes the beginnings and early development of complex societies, and our understanding of ‘prehistory’ is broad and inclusive: for guidance on chronological scope, as well as our calendrical conventions, see the editorial article ‘Prehistory vs. Archaeology: terms of Engagement’ http://www.springerlink.com/content/346142p032604447/ Our unique remit means that we do not encourage the submission of unsolicited papers; rather, specific proposals are encouraged and then guided prior to independent peer review. Our aims and the way we fulfil them, with close contact with authors throughout the publication process, mean that JWP is not a venue for the simple and rapid dissemination of new results. Whilst we expect scholarship to be current, with syntheses including much new data, our readers look to us for definitive area/period coverage that will have continuing value.If you are proposing an article or special theme for Journal of World Prehistory, please read the Instructions for authors.Rated 'A' in the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH)?Journal of World Prehistory is rated 'A' in the ERIH, a new reference index that aims to help evenly access the scientific quality of Humanities research output.

目标和范围《世界史前杂志》是一个国际论坛，发表经过同行评审的、关于某个区域或更大区域史前史的原创研究。它成立于近三十年前，其职责是为研究人员、教师和学生提供来自考古学各个领域的及时和权威的研究综述。《世界史前杂志》继续在这一领域处于领先地位。我们的经典文章长度可能有 20,000 或 25,000 字，具体取决于（不包括其广泛的参考书目）。自 2008 年以来，我们加入了较短的（约 10,000 字）立场文章，这些文章提供深入、深思熟虑的数据和概念发展，包括对我们页面上展开的争议的干预。这些文章以一种有趣且所有考古学家都能理解的方式编写，通常与单卷中的较长论述配对。此外，读者现在还可以从主题特刊和双刊中受益，其中许多主要作者讨论了世界史前史的关键主题，例如冶金术的起源（2009 年，第 22 卷：3 和 4）或东亚新石器时代（2013 年，准备中）。所有论文均首先在线提供，然后提供印刷版。我们的目标是真正实现全球覆盖，最近的文章涉及亚马逊石器、北海道晚期绳文时代、东南亚青铜时代、多格兰的尼安德特人定居点、西亚的新石器时代网络、新仙女木期古印第安人的适应性以及非洲之角的国家形成。文章在适当的情况下受益于多语言摘要，并且我们与非英语为母语的作者密切合作，以清晰简洁的方式向国际观众展示主要综合。传统上，JWP 关注早期时期，但它也包括复杂社会的开始和早期发展，我们对“史前史”的理解是广泛而包容的：有关时间范围和日历惯例的指导，请参阅编辑文章“史前史与考古学：参与条款”http://www.springerlink.com/content/346142p032604447/ 我们独特的职责意味着我们不鼓励提交未经请求的论文；相反，我们鼓励并在独立同行评审之前指导具体的提案。我们的目标以及我们实现目标的方式，以及在整个出版过程中与作者的密切联系，意味着 JWP 不是简单快速传播新成果的场所。虽然我们期望学术研究与时俱进，综合研究包含大量新数据，但我们的读者希望我们能提供具有持续价值的权威领域/时期覆盖范围。如果您要为《世界史前杂志》提议一篇文章或一个特别的主题，请阅读作者说明。在欧洲人文学科参考索引 (ERIH) 中被评为“A”？《世界史前杂志》在 ERIH 中被评为“A”，ERIH 是一个旨在帮助均衡评估人文学科研究成果科学质量的新参考索引。

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