Antiquity is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering archaeology worldwide from all periods. The editor-in-chief is Robin Skeates (University of Durham). Since 2015, the journal has been published by Cambridge University Press.
The journal was established in 1927 by the British archaeologist O. G. S. Crawford and originally called Antiquity: A Quarterly Review of Archaeology. The journal is owned by the Antiquity Trust, a registered charity.
Antiquity has been a long-time supporter of the Theoretical Archaeology Group conferences.
Open Access adoption Since late 2024, Antiquity has slowly adopted a hybrid open access model.
In October 2024, it was announced that the journal would transition to a full open access model for all research articles by 2026, with a funding initiative ensuring accessibility for all authors.
In April 2026, Cambridge University Press announced that all Antiquity research articles accepted for publication from 1 June 2026 would be freely available to read online via open access and subject to a Creative Commons licence.
Prizes Two prizes are awarded each year by the Antiquity Trust for research articles published in the journal.
The Antiquity Prize was founded in 1994 by then editor, Christopher Chippindale, and the Antiquity Editorial Board to honour and support the author(s) of the best contribution to each volume of Antiquity.Prize winners
The Ben Cullen Prize was founded by Ian Gollop in 1996, in honour of Ben Cullen (1964 – 1995), a promising young archaeologist when he died unexpectedly.Ben Cullen Prize 2024
Editors-in-chief The following persons are or have been editor-in-chief:
Editor Tenure O. G. S. Crawford 1927 1957 Glyn Daniel 1958 1986 Christopher Chippindale 1987 1997 Caroline Malone 1998 2002 Martin Carver 2003 2012 Chris Scarre 2013 2017 Robert Witcher 2018 2024 Robin Skeates 2025 present
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