該雜志國際簡稱:ANCIENT MESOAM,是由出版商Cambridge University Press出版的一本致力于發(fā)布?xì)v史學(xué)研究新成果的的專業(yè)學(xué)術(shù)期刊。該雜志以ARCHAEOLOGY研究為重點,主要發(fā)表刊登有創(chuàng)見的學(xué)術(shù)論文文章、行業(yè)最新科研成果,扼要報道階段性研究成果和重要研究工作的最新進(jìn)展,選載對學(xué)科發(fā)展起指導(dǎo)作用的綜述與專論,促進(jìn)學(xué)術(shù)發(fā)展,為廣大讀者服務(wù)。該刊是一本國際優(yōu)秀雜志,在國際上有很高的學(xué)術(shù)影響力。
Ancient Mesoamerica is the international forum for the method, theory, substance and interpretation of Mesoamerican archaeology, art history and ethnohistory. The journal publishes papers chiefly concerned with the Pre-Columbian archaeology of the Mesoamerican region, but also features articles from other disciplines including ethnohistory, historical archaeology and ethnoarchaeology. Topics covered include the origins of agriculture, the economic base of city states and empires, political organisation from the Formative through the Early Colonial periods, the development and function of early writing, and the use of iconography to reconstruct ancient religious beliefs and practices.