Dear Bob Skiles,

This journal sounds great.  I just happen to be in the finalizing stages of a manuscript, and I am curious to know if this journal would be interested in the topic. I am performing experimental archaeology to determine a comparative model to identify butchery for stews/grease rendering in the historical period (this topic is common in slave, mission, and hardship sites). I ask if experimental archaeology is appropriate for the journal? I realize this came through the HISTARCH listserve, but is historical archaeology an acceptable time period? I ask this because I tried submitting a major gravemarker reinterpretation that challenged an article published by American Antiquity decades ago, but I was told that the topic (18th century) was too modern.

Thanks, Adam Heinrich

> Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 22:11:44 -0500
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> Subject: Re: Fwd: Announcing a new SAA Journal: Advances in Archaeological Practice
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> It's been pointed-out to me that the link was corrupt in the post. Sorry 
> about that. To view/download the free volume try this one:
> 
> http://saa.metapress.com/content/v106627178p6/?sortorder=asc
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> 
> On 10/6/2013 5:05 PM, Bob Skiles wrote:
> >
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > On behalf of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA), I am pleased 
> > to announce Volume 1, Number 1 of/Advances in Archaeological Practice/ 
> > <https://exchange.thc.state.tx.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=7a6bbdbedad04150bf9829ea090c8862&URL=http%3a%2f%2fsaa.metapress.com%2fcontent%2f122855%2f>/: 
> > A Journal of the Society for American Archaeology/!
> >
> > Launching a new SAA journal has happened only three times in the past: 
> > 1935 with /American Antiquity/, 1990 with /Latin American Antiquity, 
> > /and 2002 with /E-tiquity /(no longer published)/./ This new journal 
> > pushes SAA into the future. Not only is the digital format changing 
> > the way SAA publishes scholarly peer-reviewed articles, it will allow 
> > for the inclusion of exciting new data, faster time to publication, 
> > and instant global distribution. The content, too, is progressive and 
> > you finally have a forum to publish your innovative research on 
> > /how/ we do archaeology: how we learn about the past, how we convey 
> > our findings in the present, and how we manage resources for the future.
> >
> > The first two issues are completely free and open to all, but starting 
> > with the February 2014 issue, subscriptions will be available for $199 
> > per year for non-member individuals, but it you join SAA, you may 
> > choose to receive it for FREE!. Until then, we invite you to download 
> > Volume 1, Number 1 of our journal here 
> > <https://exchange.thc.state.tx.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=7a6bbdbedad04150bf9829ea090c8862&URL=http%3a%2f%2fsaa.metapress.com%2fcontent%2f122855%2f>. 
> > I hope that you enjoy it.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Christopher D. Dore, Ph.D., RPA
> >
> > Editor, /Advances in Archaeological Practice: A Journal of the Society 
> > for American Archaeology/
> >
> > P.S. I invite you to engage our new journal as an author, reviewer, 
> > and reader. I encourage you to think in new ways about what can be 
> > published as well as how to take full advantage of the digital format. 
> > As the inaugural editor of the journal, I'm open and available to help 
> > you brainstorm ideas, answer your questions, and hear your suggestions 
> > on how to improve the journal as a resource and tool for the practice 
> > of archaeology.
> >
> >
> > <https://exchange.thc.state.tx.us/owa/redir.aspx?C=7a6bbdbedad04150bf9829ea090c8862&URL=http%3a%2f%2fremarq.ning.com%2f%3fxg_source%3dmsg_mes_network>
> >
> >
> >