考古學(xué)和人類學(xué)涵蓋了所有的自然科學(xué)方法，重點(diǎn)放在考古背景和正在研究的問題。它在考古學(xué)家和自然科學(xué)家之間架起了橋梁，為鼓勵科學(xué)方法繼續(xù)融入考古學(xué)研究提供了一個論壇。該雜志的內(nèi)容包括:考古學(xué)、地質(zhì)學(xué)/地球物理勘探、地質(zhì)考古學(xué)、地質(zhì)年代學(xué)、古人類學(xué)、考古學(xué)和考古學(xué)植物學(xué)、遺傳學(xué)和其他生物分子、材料分析和保護(hù)科學(xué)。該雜志得到了德國自然科學(xué)考古學(xué)和考古學(xué)學(xué)會(GNAA)、希臘考古學(xué)學(xué)會(HSC)、意大利考古學(xué)家協(xié)會(AIAr)和考古學(xué)學(xué)會(SAS)的認(rèn)可。

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences covers the full spectrum of natural scientific methods with an emphasis on the archaeological contexts and the questions being studied. It bridges the gap between archaeologists and natural scientists providing a forum to encourage the continued integration of scientific methodologies in archaeological research.Coverage in the journal includes: archaeology, geology/geophysical prospection, geoarchaeology, geochronology, palaeoanthropology, archaeozoology and archaeobotany, genetics and other biomolecules, material analysis and conservation science.The journal is endorsed by the German Society of Natural Scientific Archaeology and Archaeometry (GNAA), the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry (HSC), the Association of Italian Archaeometrists (AIAr) and the Society of Archaeological Sciences (SAS).