Sussex Archaeological Collections

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Sussex Archaeological Collections
DisciplineArchaeology and history of Sussex
LanguageEnglish
Edited by
Publication details
History1848–present
Publisher
FrequencyAnnual
Delayed
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Sussex Archaeol. Collect.
Indexing
ISSN0143-8204
OCLC no.866111089
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Sussex Archaeological Collections is an annual journal published in England containing scholarly articles on archaeological topics. The journal is published by the Sussex Archaeological Society (SAS). Its first volume was published in 1848.

History[]

The Sussex Archaeological Society was founded in the 1840s, and in 1847 its members decided to create a publication relating to the history of Sussex. The society was amongst the first organisations founded to study a county's history, and by 2012 it had published the third most articles amongst journals on English counties.[1] Owen Bedwin (editor 1979–83) introduced anonymous reviewing for articles.[2]

Florence Dodson was the first woman to write an article in the Collections, published in 1880; no other women wrote articles in the Collections before 1900, though it became more common in the 1920s.[3] A survey of articles published in the Collections found that between 1900 and 1950, 4% of the articles in the Collections were written by women, a similar proportion to the Antiquaries Journal and Archaeologia (both published by the Society of Antiquaries of London).[4]

The SAS was the first county-based archaeological society to share content through the Archaeology Data Service (ADS), an online open-access platform. Initially, volumes from 1999 onwards were freely available two years after they were published. By 2012, only the Surrey Archaeological Society had done something similar,[2] thought this later became more common and the SAS's own work available through the ADS was extended to cover everything since the journal's inception. Marking the society's 175th anniversary in 2021, volunteers at the SAS completed a project digitising and indexing the whole catalogue of the journal. The issues were made freely available online through the ADS.[5]

Editors[]

In 1909, Louis Francis Salzman became the first professional archaeologist or historian to edit the journal; professionalisation became the norm. The editors are listed below.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Farrant, John H. (2012). "Celebrating the 150th volume of Sussex Archaeological Collections". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 150: 1. doi:10.5284/1085362 – via Archaeology Data Service.
  2. ^ a b c Farrant, John H. (2012). "Celebrating the 150th volume of Sussex Archaeological Collections". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 150: 2. doi:10.5284/1085362 – via Archaeology Data Service.
  3. ^ Phillips, Pauline (1998). "The participation of women in the journal Sussex Archaeological Collections 1900-1950". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 136: 140. doi:10.5284/1085032.
  4. ^ Phillips, Pauline (1998). "The participation of women in the journal Sussex Archaeological Collections 1900-1950". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 136: 138. doi:10.5284/1085032.
  5. ^ Sussex Archaeological Society Library [@SAS_Library] (18 June 2021). "Thanks to our magnificent group of digital volunteers, many of whom we have never met in person, Sussex Archaeological Collections, from Volume 1 are now all online" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "New Sussex Archaeological Collections Editor | The Sussex Archaeological Society". 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

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