Documenta Praehistorica

Aims & Scope

Research papers and reports are published in English language and worldwide distributed.

They are mainly focused on: cognition and materialities of prehistoric cultures, archaeogenetic studies, palaeo- demography, population dynamics and cultural trajectories in prehistory, settlement and landscape dynamics, climate anomalies, radiocarbon dating, palaeodietary reconstruction based on stable isotope analysis, chemistry in archaeology and palaeoenvironmental studies.

Documenta Praehistorica publishes figures online in colour while the printed version is published mainly in black and white.

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Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The Impact of Rapid Climate Change on Prehistoric Societies during the Holocene in the Eastern Mediterranean

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Bernhard, Lee, Eelco, Ofer, Utz, Mihael, Manfred, Angelica, Hans Georg, Olaf, Jörg, Paul, Tobias, Agathe, Gary, Daniel, Laurens, Henrieta, Christoph

• Göbekli Tepe – the Stone Age Sanctuaries. New results of ongoing excavations with a special focus on sculptures and high reliefs

  Citation: 129

  Authors: Klaus

• The catastrophic final flooding of Doggerland by the Storegga Slide tsunami

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Bernhard, Rick, Marcel, Lee, Mark, Kevan, Johanna, Olaf, Marcel, Eelco J., Bernd

• The agricultural transition and the origins of Neolithic society in Europe

  Citation: 65

  Authors: Marek

• Identification of animal fats via compound specific δ13C values of individual fatty acids: assessments of results for reference fats and lipid extracts of archaeological pottery vessels

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Richard P., Stephanie N., Mark S., Anna

• Neolithisation of the Aegean and Southeast Europe during the 6600–6000 calBC period of Rapid Climate Change

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Bernhard, Lee, Fokke, Barbara, Raiko, Jörg, Rana, Eelco J

• Climate fluctuations and trajectories to complexity in the Neolithic: towards a theory

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Detlef

• Modelling the earliest north-western dispersal of Mediterranean Impressed Wares: new dates and Bayesian chronological model

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Didier, Philippe, Lucia, Louise, Jean, Claire, Roberto, Italo M., Chiara, Giovanna, Carlo, Daniele, Janet, Mario, Laurent, François, Alain, Claire, Lionel, Philippe, Renato, Stefano, Peter, Stéphanie

• The concept of “Neolithic package”: considering its meaning and applicability

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Çiler

• The “when”, the “where” and the “why” of the Neolithic revolution in the Levant

  Citation: 46

  Authors: Avi, Shahal, Simcha Lev