Latin American Antiquity

Aims & Scope

Latin American Antiquity is a quarterly journal that publishes original papers on the archaeology, ethnohistory, and art history of Latin America and the Caribbean and all regions in the continental New World that are south of the current U.S.-Mexico border.

The journal publishes ARTICLES, REPORTS, and COMMENTS in method and theory, field research, and analysis that use a Latin American database as defined above.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.1
2024	1.10

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7638

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	181

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.733

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	47

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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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.

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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.

• Early Agriculture in the Maya Lowlands

  Citation: 238

  Authors: Mary D., Kevin O., John G., John S., Dolores R., Susan D., David L., John A., Marie E., J. Kathryn

• Site-Planning Principles and Concepts of Directionality among the Ancient Maya

  Citation: 162

  Authors: Wendy

• Ecology and Ritual: Water Management and the Maya

  Citation: 131

  Authors: Vernon L.

• Inka Pottery as Culinary Equipment: Food, Feasting, and Gender in Imperial State Design

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Tamara L.

• Village Size and Permanence in Amazonia: Two Archaeological Examples from Brazil

  Citation: 120

  Authors: Michael J., James B., Eduardo Goés

• Geographic Identities of the Sacrificial Victims from the Feathered Serpent Pyramid, Teotihuacan: Implications for the Nature of State Power

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Christine D., Michael W., Fred J., Hilary, Kimberley R.

• Maya Diets of the Rich and Poor: Paleoethnobotanical Evidence from Copan

  Citation: 102

  Authors: David L.

• Soil Erosion, Slope Management, and Ancient Terracing in the Maya Lowlands

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Nicholas P., Timothy

• Spatial Orders in Maya Civic Plans

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Wendy, Jeremy A.

• Strontium Isotopes and the Study of Human Mobility in Ancient Mesoamerica

  Citation: 96

  Authors: T. Douglas, James H., Paul D., Lori E., Jane E., Vera

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