About the Journal

Aims and scope

The Revista de Arqueología Histórica Argentina y Latinoamericana (RDAHAYL) is a peer reviewed academic journal with a biannual frequency, currently published and edited by its Editorial Committee. RDAHAYL receives original and unpublished articles, notes, essays, and reviews, in Spanish or Portuguese. Those deal with historical archeology or related areas, such as history, historical anthropology, and ethnohistory, usually pertinent to the Latin American Region. Articles and notes are submitted to the editorial committee for consideration, which assesses their relevance and quality. Once approved, they are sent to two external reviewers under the double-blind modality. Review texts are only evaluated by the editorial committee.

The journal was born in 2007 to fill the vacancy of specialized publications in the region, which contrasted with the growth of the field throughout the 2000s. Since 2014 its edition is exclusively digital, open source, and without publication fees, promoting the democratization of access to scientific production.

All contributions must comply with current editorial standards. The reception of manuscripts is done through the journal’s portal.

Open access policy

The publications of the Revista de Arqueología Histórica Argentina y Latinoamericana (RDAHAYL) are open access in digital format. By submitting an article the authors accept the following conditions.

RDAHAYL applies the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License to the articles published on its platform. The author maintains the copyright of his article, guaranteeing him control over the integrity of his work, and the right to be recognized and cited. However, under this open access license, the author agrees that anyone can partially or totally reuse her/his/their article to copy, distribute or reuse the content as long as the author/authors and original source are correctly cited. This facilitates the freedom of reuse, and also ensures that the content can be extracted without barriers to the diffusion of science and knowledge.

All of our publications are digitally preserved for the long term within the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) project.

Editorial process

All contributions will be subject to review by the Editorial Committee. In the case of articles and essays, these will be evaluated under the peer review system (double blind modality). While the selecting reviewers process, priority will be given to those external to the publishing institution and that at least one of them is a foreigner. The review is based on the evaluation of various formal criteria for the presentation of the manuscripts as well as their academic content.

Each manuscript will have a similarity control based on the iThenticate software before starting the peer review system. In the event of a similarity percentage greater than 20%, the person who sent the contribution will be asked to review the content of their manuscript according to the report produced by iThenticate . In case of continuing with this or a higher percentage, the contribution will be rejected.

Once the evaluations are received, the Editorial Committee reviews the feedback from the reviewers and their suggestions regarding the requirements for the manuscript to be published. After considering the pertinence and relevance of the comments, the editorial decision is communicated to the authors. In this instance, the editorial decision can be:

  • Accept without modification.
  • Accept with modifications that do not involve a reevaluation.
  • Accept with modifications that imply a reevaluation.
  • Reject.

In case of receiving favorable evaluations from the reviewers, the works will be sent back to the authors so they can make all the requested corrections or modifications. Once the pertinent modifications have been made, the authors must send the corrected manuscript together with a Disclaimer Note addressed to the Editorial Committee specifying all the changes made.

If there are discrepancies between the first two reviews, the Editorial Committee will consider the arguments given by the evaluators, and submit the manuscript for a further review by a third evaluator.

Once the Editorial Committee decides to accept a manuscript, it will go to the editorial layout stage and can no longer be withdrawn by the authors.

Privacy statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes stated in it and will not be provided to third parties or for use for other purposes.