Customer Reviews

Archaeology

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If you are not a professional archaeologist, but interested in archeology, this is the magazine for you. It covers all areas of archeology and is written in an interesting, but technically comprehensible manner. I look forward to each issue.

I love this magazine. I started subscribing to Archaeology back in college, when money was very tight and even eating out was a huge luxury. I still have all my old issues from college. Ah! To be 20 again! But it's nice to see that the quality of this magazine has never wavered.

It must be a delight to work there... can you imagine working for a magazine where you report on real subject matter, rather than the latest Octuplets, Quintuplets, or whatever drivel passes for news nowadays?

This magazine is a breath of fresh air, and I'm so happy when I get my hands on each subsequent issue.

Thank you for putting out something that I look forward to reading every single time.

Highly Recommended.

I ordered this magazine subscription as a birthday present for my father. He is an armchair archaeologist and has thoroughly enjoyed reading this magazine. It has great world coverage of different events without being so academic as to bore the lay reader. The articles are thorough and interesting. I can't say that archaeology has interested me in the past, but I find myself looking forward to each magazine and read it cover to cover. I definitely recommend this magazine.

Archaeology magazine is superbly written with beautiful photos.I love to travel to destinations and immerse myself in the historical flavor of the region, and this magazine combines both of my interests.I just received my first issue and am already re-reading it! It's one to keep.

If you read this mag regularly, you can get the subscription for $14.97 via those pesky little "SUBSCRIBE TODAY" cards that fall out of it endlessly... You can also subscribe to *two* years for $24.97, which is only a few dollars more than is being offered here for one year - plus you avoid magazine subscription services such as this one that will bombard your from now until the end of time with their offers...

I have wanted to be an archaeologist since I was a child. That dream never panned out for me, but I can feed my interest with Archaeology magazine. Great reading, and easily understandable by the layman with minimal knowledge. I just wish it was cheaper and came once a month instead of quarterly. It's kind of high priced for only 4 issues, but what price can you put on scholarship? LOL.

I've loved this magazine for years. One could say that it's become more "glossy" over time--more for the general reader than a specialist. Which is perfect. No one will mistake it for a trade publication, but the fact is it gives fantastic, broad coverage to the entire world, including fascinating articles I would never have heard about because they are outside my main area of study. The amount of info on a story is perfect, and each article makes it easy to track down further info when you want it. Highly recommended.

I'm not an archaeologist. If I was born redundantly wealthy I think that I might have been one.

Archaeology is my "stop everything and read it on the day it arrives" magazine. I've been a subscriber for years. I read EVERY article. As a reader of archaeology and paleontology tomes, this magazine is the adjunct to my selections of books to read. My wife and I have planned vacations around Archaeology's articles. I've detoured business trips to take in a visit to several article sites.

During a cross country moving event 7 years ago, I let the subscription expire for lack of new address. Someone from Archaeology, not a telemarketer for sure, called me and said that I had been such a long term customer that they really wanted to know why I didn't renew ... was it something about the magazine quality? The voice on the other end was just so dang disappointed as she pleaded for feedback that it was stunning enough for me to remember 7 years later. The magazine must be read by a small but dedicated subscriber base and I think the magazine staff themselves makes the calls.

My only complaint is that it only prints every 2 months. If archaeology is among your interests, you would entertain your fancies with a subscription.

"Archaeology" is one of my favorite magazines; for several years it has kept me up to date on new finds (and revisions of the accepted learning on old finds) in straight forward and easily understood language. One of the great strengths of the articles is the short histories that put the current article into its cultural and scientific framework; it's then easy to do further research, either in the past issues or in suggested additional reading.

The magazine started an outstanding, award winning blog, in June 2008. It offers access to the current edition and to all of the past posts, an wonderful source of additional information on a subject that captures your fancy.

There is information on recent museum exhibits, new finds from the field, and technological innovation. Bloggers include the Archaeological Institute of America's (AIA) online editorial director, experts from around the world, and others working in the field. Readers are encouraged to comment, and some very interesting threads have developed over the past two years.

The magazine, and its associated blog, make great reading for anyone interested in archaeology.

Robert C. Ross 2010

I normally enjoy science and history magazines so I thought I would enjoy Archeology magazine. However the font and article content of this magazine makes it a dry and uninteresting read. The photography is so-so. Maybe I expected more adventure to the articles, or history...this magazine did not meet my expectations.