考古學和人類學涵蓋了所有的自然科學方法，重點放在考古背景和正在研究的問題。它在考古學家和自然科學家之間架起了橋梁，為鼓勵科學方法繼續融入考古學研究提供了一個論壇。該雜志的內容包括:考古學、地質學/地球物理勘探、地質考古學、地質年代學、古人類學、考古學和考古學植物學、遺傳學和其他生物分子、材料分析和保護科學。該雜志得到了德國自然科學考古學和考古學學會(GNAA)、希臘考古學學會(HSC)、意大利考古學家協會(AIAr)和考古學學會(SAS)的認可。

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences covers the full spectrum of natural scientific methods with an emphasis on the archaeological contexts and the questions being studied. It bridges the gap between archaeologists and natural scientists providing a forum to encourage the continued integration of scientific methodologies in archaeological research.Coverage in the journal includes: archaeology, geology/geophysical prospection, geoarchaeology, geochronology, palaeoanthropology, archaeozoology and archaeobotany, genetics and other biomolecules, material analysis and conservation science.The journal is endorsed by the German Society of Natural Scientific Archaeology and Archaeometry (GNAA), the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry (HSC), the Association of Italian Archaeometrists (AIAr) and the Society of Archaeological Sciences (SAS).