[1] The purpose of the journal is to provide a venue for archaeologists to publish short, peer-reviewed, methodologically oriented articles.

[2] A unique feature of this journal is the freely accessible 'digital media reviews' section.

These articles are a 1500-2000 word critical evaluation of one (or a series of) digital application(s) developed for archaeology and heritage audiences.

Previous articles in this section have reviewed heritage/archaeology online exhibitions, video games, digital archives, podcasts, chatbots, news programmes, Sketchfab, Instagram, Facebook, crowdsourcing sites, and more generally on VR and AR applications, and online public courses (e.g.

[3] The editorial advisory board of Advances in Archaeological Practice has 21 members from around the world, including a mix of academic, consulting and government archaeologists.