《社會考古學雜志》促進了跨學科研究，重點關注考古學中的社會方法，開辟了新的爭論和探索領域。它致力于女權主義、同性戀理論、后殖民主義、社會地理學、文學理論、政治學、人類學、認知研究和行為科學等其他相關學科的理論發展，并為其做出貢獻。它在展望中是明確的全球性的，時間參數從史前到最近的時期。除了促進對過去的創新社會解釋，它還鼓勵探索當代政治和遺產問題。

The Journal of Social Archaeology promotes interdisciplinary research focused on social approaches in archaeology, opening up new debates and areas of exploration. It engages with and contributes to theoretical developments from other related disciplines such as feminism, queer theory, postcolonialism, social geography, literary theory, politics, anthropology, cognitive studies and behavioural science. It is explicitly global in outlook with temporal parameters from prehistory to recent periods. As well as promoting innovative social interpretations of the past, it also encourages an exploration of contemporary politics and heritage issues.