《社会考古学杂志》促进了跨学科研究，重点关注考古学中的社会方法，开辟了新的争论和探索领域。它致力于女权主义、同性恋理论、后殖民主义、社会地理学、文学理论、政治学、人类学、认知研究和行为科学等其他相关学科的理论发展，并为其做出贡献。它在展望中是明确的全球性的，时间参数从史前到最近的时期。除了促进对过去的创新社会解释，它还鼓励探索当代政治和遗产问题。
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.