IntroductionAfter a group of local archaeologists had formed the Bedfordshire Archaeological Council in 1959, they instigated a journal in 1962 as a way of formally recording the numerous pieces of archaeological research that were being carried out around Bedfordshire, and also some of what was occurring in Northamptonshire during the years in which that county lacked its own journal. The publication was originally known as the Bedfordshire Archaeological Journal, before changing its name to Bedfordshire Archaeology for Volume 16 in 1983.
The Bedfordshire Archaeological Council ceased to exist in 2018, but the Council for Archaeology: South Midlands has taken over the future publication of the journal. Recent editions have been few and far between, but the journal has rarely been an annual publication, and it is hoped that it can be published every other year in future. Page charges are levied on reports from commercial contractors, but submissions from amateur groups and individuals continue to be welcomed and are published with no charge.
