Archaeology International (AI) is a new venture for the Institute of Archaeology. Since its foundation in the 1 930s the Institute has publicized its academic activities. From 1944 to 1985 it did so regularly in formal Annual Reports to the Senate of the University of London, and in 1958 its annual Bulletin was started, devoted mainly to publishing research papers and reviews, particularly by staff and students of the Institute. In 1977 a series of Occasional Publications began also to be published, a list of which is given at the end of this issue of AI.