Submission Procedure:
Authors are required to submit their manuscripts exclusively via the Journal of Archaeological Studies online submission system at: https://jarcs.ut.ac.ir.
Submission Requirements and Guidelines
Important Note: Incomplete submissions will not be processed. Authors are required to upload all mandatory files; failure to do so will result in immediate rejection or suspension of the submission.
To proceed with the submission, the corresponding author must upload the following files:
1.1. Conflict of Interest Form: The corresponding author is required to download the Conflict of Interest form, obtain the signatures of all contributing authors, and upload a scanned copy.
1.2. Authorship Commitment Form: The corresponding author must download the Authorship Commitment form, ensure it is signed by all authors, and submit a scanned copy.
1.3. Blinded Manuscript (Anonymous): Authors must format their manuscript according to the journal’s template. Important: All identifying information (names, affiliations, contact details, etc.) must be removed from this file to ensure a double-masked peer review process. We strongly recommend copying your text directly into the provided template to ensure proper formatting.
1.4. Author Information Form: When entering author details, please ensure that the ORCID ID for each author is accurately linked. Given that an ORCID ID is a mandatory unique identifier for all contributors, if you do not have one, please register at https://orcid.org/register. Please double-check the accuracy of the ORCID IDs provided.
1.5. Extended English Abstract: A comprehensive abstract in English is required.
Submission Policies & Ethical Standards
Irreversibility of Submission: Once a manuscript is submitted, no changes to the author list or the order of authorship will be permitted under any circumstances.
Post-Acceptance Limitations: Following the peer-review and acceptance process, modifications are strictly limited to copyediting, formatting, and structural adjustments required for final publication. No substantive revisions (partial or complete) to the manuscript’s academic content will be accepted during the proofing stage.
Submission Integrity: The Journal of Archaeological Studies is published biannually in Persian and English. Manuscripts must be written in fluent, grammatically correct language appropriate to the chosen language of publication.
Technical Acronyms: All technical abbreviations must be defined in full upon their first appearance in the text, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses (e.g., Caspian Neolithic Software (CNS)).
Originality & Ethical Conduct: Manuscripts must be original research that has neither been published previously, in any other domestic or international journal, conference proceedings, or scientific compilation—nor is currently under consideration elsewhere. This declaration must be included in the submission cover letter.
Responsibility: The authors bear full academic and legal responsibility for the validity and accuracy of the content.
Editorial Rights: The Editorial Board reserves the right to accept, reject, or request revisions to any manuscript. Views expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions of the Editorial Board.
Archive Policy: Rejected or withdrawn manuscripts will be purged from the journal’s archives after three months; the journal accepts no liability for files after this period.
Manuscript Formatting Specifications
Length & Structure: The maximum length of the manuscript, including all components (text, images, maps, diagrams, tables, and graphs), is 20 pages, with a total word count between 7,000 and 10,000 words.
Formatting Guidelines:
English Text/References: Times New Roman font, size 12.
Footnotes (English): Size 8.
Manuscript Structure
The manuscript must follow the structure outlined below:
First Page: The first page must include the article title, the Persian abstract, and keywords.
Title: The title should be concise, informative, and comprehensive. It should preferably not exceed 20 words, and the use of abbreviations in the title should be avoided.
Abstract: The abstract should contain 250–300 words.
Keywords: Authors must provide 5 to 7 keywords that accurately represent the main themes of the article.
Main Text (Beginning from the Second Page)
From the second page onward, the manuscript should contain the main body of the article, including the following components:
Theoretical Framework
Review of Studies / Background Research
Research Findings
Discussion and Analytical Interpretation
The main manuscript file must be prepared strictly according to the journal’s standard manuscript preparation guidelines using the official manuscript template file.
Appendix and End Sections
In addition, the following sections must be included at the end of the manuscript for all types of studies: Acknowledgments, Conflict of Interest Statement, Author Contributions.
Guidelines for Original Research Articles
In this type of article, the results of an original research study are presented. An Original Research Article should be organized according to the following structure:
Abstract: The abstract should not exceed 300 words and must be sufficiently comprehensive to stand alone as a complete summary of the article. It should include the following elements: Statement of the research problem; Objectives and significance of the study; The main research question and/or hypothesis; Research methodology; Key results and conclusion.
Introduction: The introduction should comprehensively present the research problem, objectives and significance of the study, and the main and subsidiary research questions or hypotheses. This section should be clearly written and normally prepared within one to two pages.
Findings: This section summarizes the key findings and results relevant to the research objectives. Findings should be reported in the past tense, and interpretation or comparison of results should be avoided in this section.
Tables and figures should be used sparingly: The title of a table should appear above the table, while the title of a figure or chart should appear below it, each with a corresponding number.
Given the journal’s page limitations, authors should avoid repeating information presented in the text in tables, and vice versa. Submitted images must be high-quality, at 300 dpi and uploaded in JPG format to the designated section of the submission system.
Discussion: In this section, the relationship between the present study's findings and those of other research or existing theoretical frameworks should be examined. The first paragraph should begin by addressing the main research question and presenting the study's most significant finding. Subsequently, the principal findings should be compared, discussed, and interpreted in relation to the results of previous national and international studies (usually within one or two paragraphs).
The following paragraph should briefly discuss the practical implications, generalizability of the results, strengths and limitations of the study, and recommendations for future research, as well as a concise explanation of the contribution of the study to the advancement of knowledge.
Conclusion: The article should conclude with a clear and concise conclusion directly related to the research questions or objectives and should not go beyond the scope of the study’s findings. The conclusion should be written in the author’s own voice, without citing references, and should preferably not exceed one page.
How to refer to sources
The referencing method of the general citation structure in the Archaeological Studies follows the APA method.
- References in the article will be documented and based on sources, and efforts will be made to use the most reliable sources.
- When there are several editions available from a reference, it is preferable to use the first critical edition.
- In the case of missing and attributed works, references are made to the sources that mentioned them or gave an explanation.
4-1- Reference within the text of the article
Surname of the author, year of publication of the work: page number or pages;
Persian example: (Malek Shahmirzadi, 1388:54)
Latin: (Smith 1999: 33)
4-2-final reference (sources)
4-2-1- Reference to the book
Author's last name or city name, author's name, publication date (in parentheses), book name, translator's or proofreader's name and surname, volume, edition, place of publication, name of publication (without mentioning the word "publications").
- The name of the book is written italic (Iranic); So avoid making it black (bold) or putting it in quotes.
4-2-2-refer to the article
- Surname of the author, name of the author, date of publication of the work (in parentheses), title of the article used (in quotation marks), name and surname of the proofreader or translator, main title of the encyclopedia or periodical and magazine (Iranian and without mentioning the word magazine), period or year of publication, number, number of pages of the article.
- The title of the article is placed only in quotation marks and is not italicized.
4-2-3- Reference to thesis
- Surname of the author, name of the author, year of defense (in parentheses), title of the dissertation, defended course, supervisor's name and surname, name of the university and college where the student studied.
- The name of the doctoral dissertation is written in italic (Iranian) and the title of the master's thesis is placed in quotation marks.
4-2-4- Refer to the manuscript and documents
Famous name of the author, name of the author, name of the book or written treatise or photocopy, copy number, place of storage.
- When referring to historical documents, document title, classification and access number, archive name, and for microfilms, in addition to book specifications, it is necessary to mention the microfilm number and storage location.
4-2-5-refer to internet websites
Author's last name, author's name, date of posting on the website (in parentheses), title of article or work (in quotation marks), website's email address.
5- An example for preparing a list of sources.
Reference to the book
White, T.D. 1991. Human osteology. New York, Academic Press.
Reference to journal articles
Trinkaus, E. 1982. Artificial cranial deformation in the Shanidar 1 and 5 Neanderthals. Current Anthropology 23 (2): 198-199.
Reference to the collection of articles
Gillings, M. 2000. Plan elevation and virtual worlds: The development of techniques for the routine construction of hyper real simulations. In: J.A. Barcelo, M. Forte and D. Sander, (eds.), Virtual Reality in Archaeology, BAR int. Series 843: 47-51. Reference to conference articles
Jones, P., 2004. Identity and preoccupation: skull cults and the emanation of ideals in the ceramic Neolithic of Cyprus. In: Carter, F.D. and White, R.B. (eds.), Proceedings of the 2004 BANEA Conference, 25-27 March 2004, Reading University, England, 148-153.
Reference to the thesis
Blom, D.E. 1999. Tiwanaku regional interaction and social identity, a bioarchaeological approach, Ph. D thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago.
6- Other points about referring to sources
- The pronunciation of Latin names and difficult names should be mentioned in Latin letters at the bottom of the text of the article.
Any additional explanation other than referring to the sources should be mentioned in the footnote.
- If the author of the source of the work is not known, the name of the work will replace the name of the author.
Avoid numbering or placing a hyphen at the beginning of the entries in the reference list.
- The sources of the article are arranged alphabetically and based on the last name of the author; The sources mentioned at the end of the article are the same sources used in the text; Therefore, if a source is mentioned only at the end of the article, but is not referenced in the text, it will be removed from the final sources.
All Persian sources should be written in Bi Nazanin and Times Roman English fonts and should be inserted in the article with font 11, and Persian sources should be translated and placed in brackets with the word [in Persian]. At the same time, refrain from removing Persian sources.
Madrasi, Yahya (2018), An Introduction to the Sociology of Language, Tehran, Research Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies.
Modarresi, Y. 2017. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Tehran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies. [In Persian].
Jafari, Azita (1388), "Investigation of additions in Persian language: based on character and form approaches", special issue of Farhangistan (Destor), number five, March 1388, pp. 128-155.
Jafari, A. 2009. The study of adjuncts in Persian language: Based on formal and functional approaches. Dastoor Journal, 128-155. [In Persian].
Abbreviations
C: Volume P: Page 8: Hijri Shamsi
P.S.: Pages D: Period AH: Hijri
Sh: No. Fu: Deceased Q. M: BC
Ibid.: previous source ibid.: previous source; The same cover and the same page M: Milady
