Submission Guidelines
All manuscript submissions to the Journal of Iranian Archaeology should be in a Word ".doc" file or in a Word-compatible file. The manuscripts should use Times New Roman 12 point font, and be double-spaced. Articles should not exceed 7,000 words excluding the title page, abstract, and bibliographic references.
The following information is required:
· Cover letter including names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of the authors. Please also indicate the corresponding author.
· 200-word abstract
· Keywords separated by semi-colons
The body of the paper, title page, references, tables, figure captions, and author notes should be combined in a single file, in both MS Word or PDF format.
Figures can be provided separately in JPG format, black and white and in high-resolution (at least 300 dpi) suitable for publication. Figures should be sized to fit 1 or 2 column widths. 1-column width: 67mm and 2-column width: 136mm.
Page numbers should be placed in the lower right corner of all pages. Manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Iranian Archaeology should not be currently under review by any other Journal or been made available in print or on the Internet.
Please, address proposals for contributions to the following address: journal.of.iranian.archaeology@gmail.com
Citation guidelines
Abdi, K. 2003 “The Early Development of Pastoralism in the Central Zagros Mountains”, Journal of World Prehistory, Vol. 17, No. 4: 395-448.
Wright, H.T. 1994 “Prestate Political Formations”. In Chiefdoms and Early States in the Near East: Organizational Dynamics of Complexity, edited by G. Stein and M.S. Rothman, 67-84. Madison: Prehistory Press.
Daryaee, T. 2009 Sasanian Persia: The Rise and Fall of an Empire, London: Tauris.
Stylistic Guidelines (optional)
For texts that you would like to be published in English, we kindly request that you follow several guidelines:
(1) Please use topic sentences and transition statements in your paragraphs. A topic sentence states to the reader what the main focus of the paragraph is. It is usually the first sentence of the paragraph and makes a claim or an argument. The job of the rest of the paragraph is to support the claim or argument of the topic sentence. A transition statement, on the other hand, is typically the last sentence of the paragraph. Its job is to summarize the ideas of the current paragraph and introduce the next one.
(2) Paragraphs should be no longer than 8 sentences.
(3) Sentences should be short and concise. A good rule of thumb to follow is if your sentence has more than three or four verbs, it probably means that your sentence should be broken into two separate sentences.
Use of these conventions is recommended for several reasons:
(1) To help clarify the author’s arguments.
(2) To assist the editors of this journal in the translation of Persian texts into English and/or French.
(3) To help the reader to better understand the text by making it easier to discern the author’s argument and use of supporting evidence.
These guidelines apply to manuscripts intended for the English- or French-language reader, whether the text is submitted in English or French, or whether it is submitted in Persian with the intent to be translated into English or French.