ARWA XPress is an online publication (each single contribute is posted on the web platform on https://arwa-international.org/publications/arwa-express/), with ISSN, on the archaeological disciplines of ARWA international association, mainly focused to the archaeology, cultural anthropology, history and philology, art history, bioarchaeology, geoarchaeology, heritage studies, archaeometry and technology, physics applied to archaeology, radiocarbon and other dating methods. The geographical and chronological limits of the Journal is in line with the dictates of the Association, from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Pamir, from the Black and Caspian Seas to the Gulf of Aden and from the Palaeolithic to the end of the Achaemenid dynasty.
Objectives:
The main objectives of the Bulletin are:
1. Dissemination in a fast and easily accessible way of all the scientific activities related to the disciplines that the Association represents. In detail:
New monograph publications;
New projects;
New conferences/lectures/workshops;
New exhibitions;
New Ph.D. theses;
New calls.
2. Presentation of contributions (researches and studies) to the international scientific community using a short and easy format;
3. Sharing of scientific studies in a multidisciplinary and transregional approach.
How to contribute
The authors of the contribution must send to the Editors (and later on to a member of the future
Editorial Committee) a text respecting the following indications:
Maximum of 1000 words or two pages in A4 paper
Single spaces
Drawings and photograph in JPEG, at least, at 300 DPI
No proofs to the authors before publishing
Structure
Editor
Enrico Ascalone
Editorial Board
Vittoria Cardini
Mario C. D. Paganini
Rosa Rivoltella
Alexander Houdas
Correspondents
Mina Dabbagh for Iran/France
Neda Amirhomoudi for India
Vittoria Cardini for Germany/The Netherlands/Switzerland
Rosa Rivoltella for Spain / Portugal
Mario C. D. Paganini for Austria/Denmark/United Kingdom
Yara Rizk for Lebanon
Alexandre Houdas for Afghanistan/Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan/Tajikistan/Pakistan
Levon Aghikyan for Armenia
Claire Padovani for Iraq
Excavations and Researches at Shahr-i Sokhta
The publishing series ‘Excavations and Researches at Shahr-i Sokhta’ is a peer-reviewed monographic series directed by Enrico Ascalone and Seyyed Mansur Seyyed Sajjadi, who are joined by a prestigious scientific committee consisting of Raffaele Biscione, Nadezhda Dubova, Benjamin Mutin, Henri-Paul Francfort, Youssef Madjidzadeh, Hossein Moradi, Jebrael Nokandeh, Vasant Shinde and Rohuallah Shirazi and an editorial board represented by Sare Amini, Vittoria Cardini, Media Rahmani, Rosa
Rivoltella, Hossein Sarhaddi and Pierfrancesco Vecchio. The series presents the results of the excavations carried out at Shahr-i Sokhta and the monographic studies of specific classes of material from the research initiated in 1997 by the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (= ICAR) and the International Multidisciplinary Archaeological Project at Shahr-i Sokhta (= MAIPS) of the University of Salento started in 2016.
Details
ERSS (‘Excavations and Researches at Shahr-i Sokhta’) is a peer-reviewed series with ISBN dedicated to the researches and excavations in eastern Iran, which gives account of studies of University of Salento and Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (= ICAR).
Editorial Directors: E. Ascalone and S.M.S. Sajjadi
Ditor: Pishin Pajouh Editor, Tehran
Scientific Committee: Enrico Ascalone, Raffaele Biscione, Nadezhda Dubova, Benjamin Mutin, Henri-Paul Francfort, Youssef Madjidzadeh, Hossein Moradi, Jebrael Nokandeh, Seyyed Mansur Seyyed Sajjadi, Vasant Shinde, Rohuallah Shirazi.
Editorial Board: Sare Amini, Vittoria Cardini, Media Rahmani, Rosa Rivoltella, Hossein Sarhaddi, Pierfrancesco Vecchio
Manuscript guidelines
Text
Papers has to be in in English;
Should have an abstract of up to 200 words;
Use Font Times New Roman pt. 12;
Use Italics for emphasized words or phrases in running text, but do not format entire paragraphs in
italics;
Use Bold formatting headings;
Use footnotes.
Figures and tables
Number figures and tables consecutively;
Give each figure and table a concise caption. Include the captions at the end of the text file, not in the
figure file.
Photos or drawings can be saved as TIFF or JPG files with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
Do not refer to colour in the captions and make sure that the main information will still be visible if converted to black and white. A simple way to check this is to make a black and white printout to see if the necessary distinctions between the different colours are still apparent;
Ensure consistency by using similar sizing and lettering for similar figures;
To add lettering, it is best to use Helvetica or Arial (sans serif fonts). Keep lettering consistently sized
throughout your final-sized artwork about 8–12 pt.
Reference Citations
Cite references in the text with author name/s and year of publication in parentheses (“Harvard system”):
One author: (Miller 1991) or Miller (1991);
Two authors: (Miller - Smith 1994) or Miller - Smith (1994);
Three authors or more: (Miller - Smith - Cassel 1995) or Miller - Smith - Cassel (1995);
More than three: (Miller et al. 1991) or Miller et al. (1991).
Works by the author alone, ordered chronologically by year of publication;
All works by the author with a co-author, ordered alphabetically by co-author;
All works by the author with several co-authors, ordered chronologically by year of publication.
Reference style
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Surname, N.N., Surname, N.N., and N.N. Surname, 2000. Donald Duck and his place in the history of comics. Journal of International Comics 1 (3), 74–80.
Surname, N.N., 2001. The complete history of Eega Beeva. The Walt Disney Company, New York.
Surname, N.N., 2001. Eega Beeva and the mothballs diet. In N.N. Surname (ed.), The complete history of Eega Beeva. The Walt Disney Company, New York, 89