Aim & Scope

The Journal of the Turkish Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage is an international and peer-reviewed scholarly journal published annually in English and Turkish. The journal’s purpose is to produce scholarship and to promote scholarly discussions that document, preserve, discuss, study, and advance the understanding of the cultures of Anatolia and its environs, as well as the intercultural relations in the region.

The Journal of the Turkish Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage welcomes submissions related to Anatolia and its neighboring regions, including the Mediterranean, Aegean, Black Sea, and Balkans, as well as Southwest and Central Asia, from prehistory to the present day, including (but not limited to) the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods, Late Antiquity, and the Byzantine, Seljuk, Beylik, and Ottoman periods.

It publishes original scholarly research articles and book reviews from the disciplines of history, archaeology, history of art, anthropology, epigraphy, history of architecture, archaeometry, geographical information systems (GIS), numismatics, maritime archaeology, landscape archaeology, theoretical archaeology, cultural heritage management, digital heritage management and museum studies.

Exclusive of exceptional cases, catalogues and excavation reports that have not been extensively discussed nor set in a general framework will not be accepted. Papers on a defined theme and/or related to symposium proceedings will be considered for publication.

Period Months
December