Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
ISSN 1234-5415
ISSN 2083-537X (Online)
Publishers: University of Warsaw: Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology and University of Warsaw Press (starting with volume 17)
Frequency: Annual
Discipline: Archaeology, conservation, and related
Chief Editor: Dorota Dzierzbicka, PhD

All volumes of PAM are online available from this website: https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/category/publikacje/pam-journal/

About PAM Journal
Aims and Scope
Copyright, Licensing, and Open Access
Publication Fees and Subscriptions
Indexing and Archiving
Ownership, Management, and Funding
Contact

The journal has received funding under the Excellence Initiative – Research University

About PAM Journal

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (PAM) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal of over 30 years’ standing (the first issue appeared in 1990). The journal scope corresponds to its role as an academic journal associated with the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology.

Currently, the annual issue usually consists of a thematic fascicle and a fascicle containing miscellaneous studies within the journal’s scope.

From the start in 1990, it has presented, in English, the Polish contribution to Mediterranean archaeology, priding itself on bringing out current reports within a year or two of the fieldwork. Today it is all that and more. The PAM journal strives to be at the nexus of what was traditionally its mission — publishing the results of primary research in the field of archaeology and the related sciences—and a new approach designed to contextualize new and old research within world studies in the field. The latter comes in the form of thematic special volumes, co-edited by guest editors, international specialists in their respective fields.

Polish Mediterranean archaeology is no longer strictly Polish-made and neither is the journal limited to a Polish authorship. Contributing authors reflect an international field of researchers studying past societies in the cradles of human civilization. This includes a growing presence of scholars from countries in Africa and the Near East where the research is based.

Aims and Scope

The archaeology of ancient civilizations of the Eastern Mediterranean, including the Near East and northeastern Africa is at the core of the thematic and territorial scope of this academic journal. Recently, this has been stretched to cover the archaeology of Ethiopia and Tunisia, the Western Mediterranean, Arabia and the Gulf region, and Armenia, reflecting expanding Polish research in these regions. The “chronosphere” remains broad, from the Stone and Bronze Ages in the Near East to the rise of Islam in Africa in the 17th century.

The focus is on new research, which includes the newest field discoveries as well as thematic in-depth studies on selected issues of interest to the archaeological community at large. The journal also seeks to fill gaps in unpublished research, inviting articles that revisit old fieldwork still in need of study and presentation.

Papers on new documentation methodologies in field archaeology, conservation studies, and archaeological heritage management are also accepted if they are part of or derive from the archaeological presentations in the journal.

Our goal is to publish, with full research integrity and attention to detail, the results, and interpretation of extended field research, peer-reviewed, well-edited in English, and amply illustrated in full color.

Publication in the journal is free of charge and dedicated to all researchers with no restrictions except a nurtured scholarly interest in the past.

Copyright, Licensing and Open Access

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean in an open access journal (since 2015) which means that content published on the journal’s website is available free of charge. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the authors.

Unless stated otherwise all the materials on the website are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 PL (CC BY 3.0 PL) license (full text available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pl/deed.en), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in the published content are included in the Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the given article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.

Publication Fees and Subscriptions

PAM does not charge any fees for manuscript submission or article processing/publishing. There are no subscriptions fees.

Indexing and Archiving

The Journal is indexed and full content is available from DOAJ, Scopus (beginning with volume 28), Central and Eastern European Online Library (beginning with volume 17), and Index Copernicus Journals Master List, (beginning with volume 24), while volumes 1 through 24 can be accessed from BazHum.

All printed issues of PAM are archived and available in the collections of The National Library of Poland.

The journal is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection – Emerging Sources Citation Index (WoS ESCI) starting with volume 32.

Ownership, Management, and Funding

PAM is a non-commercial journal. It is owned and financially sustained by the University of Warsaw (UW), a public university funded by the government of Poland. The journal’s operational costs are covered by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, UW, which manages the journal, and by University publishing grants. Information on any additional funding obtained for publication of a specific volume is given on the editorial page.

The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, which established the journal and which is associated with the publication of the journal today, does not exercise any forms of influence on the published matter, review or acceptance.

Advertising and Direct Marketing

None of the journal’s funding comes from advertising or direct marketing.

Contact

Editorial Team:

15/17 Tyniecka st, 02-630 Warsaw, Poland
ph (+48) 22 55 31 310
e-mail: pam.pcma(at)uw.edu.pl; editorial.secretary(at)uw.edu.pl

Chief Editor, Dorota Dzierzbicka:
e-mail: d.dzierzbicka(at)uw.edu.pl

Contact to the Publisher:
University of Warsaw Press
5/7 Smyczkowa st, 02-678 Warsaw, e-mail: wuw(at)uw.edu.pl