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VIII/2/2017
INTERDISCIPLINARIA ARCHAEOLOGICA
NATURAL SCIENCES IN ARCHAEOLOGY
homepage: http://www.iansa.eu
Editorial IANSA 2/2017
Developments of the IANSA Journal
Ondřej Mlejnek
Since the last issue we have organized two editorial board
meetings, one in Brno and the other in Plástovice in South
Bohemia (Figure 1). Our journal was also presented at the
CE TAG (Central Europe – Theoretical Archaeology Group)
Conference in Vienna. The IANSA Editorial Board meetings
discussed several important changes to the journal:
Professor John Chapman has announced his intention to
step down from the post of Chair of the Advisory Board
by the end of this year. We would like to express our many
thanks for all his work for the IANSA journal and to wish
him much success for the future.
We have also decided to prepare a new version of the
Guidelines for authors. This new version describes all
the steps of the editorial process when using the IANSA
online editorial system, available after registration on
www.iansa.eu. From the next issue we are also going to use
Volume VIII ● Issue 2/2017 ● Pages 109–110
Figure 1.
Plástovice, a village with buildings constructed in the South Bohemian Folk Baroque style, was the venue of an IANSA Editorial Board meeting,
which took place here on 19
th
October 2017.
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IANSA 2017 ● VIII/2 ● 109–110
Ondřej Mlejnek: Developments of the IANSA Journal
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the Harvard British Standard citation norm instead of our
own norm that we have used up to now. We hope that these
steps will simplify the submission of papers to the IANSA
Journal and the overall editorial process.
Another adopted decision was to broaden the number of
institutions that cooperate in the publishing of this journal.
We are glad to welcome the Institute of Archaeology and
Museology of the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in
Brno, and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Hradec
Králové, who have both decided to support our journal. We
hope that it will help to improve the quality of the papers
published in the IANSA Journal over the next years.
Concerning this IANSA general issue, it contains another
fve scientifc contributions, a book review, and a report
describing public education in an Italian archaeological park.
All the articles discuss interesting topics and are very diverse
thematically, chronologically, as well as geographically.
In the frst paper written by Milan Horňák and Ján Zachar,
the authors describe the current state of research in the feld
of LiDAR prospecting in service for Slovakian preventive
archaeology. The article focuses upon detailed descriptions
of case studies that present particular examples of LiDAR
application possibilities, as well as its limitations.
In the next paper, Miroslav Marić and Jugoslav
Pendić present the possibilities and advantages of digital
documentation compared to the traditional methods of
analogue documentation. As a case study they use the
documentation of the excavation at the Idjoš Gradište
prehistoric site in the Serbian part of Banat, where an
integrated GIS- and image-based modelling approach has
been used.
Another article by Bita Sodaei and Poorya Kashani
describes the results of the archaeometallurgical analysis of
six slag pieces from the Iranian site of Chaltasian, dated to the
local Iron Age II. Wavelength dispersive X-Ray fuorescence
(WDXRF) was employed, followed by an analysis of one
sample under the polarizing microscope with the use of
plane polarized light (PPL) and cross polarized light (XPL).
According to the low amount of slag present on site and the
application of relatively advanced extraction technology
proved by the analyses, this research introduces Chaltasian
as a small copper production centre in the Central Plateau of
Iran with a locally-developed copper extraction technology.
Slovenian scientist Nika Lužnik Jancsary presents multiple
computer visualizations of the possible original appearance
of the Roman villa in Stari Trogir located in Croatian Central
Dalmatia, based on the documentation of remains recently
interpreted in 2004. In her paper she also discusses the
importance of these kinds of visualizations for telling stories
about archaeological sites to local residents and tourists alike,
thus inducing their respect towards the history, as well as a
desire to preserve and protect archaeological monuments.
The next paper written by Lenka Lisá
et al
. presents the
results of micromorphological analysis of sediments in a
medieval underground granary excavated in the Moravian
capital Brno (Czech Republic). The analysis was able to
prove that this granary was used repeatedly and that the walls
as well as the bottom of the granary were sealed with straw.
Burning of the interior parts of the granary was probably
their way of cleaning it. The information ascertained during
this excavation can be used for the clarifcation of general
ways of use for this kind of medieval granary. The results
of this research also confrm the assumption that the local
inhabitants of this medieval town applied the older rural
tradition known from the surrounding village areas.
Jaromír Beneš and Tereza Majerovičová have prepared a
comprehensive book review of the Oxford Handbook of the
Neolithic Europe and they recommend this publication to all
colleagues interested in European Neolithic.
Finally a paper by Giovanna Bosi
et al.
, published in
the Backstory (A look into a region) section, presents the
authors’ experiences with public education in the Terramara
Archaeological Park of Montale in Emilia-Romagna in
northern Italy.
As already described, this IANSA issue is more generally
focused and presents a group of interesting submissions,
fully deserving your attention. We hope you will fnd here
much new and important information useful for your work.