Submissions

Author Guidelines

General APA Style Standards

1. Article Structure – Title, author information (full name, academic institution, position, email address), text (can be divided into paragraphs), references, table descriptions separately in Georgian and English, abstract in English. The word count of the article, including tables and appendices, should be at least 3,000 and at most 5,000.

2. Page Size – A4.

3. Margins – 1 inch on all sides.

4. Text Alignment – Justified (Ctrl+J).

5. Font Size – 11.

6. Fonts – Georgian text: Sylfaen; English: Times New Roman; Russian: Sylfaen (with the Ru font in the lower panel).

7. Paragraph Indentation – Standard size (five-space indent), except for abstracts, highlighted quotations, headings, notes, and illustrations.

8. Numbers – Numbers up to ten should be written in words (except for figure numbers or when indicating measurement units); numbers above ten should be written numerically.

9. Units of Measurement – Use meters (m), centimeters (cm), kilometers (km).

10. First Mention of Numbers – Spell out numbers on first mention.

Citation / Paraphrasing General Guidelines

1. Use square brackets for citations.

2. Author’s surname, initials, and year should be in bold.

3. The text does not use “page” or its abbreviation.

4. Abbreviation p. is used only in the reference list.

5. Use the following abbreviations: table – Tab., figure – Fig., drawing – Draw.

Monograph

1. Single author: surname, initials, period, year, colon, page, period, illustration number. Example: [Japaridze O. 1991: 173. Fig. 56].

2. Two authors: list both surnames separated by a semicolon, then follow the same format for page and illustration numbers. Example: [Menabde M.; Kiguradze T. 1981: 60. Tab. XI.1].

3. More than two authors: first author’s surname, then “et al.”, year, colon, page, period, illustration number. Example: [Sadradze et al. 2007: 21. Tab. VIII.4].

Periodicals (Journal / Edited Volume Article)

1. Single author: surname, initials, period, year, colon, page, period, illustration number. Example: [Chabashvili L. 2004: 62. Tab. II.1].

2. Two or more authors: same rules as for monographs. Example: 1) [Makharadze, Murvanidze 2014: 69. Tab. V-VIII] and 2) [Meshveliani et al. 2016: 5. Tab. II].

Dissertation

1. Surname, initials, period, year, colon, page. Example: [Bredzenishvili 2006: 39].

Other Sources

Other sources such as websites, archival materials, newspaper articles, etc., can also be cited. However, for websites, sources like Wikipedia.org or other non-scholarly sites are not allowed.

References

1. The reference list starts on a new page.

2. References are listed alphabetically: first Georgian, then Latin-script, then Russian, and finally websites alphabetically.

3. Monographs (single author): surname, initials in bold, period, year, period, title, place of publication. Example: Japaridze O. 1991. Archaeology of Georgia. Tbilisi.

4. Dissertation: same as monograph, but indicate the academic degree for which it was submitted. Example: Bredzenishvili I. 2006. The Spread of Christianity in Abkhazia According to Archaeological Materials (IV–VIII c.). Dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences. Tbilisi.

5. Monographs (two or more authors): surnames and initials separated by semicolons, period, year, period, title, period, place of publication. Example: 1) Menabde M.; Kiguradze T. 1981. Sioni Archaeological Sites. Tbilisi. 2) V. Sadradze; K. Kakhiani; E. Glighvashvili; T. Sadradze. 2007. Eneolithic–Bronze Age Sites of the Mtkvari and Aragvi Interfluves. Tbilisi.

6. Periodicals (journal/volume article): surname, initials, period, year, period, article title, period, journal/book title in italic, issue number, period, page (abbreviated as p.), and page range. Example: Chabashvili L. 2004. “Burial №4 of White Stones Mound.” Dziebani 13–14. p. 62–67.

Abstract

1. The abstract should be written in English and be 1,000–2,000 characters. Use https://count-words.com/ to check.

2. Center the word “Abstract,” then start the text with double line spacing.

3. Write the abstract as a single paragraph (no indentation).

4. The goal of this section is to provide the reader with a brief overview of the work, including the problem, methods, results, and subtext.

5. Be precise (do not include information not mentioned in the work) and specific (start with the most important points; try to highlight four or five key results).

6. Avoid citing sources in the abstract.

Illustrations (Tables) and Their Descriptions

1. Illustrations/tables should be in TIFF format, at least 1 MB each.

2. Tables are numbered in the top-right corner using Roman numerals.

3. Table descriptions should be provided separately in Georgian and English.

4. If using illustrations from another publication, provide the exact source. Example: Tab. IV. Main Examples of Stratification. After Eggert M. 2008, Tab. 33.

5. In-text references to tables should appear in parentheses. Example: (Tab. VII).