About the Journal
The journal Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie (ZOrA) contains detailed and fundamental contributions on the latest international research in the field of archaeology of the Levant, Mesopotamia, and the Arabian Peninsula, and also aims to give greater prominence to transregional research perspectives. The publication is open to all authors who wish to contribute to the archaeology and history of the aforementioned regions. In particular, "syntheses" are accepted. In addition, ZOrA is open to all DAI projects as an organ also for their 'reports from ongoing research'.
To ensure quality, a scientific advisory board has been formed to carefully review incoming manuscripts and make recommendations for printing; in addition, each contribution intended for publication undergoes a double-anonymous peer review process as well as intensive text and image editing.
With the publication of the first ZOrA volume in 2008, the Orient Department's regionally oriented journals, Baghdader Mitteilungen and Damaszener Mitteilungen, were discontinued.
Editors
The first and second directors of the department, together with the heads of the Damascus and Sana'a Branches, serve as editors of the ZOrA.
Margarete van Ess, first director of the Orient Department
Simone Mühl, second director of the Orient Department
Claudia Bührig, head of the Damascus Branch
Iris Gerlach, Head of the Sana'a Branch
Scientific Advisory Board
Susan Pollock, Berlin
Stephan Westphalen, Heidelberg
Nils Heeßel, Marburg
Martina Müller-Wiener, Berlin
Stefan Hauser, Constance
Winfried Held, Marburg
Lamya Khalidi, Nice
Lloyd Weeks, Armidale
Thekla Schulz-Brize, Berlin
Nele Ziegler, Antony
Walther Sallaberger, Munich
Peter Stein, Jena
Adelheid Otto, Munich
Bill Finlayson, Reading
Sabine Klein, Bochum
Dietmar Kurapkat, Regensburg
Manuscripts on the various areas of work should be sent to:
"Mesopotamia and cross-regional topics".
German Archaeological Institute. Orient Department
attn. Anja Fügert
Podbielskiallee 69-71
14195 Berlin
E-mail: redaktion.orient@dainst.de
"Levant"
Damascus Branch Office
c/o German Archaeological Institute. Orient Department
attn. Alexander Ahrens
Podbielskiallee 69-71
14195 Berlin
E-mail: alexander.ahrens@dainst.de
"Arabian Peninsula and related issues"
Field Office Sanaa
c/o German Archaeological Institute. Orient Department
attn. Iris Gerlach
Podbielskiallee 69-71
14195 Berlin
E-mail: verwaltung.sanaa@dainst.de
Publishers
Volumes 11-15:
Mann Publishers
Berlin Str. 53
10713 Berlin
www.gebrmannverlag.de
Volume 6-10:
Ernst Wasmuth Publishing House GmbH
Fürststrasse 133
D-72072 Tuebingen
www.wasmuth-verlag.de
Volumes 1-5:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
Genthiner Strasse 13
D-10785 Berlin
www.degruyter.com
Unfortunately, orders for publications cannot be processed by the Orient Department. Therefore, please direct inquiries about ordering individual works to the respective publishers, if necessary.
