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Journal of Sistan and Baluchistan Studies

Journal of Sistan and Baluchistan Studies

       

Journal of Sistan and Baluchistan Studies is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to East Iran, published by the University of Zabol with the collaboration of ISMEO and the Society of Iranian Archaeology. Specifically, the journal is interested in all East of the Iranian plateau areas, as well as adjacent areas such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Oman, the Persian Gulf, and Central Asia with a chronological span from Paleolithic to Modern times. Journal of Sistan and Baluchistan Studies publishes a variety of article types including original research papers, review articles, and short communications.

Scopes

Subjects of interest given the geographic scope listed include (but are not limited to):

  • Cultural heritage studies with new and innovative data based on archaeology
  • Natural science applied to archaeology
  • History and art history
  • Ancient technology
  • Linguistics
  • Ethnoarchaeological perspective
  • Traditional architecture
  • Conservation as well as digital heritage and critical reviews
  • Rock Art Studies

Cover Letter

Publication Ethics

Journal of Sistan and Baluchistan Studies It is rigorously following the Committee on Publication Ethics COPE. This enforces a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure adding high-quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. JSBS takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero-tolerance policy. To verify the originality of content submitted to our journals, we use iThenticate to check submissions against previous publications. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce materials subjected to copyright.

About the Journal

Publisher: University of Zabol, Iran

Director-in-Charge: Reza Naseri

Editor-in-Chief: Hossein Sarhaddi-Dadian

Managing Editor:  Babak Shaikh Baikloo Islam

Address: Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran, Post Code: 9861335856

E-mails: Website: JSBS@uoz.ac.ir; Hossein.Sarhaddi@gmail.com

Review Time: 6-12 Weeks

Frequency: Semiannual

Publication Type: Paperback & Electronic

Open Access: Yes

Licenced by: CC BY-NC 4.0

Policy: Double Blind Peer Review

Language: English

Abstracts Available in: English and Persian

Article Processing Charges: No

DOI: 10.22034/JSBS
Print ISSN2821-0794
Online ISSN2821-0808

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, June 2026 

NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD IN THE NURATA HIGHLANDS, UZBEKISTAN

Pages 53-62

10.22034/jsbs.2025.553325.1112

Morteza Khanipour, Bakhtiyor Kurbanovich Sayfullaev, Odil Tursunovich Ergashev, Laziz Ungalov, Dilfuza Mavlonovna Djurakulova, Saltanat Alisher Kyzy, Xinying Zhou, Shakhlo Jahonovna Shomurodova, Shokir Safarovich G`afforov, Alisher Yusupovich Radjabov

Keywords Cloud

  • Sistan
  • Bronze Age
  • Pottery
  • Shahr-i Sokhta
  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Iran
  • Southeast Iran
  • Baluchistan
  • Archaeological survey
  • historical era
  • Ancient DNA
  • Typology
  • Numismatics
  • Fars
  • Kerman
  • Qeshm
  • Achaemenid architecture
  • X-ray diffraction (XRD)
  • Shahnameh
  • chlorite artifacts
  • Qal’a-ye Tepe
  • pictograph
  • Archaeometallurgical characterization
  • Indus Valley
  • aDNA Sequencing
  • Death
  • Persian
  • Uzbekistan
  • Sassanid
  • Sistani dialect
  • Saravan
  • Ethnography
  • Animal Remains
  • rite of passage
  • Ecological Sustainability
  • the Daman River basin
  • Architectural Studies
  • Bam Post-Earthquake restoration
  • XRD
  • City gate
  • Tis culture
  • Beveled Rim Bowls
  • Eastern Half of Iran
  • Relative chronology
  • 15N
  • Architectural Transmission
  • Qutlugh-Khanids
  • adult sex ratio
  • archaeobotany
  • Sistan plain
  • Sistani
  • Islamic Era
  • Tepe Sadegh
  • Copper-arsenic bronzes
  • Contemporary Afghan Painting
  • X-Ray fluorescence (XRF)
  • Diet
  • Tis
  • Gabri Mod site
  • Pleistocene Dispersal
  • crop diseases
  • Bizdan pottery
  • Cross-cultural Exchange
  • Silk Road Tourism
  • Seljuks of Kerman
  • pathogen evolution
  • Sistan Basin
  • middle ages
  • XRF‎
  • Qajar Architecture
  • Eastern Iran
  • copper
  • Patina
  • Bank of Iran and Britain
  • Marriage
  • neutron activation analysis (NAA)
  • \" The Last Illusion\"
  • Ritual Practice
  • Establishment of Afghanistan
  • Marḫaši
  • Umayyad period
  • Chabahar
  • Bioinformatics
  • Mesopotamia
  • China
  • Archaeological Tourism, Competitiveness of Tourist Destination, Concept of Sustainable Tourism
  • Historical Sources
  • Dirham
  • World Literature
  • Artistic Adaptation
  • Susa
  • middle Persian
  • Computational Biology
  • Experimental Archaeology
  • Abdul Ghafoor Breshna
  • silver dirham
  • archaeological excavation
  • the Sarhad area
  • Serpent motifs
  • Semantic Theories
  • Bactria Margiana Archaeological Complex
  • Tian-Shan Corridor
  • Folk community
  • excavation- tower n° 1- western bastion
  • 5th Millennium BC
  • Qasr Golchehreh
  • stone housing
  • clay figurines
  • prehistoric era
  • Late Iron Age
  • Stable Isotope Analysis
  • Qale Rostam site
  • South Khorasan
  • Dougong Bracket
  • Baluch Women
  • Helmand River
  • Neyshabur Museum
  • Sustainable tourism development
  • Seb Castle
  • Sarbaz county
  • Halil Roud area
  • Archaeological Evidence
  • Ahmad Shah Durrani
  • Aseismic Design
  • Kazakhstan
  • comparative study
  • North Khorasan
  • Cultural Semiotics
  • Rivi mounds
  • Safavid Eras
  • Paleoclimate
  • necropolis
  • Cultural Interactions
  • Stephen Album
  • Achaemenid period
  • Persian Gulf
  • Balochi
  • seasonal settlement
  • Mental verbs
  • Kal-e Jenni
  • stone tools
  • Mining
  • Asbad
  • Anar
  • culture
  • Timurid period
  • Hormizd IV
  • Susiana
  • religion
  • folk music
  • southeastern Iran
  • Lower Paleolithic
  • Classification and Typology
  • Middle Paleolithic
  • inductively coupled plasma (ICP)
  • the 4.2 ka BP event
  • Environment
  • Qajarid castles
  • Qal’e Asrar
  • Islamic architecture
  • blue and white pottery
  • grey ware
  • Phosphorus
  • Rarh region
  • Iconography
  • Comparative typology
  • Southeast of Iran
  • Torbat-e Jam
  • World Heritage Conservation
  • Tabas City
  • Howzdaar City
  • MP-UP Transition
  • Archaeological chemistry
  • architectural history
  • Qajarid architecture
  • Ancient site
  • Mod B
  • Finno-Ugric Archaeology
  • Baluchestan
  • Central Part
  • Attire
  • City
  • folklore
  • Metal Smelting Furnaces
  • Makran coast
  • Makran
  • Sasanian
  • Tol-E Sabz
  • \" Persian Games\"
  • Troglodytic architecture (Dast-Kand)
  • Mobility
  • Fars Cultural Zone
  • Gas transmission
  • Chemical Analysis of Soil
  • pillar ossuary
  • Sarbisheh County
  • Jiroft
  • Rock shelter
  • Indigenous knowledge