Three years after the decision to start the new journal, we have experienced some success in editing and publishing our journal, thanks to the strong support of our readers and authors. The first volume, printed in 2010, was typical of the genre of “first journals” – made in a rush under huge pressure. The shortage of scientific papers and the absence of an electronic editorial format made it seem hopelessly optimistic to find our place in bespoke international databases. Nonetheless, the first issue came out and was distributed successfully, maybe because we found a niche between the regional archaeology of central and eastern Europe and other distant regions, such as western Asia or northern Africa. All of those regions were traditionally created by colourful histories of archaeological research, sometimes very divergent in comparison with leading and scientifically developed countries.