The official installation guide (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_Guide) contains a more verbose description.
- Download the archiso image from https://www.archlinux.org/
- Copy to a usb-drive
dd if=archlinux.img of=/dev/sdX bs=16M && sync # on linux
- Boot from the usb. If the usb fails to boot, make sure that secure boot is disabled in the BIOS configuration.