ArchAtlas Journal: Submission Guidelines for Authors
1. Abstract
This should be submitted with the main text as a word document, approximately 2-4 sentences in length, not to exceed 150 words.
2. Main text
- Submitted as a word document.
- Sould include a full title (with or without subtitles), a shortened title (nor more than 6 words), your name as you wish it to appear, and your institutional affiliation.
- Subheadings should be clearly marked.
- Abbreviations should be kept to a minimum.
- Foreign characters highlighted.
- Single quotation marks (double inverted commas should be reserved for a quotation within a quotation).
- Spellings should follow the Concise Oxford Dictionary.
FIGURES WITHIN TEXT
Within square brackets, places should be marked off where Powerpoint slides or images are to be inserted, with corresponding numbers to the list of figures (eg. [Fig. 1] or [Slide 1]). Also note that a list of captions should accompany the list of figures (see Images below).
CITATION WITHIN TEXT (also see Bibliography below)
(Sherratt et al. 2002) for
Sherratt, A., C. Roughley and C. Shell 2002, 'Past records, new views: Carnac 1830-2000', Antiquity 76:218-23.
(Sherratt 2006, 66) for page 66 in
Sherratt, A. 2004. 'Fractal Farmers: patterns of Neolithic origins and dispersal' pp. 53-63 in J. Cherry, C. Scarre and S. Shennan (eds) Explaining Social Change: studies in honour of Colin Renfrew, Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
LINKS WITHIN TEXT
All links should be tagged with:
- [Ex LINK] Hyperlinks to external sites within the text should include the complete URL and the name of linking site.
- [A LINK] Links within your own text should indicate [A LINK anchor 1] for the home of the link and [A Link 1] for the link to 'anchor 1'.
- [Rel LINK] Relative links to other pages within the ArchAtlas site should refer to the name and URL of the page.
3. Keywords
Theme Keywords
In order to link with the ArchAtlas Themes please indicate if your article covers one or more of the following 'Themes':
- Agriculture
- Trade & Exchange
- Routes
- Urbanism
- Satellite & GIS technology
Article Keywords or Phrases
Please provide us a list of keywords and phrases separated by commas to help us with the search feature of the ArchAtlas Journal. Please include geographic places and chronological terms as appropriate.
4. Bibliography
The following are guidelines:
SINGLE AUTHOR
Book:
Sherratt, A. 1996. Economy and Society in Prehistoric Europe: changing perspectives, Edinburgh:Princeton University Press.
Journal Article:
Sherratt, A. 2002, 'Darwin among the archaeologists: the John Evans nexus and the Borneo caves', Antiquity 76: 151-7.
Dissertation:
Sumner, W. M. 1972, Cultural Development in the Kur River Basin, Iran: an archaeological analysis of settlement patterns, PhD Dissertation: University of Pennsylvania.
TWO OR MORE AUTHORS
Sherratt, A., C. Roughley and C. Shell 2002, 'Past records, new views: Carnac 1830-2000', Antiquity 76:218-23.
CONTRIBUTION IN AN EDITED BOOK
Sherratt, A. 2004. 'Fractal Farmers: patterns of Neolithic origins and dispersal' pp. 53-63 in J. Cherry, C. Scarre and S. Shennan (eds) Explaining Social Change: studies in honour of Colin Renfrew, Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
BOOK IN MORE THAN ONE VOLUME (CITING A PARTICULAR VOLUME)
Delougaz, P. and H.J. Kantor (eds) 1996, Chogha Mish Volume 1: The First Five Seasons of Excavations 1961-1971, Chicago: Oriental Institute Publications 101, Oriental Institute.
BOOK IN PREPARATION FOR PUBLICATION
Sherratt, A. Forthcoming. 'Diverse origins: regional contributions to the genesis of farming' in S. Colledge, J. Conolly and S.J. Shennnan (eds) Origins and Spread of Agriculture in SW Asia and Europe: Archaeobotanical Investigations of Neolithic Plant Economies
ELECTRONIC CITATION
(see: http://www.archatlas.dept.shef.ac.uk/project/copyright.php for citation information.)
Individual work:
Author/editor(s),Title of Work, Date of publication, Edition statement (if given), Medium (if not online), Publication information (Place of publication: publisher, date if given), URL, Access date.
ArchAtlas, July 2006, 2nd edition, http://www.archatlas.org/, Accessed: 12 July 2006.
Parts of work:
Author/editor(s), Article title between single inverted commas, Title of Main Work, Edition statement (if given), Publication information (Place of publication: publisher, date if given but not required for well-known resources), URL, Access date.
Sherratt, Andrew, 'The Origins of Farming in South-West Asia', ArchAtlas, 2nd edition, http://www.archatlas.org/OriginsFarming/Farming.php, Accessed: 12 July 2006.
5. Images
FORMAT
Jpeg or Tiff: 300dpi minimum, not to exceed 800 pixels in width.
Or
PPT images (these will be outputted as the slide in the Powerpoint presentation)
LIST OF CAPTIONS
A list of captions should be included for figures and Powerpoint slides, numbered and related to filenames/PPT files. These should correspond to the figure numbers in the text. Captions should be kept short, approximately 1-2 sentences in length, and contain relevant copyright information if necessary (see Copyright below)
6. Copyright
The author retains copyright of his/her work.
The author ensures that permission for the use of images and text from copyright holders has been obtained and that the appropriate citations occur with the image captions or in the text.
How to cite this page: 'ArchAtlas Journal: Submission Guidelines for Authors', ArchAtlas, January 2008, Edition 3, http://www.archatlas.org/journal/author_guidelines.php, Accessed: 05 December 2008