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Antiquity aims to report new archaeological research, methods, reviews and issues of international significance in plain language to a broad academic and professional readership. Please use the guidelines below when submitting your paper.

All submissions may be sent either, on a disc to:

The Editor
Antiquity
King's Manor
York
YO1 7EP
UK

or sent by email to editor@antiquity.ac.uk

Please note that there is no need to send both hard and electronic copies.


Submit an article to the printed journal

Quick Reference
  • Send as a Word file by CD or email
  • Maximum length 5000 words
  • Figures for initial consideration as low-res .jpgs
  • Figures for publication as high-res .tifs
  • Format:
    • Covering letter
    • Details of corresponding author
    • Title
    • All authors' names and contact details for publication
    • Text (no abstract)
    • Acknowledgements
    • References (Harvard format)
    • Figure captions
    • Tables

Download this guide: (Microsoft Word .doc | Adobe .pdf)

Articles may be submitted as hard copy with an accompanying CD to:

The Editor
Antiquity
King's Manor
York
YO1 7EP
UK

Alternatively, articles may be submitted by email to editor@antiquity.ac.uk

Format

Text must be submitted in English as an MS Word file.

Word limits:
Research articles - 5000 words
Method articles - 3000 words
Debate articles - 3000 words

The word limit must include all references, notes and figure captions. If a paper is submitted which is substantially longer than our published word limits authors may be asked to resubmit a shorter version before the paper can be considered.

For initial consideration figures may be embedded within a word or pdf file or sent separately as individual low-resolution jpeg files but please note the information below regarding publication quality images.

Text should be submitted in Times New Roman, pt 12, line-spacing at 1.5 lines.

Structure

The paper should be structured as follows:

  • Covering letter, including full contact details for the corresponding author
  • Article title
  • Author's names and contact details for publication
  • Text (please note that there is no need to submit an abstract)
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Figure captions
  • Tables

Reference

References should be given in the Harvard format (Antiquity does not use footnotes or endnotes). Author's names in references should be given in SMALL CAPS, or if you are unable to do this, please provide them in normal type rather than block caps. Please do not use referencing systems such as Endnote.

Examples of the Harvard system:

Book:

CONNERTON, P. 1989. How societies remember. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Chapter in a book:

BREUNIG, P. & K. NEUMANN. 2002. From hunters and gatherers to food producers: new archaeological and archaeobotanical evidence from the West African Sahel, in F. Hassan (ed.) Drought, food and culture: ecological change and food security in Africa's later prehistory: 123–55. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Journal article:

SAUNDERS, N.J. 2002. Excavating memories: archaeology and the Great War, 1914–2001. Antiquity 76: 101–8.

Submission Process

On submission, the progress of the paper is as follows:

  1. Authors receive an initial acknowledgement (usually be email).
  2. The paper is logged on to our system and the files are saved on our network.
  3. The Editor makes a decision as to whether the paper should be declined straight away, accepted for the Project Gallery, or sent to referees. He will select two or more referees.
  4. The paper is sent to referees who are asked to return their comments within one month. Please note that this process can take longer as we sometimes have to ask several people before a suitable referee is found.
  5. The Editor then considers the paper in the light of referee's reports and makes a decision on the paper.
  6. If it is declined, the Editor will email the author with extracts from the referees reports to explain his decision.
  7. If the paper is accepted, the Editor will ask the author to revise the paper with the help of the referees' comments.
  8. Once the author has revised the paper, it should be sent back together with the images at publication quality (see below).
  9. The paper will then be edited and a final version sent back to the authors for approval.
  10. The paper will then be sent to proof. Authors will be sent the first proofs of their paper but are expected not to make any changes to the text at this point aside from minor spelling or grammar mistakes. If the author wishes to make any other changes, the paper may be held back until the next issue.
  11. Authors may be asked to contribute to the cost of printing images in colour.
  12. The paper is published. Authors receive a PDF of their paper free of charge and may order offprints (in multiples of 25) at a cost of £0.75 per offprint. Authors may also purchase individual copies of the issue in which their article appears at a discounted price of £11.25 per issue.

We aim to give authors a first decision within 3 months of submission, but please be aware that the refereeing process can take longer than this at times.

The timescale from submission to publication at present is approximately one year.

Publication Quality Images

If your paper is accepted, you must send your images in one of the following formats:

  1. Black-and-white artwork (e.g. line diagrams, graphs etc.) should be sent as digital images at a minimum width of 135mm @ 600 pixels per inch and a maximum height of 200mm.
  2. Figures containing greyscale (e.g. photographs) should be sent as digital images at a minimum width of 135mm @ 300 pixels per inch and a maximum height of 200mm.
  3. Figures containing colour should be sent as digital images at a minimum width of 135mm @ 300 pixels per inch and a maximum height of 200mm (these files must be sent in CMYK; RBG should not be used). Please note that we may ask for a contribution towards printing colour images. You will be advised of the charge if your article is accepted and can choose to either pay the charge or have the image printed in greyscale at no charge.

Original artwork is acceptable by prior arrangement only. Please note that we cannot guarantee to return originals.

Image size

Maximum image dimensions are 135mm wide x 200mm high. Please ensure that you supply images at an appropriate size and that any text included is sufficiently legible.

Please note that if you are unable to supply your images in these formats, then we may not be able to publish the images.

Copyright

When an article is published, Antiquity asks all authors to assign copyright to Antiquity Publications Ltd.

There are advantages for contributors in ownership of the copyright being centralised in Antiquity Publications Ltd. It enables the copyright-holder to watch for infringement. It will ensure that requests by third parties to reprint an article, or part of it, are handled efficiently and consistently. It will allow the publication to benefit from co-operative licensing schemes, e.g. the Copyright Clearance Center scheme in the USA (see below), without impeding the dissemination of knowledge.

In assigning copyright in this way, contributors are not forfeiting their right to use their contribution elsewhere. It remains your work, and you are always free to re-use or reprint it in whatever way you like and as you wish. When you do that, we ask you to acknowledge Antiquity as the place of first publication.

Antiquity Publications Ltd. will normally give a third party permission to reprint the contribution in whole or in part if the third party obtains permission from you also. If you refuse, we refuse. If payment is made, we ask that the income is divided equally between the contributor and Antiquity Publications Ltd., in recognition of the roles of the contributor and of Antiquity in publishing the material.

When copyright is held by the contributor's employer, Antiquity Publications Ltd. needs non-exclusive permission to deal with request from third parties, on the understanding that the contributor's wishes will be followed, as described above.

Antiquity is registered with the Copyright Clearance Center (USA) and the Copyright Licensing Authority (UK), non-profit-making organisations which offer centralised licensing arrangements for photocopying. Other similar licensing schemes may be entered into.

Antiquity Publications Ltd. may make arrangements with others to deal with some aspects of copyright and licensing.

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Submit an article to the Project Gallery

Quick Reference
  • Send as a Word file by CD or email
  • Maximum length 1000 words
  • Maximum 6 images
  • Figures should be .jpgs at 72dpi
  • Format:
    • Covering letter
    • Details of corresponding author
    • Title
    • All authors' names and contact details for publication
    • Text (no abstract)
    • Acknowledgements
    • References (Harvard format)
    • Figure captions
    • Tables

Download this guide: (Microsoft Word .doc | Adobe .pdf)

Articles may be submitted as hard copy with an accompanying CD to:

The Editor
Antiquity
King's Manor
York
YO1 7EP
UK

Alternatively, articles may be submitted by email to editor@antiquity.ac.uk

Format

Text should be submitted in English as an MS Word file. The word limit is 1000 words, including all references, notes and figure captions. If a paper is submitted which is longer than this, authors may be asked to resubmit a shorter version before the paper can be considered.

A maximum of 6 images may be included. All images should be sent as jpeg files at 72 dots per inch (dpi).

Structure

The paper should be structured as follows:

  • Covering letter, including full contact details for the corresponding author
  • Article title
  • Author's names and contact details for publication
  • Text (please note that there is no need to submit an abstract)
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Figure captions
  • Tables

Reference

References should be given in the Harvard format (Antiquity does not use footnotes or endnotes). Please do not use referencing systems such as Endnote.

Examples of the Harvard system:

Book:

CONNERTON, P. 1989. How Societies Remember. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Chapter in a book:

BREUNIG, P. & K. NEUMANN. 2002 From hunters and gatherers to food producers: new archaeological and archaeobotanical evidence from the West African Sahel, in F. Hassan (ed.) Drought, food and culture: ecological change and food security in Africa's later prehistory: 123-55. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Journal article:

SAUNDERS, N.J. 2002. Excavating memories: archaeology and the Great War, 1914-2001. Antiquity 76: 101-8.

Submission Process

On submission, the progress of the paper is as follows:

  1. Authors receive an initial acknowledgement (usually be email).
  2. The paper is logged on to our system and the files are saved on our network.
  3. The Editor makes a decision as to whether the paper should be accepted.
  4. If the paper is accepted, a draft of the paper will be placed on a secure site and sent to the author for approval.
  5. Once the draft has been approved, the paper will be included in the Project Gallery of the next available issue of the online Chronicle. The title and authors of the paper will also be listed in the contents section of the relevant printed copy of the journal.
  6. The online Chronicle will be archived together with the digital version of the printed journal in perpetuity.

Copyright

When an article is published, Antiquity asks all authors to assign copyright to Antiquity Publications Ltd.

There are advantages for contributors in ownership of the copyright being centralised in Antiquity Publications Ltd. It enables the copyright-holder to watch for infringement. It will ensure that requests by third parties to reprint an article, or part of it, are handled efficiently and consistently. It will allow the publication to benefit from co-operative licensing schemes, e.g. the Copyright Clearance Center scheme in the USA (see below), without impeding the dissemination of knowledge.

In assigning copyright in this way, contributors are not forfeiting their right to use their contribution elsewhere. It remains your work, and you are always free to re-use or reprint it in whatever way you like and as you wish. When you do that, we ask you to acknowledge Antiquity as the place of first publication.

Antiquity Publications Ltd. will normally give a third party permission to reprint the contribution in whole or in part if the third party obtains permission from you also. If you refuse, we refuse. If payment is made, we ask that the income is divided equally between the contributor and Antiquity Publications Ltd., in recognition of the roles of the contributor and of Antiquity in publishing the material.

When copyright is held by the contributor's employer, Antiquity Publications Ltd. needs non-exclusive permission to deal with request from third parties, on the understanding that the contributor's wishes will be followed, as described above.

Antiquity is registered with the Copyright Clearance Center (USA) and the Copyright Licensing Authority (UK), non-profit-making organisations which offer centralised licensing arrangements for photocopying. Other similar licensing schemes may be entered into.

Antiquity Publications Ltd. may make arrangements with others to deal with some aspects of copyright and licensing.


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