Antiquity is an international peer-reviewed journal of world archaeology. The journal is published six times per year, in February, April, June, August, October and December, and is read by archaeology professionals and enthusiasts worldwide.
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To be eligible for consideration, papers are expected to treat matters that are potentially of global significance and are controversial and/or would stimulate discussion.
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All submissions are considered by the Editor in the first instance. Suitable papers are peer-reviewed by a minimum of two experts. Peer-reviewers (also known as Referees) are selected for their knowledge and expertise and may include, but are not limited to, Antiquity's Editorial Advisory Board. Submissions are assessed on the potential interest of new archaeological discoveries, ideas and methods and their likely global significance.
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DO NOT include the cover letter in the body of the manuscript.
Text should be prepared in 1.5-line-spacing.
The use of footnotes is prohibited in all manuscripts.
Word limits are as follows:
The word limit MUST include all text. This includes acknowledgements, references, tables and all figure and table captions. Any submission which substantially exceeds the published word limit may be returned to the author(s).
Supplementary material may be submitted. This is not included in the word limits above and will be published online only (subject to acceptance).
Do not include an abstract.
Wherever possible you are required to submit the manuscript as a single Microsoft Word file containing all text, figure captions, references and tables. Figures should be submitted as .tif or .jpg files, of at least 300dpi. DO NOT embed figures in the text.
DO NOT include the cover letter in your main manuscript file, you will be asked to provide this on the submission pages.
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Use uniform lettering on figures and ensure that the text on all figures accords with Antiquity's text preparation guidelines. Maps and plans must include an accurate scale and north point.
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Project Gallery articles are online only and are not usually peer-reviewed. Please note that the Editor will not accept reports primarily about local or regional surveys, sites or artefacts; which should be properly directed to the national records and journals of the country concerned. Responses to published articles will be sent to the original author for comment.
Please follow the guidelines below when creating a manuscript for the Project Gallery.
Manuscripts should be structured as follows:
DO NOT include the cover letter in the body of the manuscript.
Text should be prepared in 1.5-line-spacing.
The use of footnotes is prohibited in all manuscripts.
The word limit for Project Gallery articles is 1000 words.
The word limit MUST include all text. This includes acknowledgements, references, tables and all figure and table captions. Any submission which substantially exceeds the published word limit may be returned to the author(s).
Do not include an abstract.
Please submit the manuscript and all tables as a single text file. Our preferred text format is Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx). If you are unable to provide this format please contact the Editorial Office (assistant [at] antiquity.ac.uk) for advice.
Figures should be submitted as separate high-quality .jpg/.jpeg or .tif/.tiff files (see below). DO NOT embed figures in the text of your manuscript.
Figures for the Project Gallery should be submitted separately from the text as high-quality .jpg/.jpeg or .tif/.tiff files. Resolutions must be 72dpi or higher and image dimensions should be 900 x 700 pixels or higher. Images should NOT include borders — these will be added when published.
Use uniform lettering on figures and ensure that the text on all figures accords with Antiquity's text preparation guidelines below. Maps and plans must include an accurate scale and north point.
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Antiquity offers Open Access publication on request. Please note that a fee may be applicable. Open Access publication is offered only to those authors whose articles have been accepted for publication, and only at the point when the article is accepted. This ensures that Open Access publication has no influence on the peer-review and our acceptance process.
All papers are published in English, and we therefore prefer to receive submissions in English. If submitting in English is absolutely not possible, we may be able to consider submissions in other languages. In this case please contact the Editorial Office (assistant [at] antiquity.ac.uk) for advice before submitting your paper.
Current accepted conventions for citing radiocarbon dates are set out by A.R. Millard in Radiocarbon 56: 555–59 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/56.17455). For every date that is quoted in Antiquity, whether in a table or in the text of an article, we ask authors to provide the following details wherever possible:
In the case of calibrated or modelled dates, authors are also asked to specify
The preferred Antiquity convention is for calibration using the OxCal program (available online at https://c14.arch.ox.ac.uk/oxcal.html) with calibrated dates quoted at 95.4% ranges.
Please include in your article any references relating to the software version and calibration curve used. Example:
A human metacarpal gave a date of 5439±34 BP (OxA-14953: 4347–4242 BC at 95.4%; date modelled in OxCal v.4.2, using IntCal13 calibration curve (Bronk Ramsey 2009; Reimer et al. 2013)).
In reference section/bibliography:
- BRONK RAMSEY, C. 2009. Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates. Radiocarbon 51: 337–60.
- REIMER, P.J., E. BARD, A. BAYLISS, J.W. BECK, P.G. BLACKWELL, C. BRONK RAMSEY, C.E. BUCK, H. CHENG, R.L. EDWARDS, M. FRIEDRICH, P.M. GROOTES, T.P. GUILDERSON, H. HAFLIDASON, I. HAJDAS, C. HATTÉ, T.J. HEATON, D.L. HOFFMANN, A.G. HOGG, K.A. HUGHEN, K.F. KAISER, B. KROMER, S.W. MANNING, M. NIU, R.W. REIMER, D.A. RICHARDS, E.M. SCOTT, J.R. SOUTHON, R.A. STAFF, C.S.M. TURNEY & J. VAN DER PLICHT. 2013. IntCal13 and Marine13 radiocarbon age calibration curves 0–50,000 years cal BP. Radiocarbon 55: 1869–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16947
Please do not use passim, op. Cit, ibid. or vague page ranges, e.g. 283f and 283ff.
| Type of reference | Text citation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Single author | (Grayson 1983: 10) | |
| Two authors | (Grayson & Evans 2010: 10) | |
| Three or more authors | (Grayson et al. 2009: 25) | |
| More than one work by same author | (Grayson 1983, 2009) | |
| More than one work by same author and same year | (Grayson 1983a, 1983b) | |
| More than one work by different authors | (Grayson 1983; Evans 2009) | In date order |
| More than one work by one author and different authors | (Grayson 1983, 2009; Evans 2009) | In date order |
| Personal communication | pers. comm. | |
| Classical or historical author | Bede (HE I.15; Colgrave & Mynors 1969) Pausanias (Description of Greece 3.19.7; Jones 1931) | See note below under citing Classical and historical sources |
Please ensure that all references cited in the text are included in the bibliography.
Page numbers should be cited wherever possible.
Full references should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper. For detailed guidance please see the example references below.
References with the same first author should be given in the following order:
Author names should be given in SMALL CAPS. If you are unable to submit using SMALL CAPS please use normal text. Please do not use standard capitals.
Use the minimum forms of page numbers, i.e. the shortest way one could speak the figures: 23-24, 13-14, 115-16, 200-201.
Since we do not have a separate reference list of primary sources, refer to the Classical author in the text, then bracket with the work in italics, then chapter, section, line, verse etc. following standard conventions, followed by semi-colon and then editor/translator of the work and the edition consulted. e.g.
Common shorthand titles are acceptable, e.g. Historia Ecclesiastica may be abbreviated to HE.
If an author wrote only one work, Herodotus 9.1 rather than Herodotus, Histories 9.1 is acceptable.
For Classics, standard abbreviations are listed at the front of the Oxford Classical Dictionary.
Please ensure that all references listed in the bibliography are cited in the text.
| Type of reference | Text citation | Reference format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Mitchell 1976 | MITCHELL, G.F. 1976. The Irish landscape in the twentieth century. London: Collins. | |
| Book with a volume no. | Harry 1952 | HARRY, W. 1952. London throughout the ages, Volume 1: an early settlement. London: The London Historical Society. or (where there is a further subtitle) HARRY, W. 1952. London throughout the ages: a history of London from 44BC-1950. Volume 1: an early settlement. London: The London Historical Society. | |
| Journal paper | Peterson 1990 | PETERSON, J.D. 1990. From foraging to food production in south west Ireland: some lithic evidence. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 56: 89-99. | Note not PPS, avoid abbreviations or acronyms |
| Chapter by another author in a book | Mallory & Hartwell 1997 | MALLORY, J.P. & B.N. HARTWELL. 1997. Down in prehistory, in L. Proudfoot & R. Haynes (ed.) Down: history and society: 1-32. Dublin: Geography Publications. | ed. not eds. (short for edited, not editors). |
| Edited collection | Mallory 1997 | MALLORY, J.P. (ed.) 1997. The British Iron Age. London: Thames & Hudson. | |
| Book in a numbered series | Henderson 2003 | HENDERSON, J. 2003. Glass-making in Roman Britain (British Archaeological Reports British series 101). Oxford: Archaeopress. | Note no 'no.' is included in the series title |
| Unpublished dissertation (avoid word 'thesis') | Anderson 1994 | ANDERSON, E. 1994. Flint technology in the Irish later Mesolithic. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Manchester University. | Title is not in italics as it is unpublished |
| Online publication with no doi | Galaty et al. 2009 | GALATY, M.L., W.E. LEE, C. WATKINSON, Z. TAFILICA & O. LAFE. 2009. Fort, tower, or house? Building a landscape of settlement in the Shala Valley of High Albania. Internet Archaeology 27. Available at: http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue27/galaty_index.html (accessed 5 March 2010). | |
| Online publication with doi | Galaty et al. 2009 | GALATY, M.L., W.E. LEE, C. WATKINSON, Z. TAFILICA & O. LAFE. 2009. Fort, tower, or house? Building a landscape of settlement in the Shala Valley of High Albania. Internet Archaeology 27. doi:10.1177/0269881105058776 | |
| Website with no author | Ancient Japan n.d. | Ancient Japan n.d. Available at: http://www.japanese-historyonline.co.jp/html (accessed 17 July 2009). | |
| In press | Jones in press | JONES, K. In press. The beauty of the English countryside. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | |
| Unpublished report | Michaels 2004 | MICHAELS, L. 2004. Hadrian's Wall. Report prepared for Northumberland Regional Conservation Agency, Alnwick. | Title is not in italics as it is unpublished |
| Unpublished conference paper | Tweddle 1987 | TWEDDLE, K. 1987. The cat in Roman art. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference of Roman Art, Milan, 6-8 May 1987. | |
| Newspaper article (with author) | Hodges 2008 | HODGES, P. 2008. A view from the West. The Guardian, 1 May 2008, p. 10. | |
| Newspaper article (without author) | The Guardian 2008 | The Guardian. Considering the past, 10 October 2008, p. 32. | List under 'G' not 'T' |
| Later translations | Hubbard trans. 2004 | HUBBARD, E. 1901 (trans. 2004) 1901. A history of South Yorkshire. Translated by J. Proud. Barnsley: Yorkshire Publishing Co. | Place & publisher of the translated version |
| References not using Latin alphabet (translation of title given) | Chekov 2004 | CHEKOV, V. 2004. This is the English transliteration of the Russian title [This is the English translation of the Russian title]. Moskow: Nauka. | |
| References not using Latin alphabet (translation of title not given) | Chekov 2004 | CHEKOV, V. 2004. This is the English transliteration of the Russian title. Moskow: Nauka (in Russian). | |
| Reference to Classical author | Horace (Odes 4.1.1-4; Rudd 2004) | RUDD, N. 2004. Horace Odes and Epode (Loeb Classical Library). Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press. | Horace does not figure in the references |
| Reference to historic author | 'Bede (HE I.15; Colgrave & Mynors 1969) | COLGRAVE, B. & R.A.B. MYNORS. 1969. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English people. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | Bede does not figure in the references |
Please help us to improve the speed of publication by submitting manuscripts which follow the instructions below. If you have any queries before submission please contact the Editorial Office (assistant [at] antiquity.ac.uk).
Antiquity uses English UK spellings.
Roman numerals are to be avoided whenever possible. Numbers less than 10 should be spelt out; Arabic numerals should be used for all numbers 10 and above except century names, which are always spelt out. If a number occurs in a phrase in which most of the numbers are above nine, use Arabic numerals for all: e.g.
Use a space instead of a comma in long numbers, except if under 10 000, e.g.
Antiquity uses BC/AD not BCE/CE.
AD comes before the date, BC after, except when using a century name, e.g.
Dates in text should be given as (number) (month) (year), no ordinals: e.g. 30 January 2010.
Dates should be hyphenated when used adjectivally, e.g. nineteenth-century object, but not in noun phrases, e.g. the early nineteenth century.
Use capitals sparingly: initials and proper names only, e.g. the Near East, but eastern England. Standard archaeological periods are capitalised, e.g. Neolithic, Mesolithic.
Latin and other foreign words and abbreviations should only be used sparingly. Commonly used Latin words and abbreviations are not italicised, less common words and abbreviations should be italicised. The following Latin words and abbreviations are acceptable: