INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

Manuscripts

Manuscripts should be sent to the Editor. Typescripts should be double spaced on one side of A4 paper, with wide margins all round. Each paper should begin with an abstract of 100 to 150 words which indicates the scope of the paper, gives the principal results, and ends with six to eight keywords suitable for use by abstracting services. Authors should supply the original of the paper with camera-ready illustrations, and two copies complete with photocopies of the illustrations for use by referees. Please retain a perfect copy of the whole paper in case of loss or damage in transit.

Manuscripts prepared on word processors

The New Zealand Journal of Archaeology is prepared using desktop publishing facilities. Authors are encouraged to provide final versions of manuscripts on computer disk to save cost and simplify proof reading. Authors doing so receive a free copy of the journal in which the paper appears. In the case of multiple authors the first two named receive this benefit. Papers should be submitted in normal manuscript form in the first instance. A disk copy is required only when a paper has been accepted for publication and any revisions completed. Further information and advice about computer readable copy is available from the Editor and should be requested at an early stage of manuscript preparation.

Illustrations

Illustrations must be supplied already reduced to final publication size. The maximum block size is 130 x 200 mm including caption. Originals should be numbered on the back along with the author's name. All illustrations for a paper are numbered in sequence; there is no separate plate series. Photographs should be of moderate contrast and sharp definition. Screened versions of half tones are not acceptable. Captions for illustrations should be listed together at the end of the paper. Up to four colour plates may be included in any one paper for a total cost of NZ$500 from the authors of the paper.

Tables

Any tabular material should be kept to a minimum and presented in a form which is compatible with the block size of 130 x 200 mm.

References

Citations should be given according to the Harvard system and listed at the end of the paper in alphabetical order. Please consult a recent issue of the Journal for the format of citations and references.

Conventions

The recommendations of the New Zealand Government Style Book and spellings as in the Concise Oxford Dictionary should be followed.

Radiocarbon Dates

There is a minimum acceptable standard for reporting radiocarbon ages. For all such ages used in a paper, the author(s) must provide the following information or reference to a publication containing this information.

•  the "Conventional Radiocarbon Age", referred to as such,

•  the laboratory responsible for the measurement and the sample or date reference number assigned by the laboratory, and

•  the δ¹³C value where this is known.

Where radiocarbon ages are compared with calendar ages or ages determined by other dating techniques, a calibrated radiocarbon age must be used and details of the calibration given explicitly or by reference. For further details on standards of reporting, authors should consult Stuiver, M. and Polach, H.A. 1977. Discussion: Reporting of ^WC dates. Radiocarbon 19: 353-363.

Reprints

Authors will receive a total of 50 free offprints regardless of the number of authors. Additional copies cannot be ordered.