NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

Manuscripts

Manuscripts may be submitted to the Editor at any time. Papers of less then c. 3000 words will be given preference. Electronic submission of papers is preferred. Typescripts should be double spaced on one side of A4 paper. Abstracts will not be printed. Authors should retain a good copy of the paper in case of loss or damage in transit.

Archaeology in New Zealand is prepared using page layout software. Authors preparing papers by computer are requested to provide a copy, e-mailing it directly to the editor as an attachment. Contact the editor if any alternative is required. Please ensure that the file has the correct suffix to be read on a PC. Authors should keep the formatting very simple as the paper needs to be completely reformatted to fit into the Archaeology in New Zealand A5 template. Please also keep table formatting simple.

Illustrations

Line drawings should be drawn in ink (not pencil) to page proportions, either A4 or the final A5 size. The Archaeology in New Zealand page width is 110 mm. Allowing space for a single line caption, the maximum height of any illustration will be 162 mm. Longer captions will reduce the allowable height. Captions will be typeset.

Photographs should be submitted as high contrast glossy prints. Black and white are preferable to colour. Photographs or good photocopies of drawings are acceptable.

Illustrations may be sent in digital form. Photographs should be sent as 300 dpi tiff or high quality jpeg files, preferably in greyscale. An 11 cm wide 300 dpi graphics file will be 1299 pixels wide. Scanned line drawings should be sent as 600 dpi tiff files. Digital line art should preferably be sent in pdf format, otherwise in eps format. Please do not send line art as jpeg.

Illustrations should not be embedded in Word files. Contact the editor if you have any queries.

References

The Harvard system should be used. References should be listed at the end of the paper following the style used in this issue, and cross-references in the text should take the following form: (Green 1972: 16).

Dates

All radiocarbon dates should, as a minimum, be reported as cal BP or cal BC/AD (not both in the same paper), except where quoting previously published data.

Measures

All measurements should be given in the metric system. There is often a good case for including imperial measurements in historic archaeology papers, but metric equivalents should also be included.

Te Reo Māori

Māori is an official language of New Zealand—it should not be italicised. When indicating long vowels, please use a macron, not a double vowel.