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Every paper in the journal is refereed and all authors are required to sign an author agreement before papers are published. The instructions listed below are based on those also used in the journal Australian Archaeology<\/em>.<\/p>

Contributions accepted include: articles (5000-8000 words), short reports (1000-3000 words), obituaries (500-2000 words), thesis abstracts (200-500 words) and book reviews (500-2000 words).<\/p>

Should you wish to submit a paper to the journal please direct your enquiries to the Secretary of the Anthropological Society of South Australia (details are listed on \u2018contact details\u2019 web page of the Society\u2019s website.<\/p>

All submissions must conform to the formats requested below. All contributions must be typed, use 12 point Times New Roman font or similar. Submissions must avoid using footnotes as much as possible. Do not double space at the end of sentences. A 150-200 word abstract must be included for articles and short reports.<\/p>

Citations and References<\/strong><\/p>

References should be cited in text by author\u2019s surname, publication year and page (e.g. Smith 1988:45). For three or more authors \u2018et al<\/em>.<\/em>\u2019 should be used after the first surname (e.g. David et al<\/em>.<\/em> 1994). If multiple references are cited they should be ordered alphabetically and then by publication year, with authors\u2019 names separated by a semicolon (e.g. Appleby 1990:19-25; Childe 1952; David 1988; David and Chant 1995; David et al<\/em>. <\/em>1994, 1999; White and O\u2019Connell 1982:42, 50).<\/p>

Type the references starting on a new page. Include all and only those references cited in the paper. Papers may be cited as \u2018in press\u2019 where they have been accepted for publication. For general publication categories the format should follow the examples below. Please pay particular attention to capitalisation, punctuation and spacing.<\/p>

Journal Articles<\/strong><\/p>

Bird, C.F.M. and D. Frankel 1991 Problems in constructing a prehistoric regional sequence: Holocene south-east Australia. World Archaeology<\/em> 23(2):179-192.<\/p>

Book Chapters<\/strong><\/p>

Craib, J.L. and G.R. Mangold 1999 Storm in a test pit: effects of cyclonic storms on coastal archaeological sites in western Micronesia. In J. Hall and I.J. McNiven (eds), Australian Coastal Archaeology<\/em>, pp.299-306. Research Papers in Archaeology and Natural History 31. Canberra: ANH Publications, Department of Archaeology and Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.<\/p>

Books<\/strong><\/p>

Lourandos, H. 1997 Continent of Hunter-Gatherers: New Perspectives in Australian Prehistory<\/em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<\/p>

Edited Books<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

Hall, J. and I.J. McNiven (eds) Australian Coastal Archaeology<\/em>. Research Papers in Archaeology and Natural History 31. Canberra: ANH Publications, Department of Archaeology and Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.<\/p>

Monographs<\/strong><\/p>

Wickler, S. 2001 The Prehistory of Buka: A Stepping Stone Island in the Northern Solomons<\/em>. Terra Australis 16. Canberra: Department of Archaeology and Natural History and Centre for Archaeological Research, Australian National University.<\/p>

Unpublished Theses<\/strong><\/p>

David, B. 1994 A Space-Time Odyssey: Rock Art and Regionalisation in North Queensland Prehistory. Unpublished PhD thesis, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Queensland, Brisbane.<\/p>

Unpublished Reports<\/strong><\/p>

Smith, J.R. and H.J. Hall 1996 Beaudesert Shire Regional Archaeological Project. Unpublished report to the Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra.<\/p>

Internet Resources<\/strong><\/p>

Australian Bureau of Statistics 1996 Education: Participation in Education: The Education of Indigenous People<\/em>. Retrieved 6 November 2003 from http:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/ausstats. Listserver Communications<\/em><\/p>

Ross, A. 2004 Useless Australian archaeology graduates. Message posted to the AUSARCH-L listserver, 31 May 2004, archived at http:\/\/mailman.anu.edu.au\/mailman\/listinfo\/ausarch-l<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Newspaper Articles<\/strong><\/p>

Rothwell, N. 2007 Lone wolf discovered art for ages [obituary]. The Australian<\/em> 24 August, p.12.<\/p>

Simply use anon. where author is not known.<\/p>

Figures<\/strong><\/p>

All line drawings and photographs should be referred to as figures and numbered consecutively (e.g., Figure 1). Captions must be included for all figures.<\/p>

Where relevant it is the author\u2019s responsibility to gain permission to publish figures that are not their own work and such images must be appropriately acknowledged.<\/p>

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