Asian Perspectives

Submission Guidelines

Asian Perspectives welcomes articles on the archaeology and prehistory of Asia and the Pacific region. The Editor will also be pleased to consider papers on ethnoarchaeological subjects, linguistic articles concerned in some way with prehistorical reconstruction, and physical anthropological and ethnographical articles of interest and use to the archaeologist. The Editor is open to suggestions for special issues of Asian Perspectives devoted to particular topics or regions. Recommendations for such issues may be forwarded to the Editor. Asian Perspectives is published in two issues (May and November) of each year.

When ready for peer review, manuscripts must be formatted according to these guidelines and addressed to Editor, Asian Perspectives, Dept. of Anthropology (M/C 027), University of Illinois at Chicago, 1007 West Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7139, USA; fax 1-312-413-3573. Each manuscript will be reviewed by at least three suitable specialists.

All manuscripts must be typed, in English, on one side of 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 bond paper, with 1-inch margins. Manuscripts must include hardcopy and digital files. The hardcopy must include an original and two clear copies of text, tables, and all illustrations or photographs. The digital files should be submitted either on a CD or as e-mailed attachments and should include text files (*.pdf, *.wpd, or *.doc format) and high-resolution illustrations (ideally, *.jpeg, *.eps, or *.pdf).

GENERAL

Papers should contribute both to substantive and more general issues in archaeology. Authors should avoid the use of specialized language unless absolutely required.

Editorial style conforms to specifications set forth for scientific publications in the Chicago Manual of Style, Fourteenth Edition (Chicago and London: the University of Chicago Press, 1993). Spelling, with a few exceptions, conforms to Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. Manuscripts should follow the guidelines outlined below; those that do not may be returned for revision before review.

Manuscripts are copyedited and typeset electronically from disk files supplied by authors (with very few exceptions). If your manuscript is accepted for publication, you will be asked to submit a disk file that exactly matches the hard-copy printout of your article. The hard-copy printout submitted with your disk should be double-spaced throughout, including tables, references, and notes. Minor last-minute additions and corrections can be marked on the printout in colored ink. It is hoped that the following will aid you in preparing your materials for the best possible results with electronic type.

SOFTWARE

Most standard Windows and Macintosh word processing documents are acceptable, in versions up through Microsoft Word 97 for Windows (or DOS), MS Word 98 for Mac, and WordPerfect 8.0, but PC-formatted disks are preferred. If you are using a less common WP program, also include an ASCII text file on the disk. Submit files on 3.5" high-density (1.4MB) disks or 100MB Zip disks. Label each disk with the name and version of the word-processing program used (e.g., "MS Word 97") and the names of all files. Erase all extraneous files, and be sure to retain copies of the final files for you reference. When submitting a disk file use the following checklist:

• PC-compatible disk labeled with software program and file names
• No extraneous files on disk
• Separate file for figure captions and tables
• Hard-copy list of any special characters
• Tables and figure placements marked in manuscript
• Hard-copy printout of the disk files, double-spaced throughout

TITLE PAGE

On the first page of manuscript provide the title (capitals and lower case), author name, position title, professional affiliation, and address.

ABSTRACT AND KEYWORDS

On the second page of manuscript provide an informative abstract of no more than 300 words. The abstract must be capable of standing alone without reference to the text. List several key words below the final line of the abstract. Keywords should include the most important topical, regional, substantive, and general characteristics of the paper.

FORMATTING TEXT

Begin text on the third page. Center all headings. Use Italics for Latin names, foreign terms and titles. Foreign words and terms, including place names, should be spelled with appropriate diacritical marks (e.g., glottal stop, macron). Do not include footnotes in the text; use endnotes instead. Use the tab key to indent (not spacebar). Use only one space after a period or semicolon. Use two hyphens for a dash (no space either side). Create no extra space between paragraphs. Use centering to show heads if you wish, but do not use underscoring, bold-face, small caps, or other displays. Never use all caps (acronyms excepted). Do not justify the right margin. Do not use hanging indents. Do not use returns within paragraphs. Do not use "soft" hyphens of hyphenation programs (avoid end-of-line breaks).

Text Citations. Cite references by author, date and where appropriate, page numbers. For example, "Griffin and Solheim (1990: 153) discuss Agta hunter-gatherers in the Philippines . . ." and ". . . fortified sites have been located in the Phimai region of Thailand (Welch and McNeil 1990)." Use "and" (not ampersand) when citing references which are co-authored, "et al." for more than two authors, and no comma between author and year. When two or more articles are cited together, arrange alphabetically by author's surname and separate by semicolons. Two or more citations by the same author(s) are arranged chronologically. Separate multiple citations for one author with commas. When page numbers are given, use no space after colon. Distinguish multiple citations by the same author in the same year by alpha (i.e., a, b).

Numbers. Spell out numbers from one two ten, except for decimals, fractions, and when used with units of measure; use numerals for numbers above ten. Write out ordinal numbers, e.g., second, nineteenth century. Do not use a comma for four-digit numbers, e.g., 1000 (but 10,000). Repeat all digits in ranges, e.g., 257-260 (not 257-69). Use the numeral "1" for one (never the letter "l"), the numeral "0" for zero (never the letter "O").

Special Characters. If your manuscript includes special characters unavailable in your word-processing program, you may mark them (colored ink) on you hard-copy printout. Or, you may use an alphanumeric code of your own choosing (e.g., resum<acute-e> for resumé; a<tilde-n>o for año); be sure to submit a hard-copy printout of all such codes used. Use type to show italics (e.g., not underlining), sub- and superscripts, and accented letters (letters w/diacritics).

Measurements. Use metric measurements for distance and volume measures. Abbreviate measures when preceded by a quantity, e.g., 4 cm (do not use a period).

Dates. Use capitals for alphas in dates, e.g., A.D. or B.C. Express 14C dates as conventional or calibrated dates. Calibrated dates should employ the most recent procedures as published in the journal Radiocarbon.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Place acknowledgments at the end of the text, before the References.

REFERENCES

Place references at the end of the text of the paper. Begin references on a new sheet of paper. All text, table, figure, and plate citations should by accompanied by a complete reference. Follow the style and punctuation guide for references closely. List references in alphabetical order by first author. List first or only author by surname, first name, and one initial; cite subsequent authors by first name, one initial, and surname. Group multiple publications by same author(s) in chronological order. Write out the first names of authors as they appear in the original reference.

Italicize journal titles or book titles. If publication is part of a monograph series, italicize the title of the monographic work. Examples:

Brantingham, P. Jeffery

1999 Astride the Movius Line: Late Pleistocene Lithic Technological Variabliltiy in Northeast Asia. Ph.D. diss. University of Arizona, Tucson.

Chang, Kwang-chih

1986 The Archaeology of Ancient China, 4th ed. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.

Daw, Nyi Nyi Myint

1998 Report on recent archaeological findings in Budalin Township: Sagaing division. Paper presented at the conference on Myanmar culture and society: Traditional spirit and path to modernity. 22-24 July 1998, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.

Earle, Timothy

1978 Economic and Social Organization of a Complex Chiefdom: The Halelea District. Kaua i, Hawaii. Anthropological Papers of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan 63. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan.

Gosden, Chris

1991 Towards an understanding of the regional record from the Arawe Islands, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, in Report of the Lapita Homeland Project: 205-216, ed. J. Allen and C. Gosden. Occasional Papers in Prehistory 20, Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies. Canberra: Australian National University.

Green, Roger C.

1991 The study of open settlements in New Zealand prehistory, in The Archaeology of the Kainga: A Study of Precontact Maori Undefended Settlements at Pouerua, Northland, New Zealand: 23-32, ed. D. G. Sutton. Auckland: Auckland University Press.

Hutterer, Karl

1976 An evolutionary approach to the Southeast Asian cultural sequence. Current Anthropology 17:221-242.

Longacre, William A.

1981 Kalinga pottery: An ethnoarchaeological study, in Pattern of the Past: Studies in Honour of David Clarke: 49-66, ed. I. Hodder, G. Issac, and N. Hammond. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Solheim, Wilhelm G. II

1965 The functions of pottery in Southeast Asia from the present to the past, in Ceramics and Man: 254-273. ed. Frederick R. Matson. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology 41. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co.

1968 Possible routes of migration into Melanesia as shown by statistical analysis of methods of pottery manufacture, in Anthropology at the Eighth Pacific Science Congress: 139-166, ed. Wilhelm G. Solheim II. Asian and Pacific Archaeology Series 2. Honolulu: Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawaii.

Stuiver, Minze, Paul J. Reimer, Edouard Bard, J. Warren Beck, Geoffrey S. Burr, Konrad A. Hughen, Bernd Kromer, F. Gerry McCormac, Johannes van der Plicht and Marco Spurk

1998 INTCAL98 Radiocarbon age calibration 24,000-0 cal BR. Radiocarbon 40: 1041-1083.

Tuggle, H. David, and Karl L. Hutterer, eds.

1972 Archaeology of the Sohoton Area, Southwestern Samar, Philippines. Leyte-Samar Studies 6(2).

TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

Submit figure and plate captions as a separate file-all captions in one file. Tables are usually too complex to typeset from electronic manuscripts and will be typeset from hard copy; be sure that each table is on a separate page of the hard copy and is double-spaced.

In the text, indicate approximate placements of tables and figures, each on a separate line, e.g., as follows:

<Table 1> or <Fig.1>

Plan illustrations to fit the printed page size, 5 x 7 inches, including space for a caption at the bottom of the illustration. Treat all photographs as plates, all line art as figures, and number separately (e.g., from Plate I and from Figure 1) in the order in which they are cited in the manuscript. Prepare a list of captions each for figures and plates. The lists should be placed at the end of the manuscript, after the tables. Identify each original, camera-ready illustration on the back or in the upper corner with the name of the author and the illustration's sequential number.

Photographs must be clear and printed on glossy paper with good contrast. Crop photographs to include only essential detail. If several photographs are used for a single plate, they should be grouped to fit the page width, with identifying letters. The caption should identify each photograph that occurs in a plate. Color photographs can be submitted but will be reproduced in black and white. Do not submit color slides; convert slides to black and white photos and submit the photographs.

Submit line art as original inked drawings, as photographic reductions, or as Photomechanical Transfers (PMTs). Photocopies are unacceptable. Send artwork flat, unrolled. If originals are larger than the printed page, have them professionally reduced to the page size. Lettering or other detail should be large enough that when printed the smallest letters or symbols will be at least 1 mm high; lines should be thick enough and spaced widely enough so that they will not fade or run together when reduced. Use Sans Serif fonts whenever possible (e.g., Arial). Computer-generated graphics are acceptable if they meet professional standards. Typewriter lettering is not acceptable.

Identify the top of each illustration. Provide suitable scale or legends within the illustration. For maps, show north arrow and if necessary, larger geographical context. Do not repeat information from the caption on the illustration or in the legend.

PROOFS AND COPIES

Authors will be sent galley proofs for correction before publication. Extensive changes to proofs may be charged to authors. We no longer provide offprints; authors are provided with two copies of the issue in which their publication appears.