期刊名称：SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL BULLETIN
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The South African Archaeological Bulletin is an internationally accredited journal (ISI & IBSS listed) that publishes original peer-reviewed research articles, field and technical reports, discussion forum contributions and book reviews on all aspects of African archaeology. The Bulletin is issued twice a year, in June and December.
The Bulletin was established in December 1945 with the aim of informing a wide audience about important new research findings on all aspects of African archaeology. A founding principle was that the Bulletin should balance academic excellence with a ‘fight against embroiled and over-complicated jargon’. This it has done for more than sixty five years and this longstanding commitment to public archaeology has made the Bulletin one of the best subscribed journals in the archaeological world. Today our commitment to social relevance extends beyond the way that archaeology is written: the Bulletin strives to raise the profile of African archaeological research and to demonstrate the key importance of archaeology within post-colonial Africa.
History
Professor John Goodwin started the South African Archaeological Bulletin (SAAB) in 1945 and was the editor of, and a major contributor to the bulletin until his death in 1959.
Management of ArchSoc and editorship of the bulletin during the 1960s and early 1970s was in the capable hands of several volunteers, including Jalmar and Ione Rudner, Dr Toddy Schrire, Professor Ray Inskeep, Professor Ronald Singer and Frank Schweitzer.
In 1976, Janette Deacon, based at the University of Stellenbosch, was appointed editor, a position she held until 1994. During this period major changes took place; with the introduction of personal computers and desktop publishing, it was possible for the editor to do much of the work previously done by the journal’s printers.
Judith Sealy took over from Deacon in 1994, serving as editor until 1997. She acquired the skills to set up page proofs from digital copies submitted by authors. This process was refined by Mary Leslie, who was at the helm from 1998 to 2001, and then by Margaret Avery, from 2001 to 2005.
In 2005, the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA) was contracted to manage the production of the SAAB. ASAPA established an editorial committee, which shares the workload and delivers edited copy to the printers for page proofs. ASAPA editors have since redesigned the cover and brought new vigour to the journal.
Instructions to Authors
The South African Archaeological Bulletin is an internationally accredited journal that publishes original peer-reviewed research articles, field and technical reports, discussion forum contributions and book reviews on all aspects of African archaeology. Submission of an article is understood to imply that the article is original and unpublished, and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Submissions should follow the style guidelines below and the conventions used in recent issues of the journal.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
Manuscripts must be prepared in MS Word using the English (UK) language setting (not US spelling), and formatted as follows: Times New Roman 11pt, one-and-a-half line spacing, left aligned, title in bold capitals, headings in bold capitals, sub-headings in capitals. Further subdivision is not recommended. Avoid embedded fonts, special formatting, notes and footnotes (if necessary endnotes can be used).
Title page
Provide each manuscript with a title page that includes:
· the name/s, affiliation/s and email address/es of the author/s,
· an indication of whether the submission is for the research, field/technical or discussion section of the journal,
· the names and email addresses of four potential reviewers,
· a declaration that the research has neither been published elsewhere nor under review elsewhere.
Article type and word length
Research articles: contain a coherent research argument (the guideline for word count is 9000. Longer articles may be accepted at the discretion of the editors). A short abstract (maximum word count of 300) and a set of 5 keywords should be submitted.
Field and technical reports: report on current field or laboratory research data (maximum word count of 5000).
Discussion forum contributions: are short discussion notes that respond to articles or reports in previous Bulletins or provide comment on a topical matter relating to African archaeology (maximum word count of 3000).
Book reviews: are commissioned by the Book Reviews Editor (maximum word count of 1000).
Writing conventions
· All submissions should be concise, jargon-free, reader-friendly, make proper reference to the relevant literature and avoid undue repetition of facts or methods already in the public record.
· Units should conform to the SI convention and be abbreviated accordingly. Metric units and their international symbols are used throughout, as is the decimal point (not the decimal comma) and the 24-hour clock (e.g. 08:00, 17:25).
· For radiocarbon dates: refer to radiocarbon rather than to C14. Use BP, BC or AD for calibrated dates, but bp for uncelebrated dates. Radiocarbon dates should be accompanied by a laboratory index number and a statement of probable error. Note the order and spacing as follows: 15 000 BP, 2500 BC and AD 200.
· For non-radiocarbon age estimates of over 10 000 years, use ka and Ma to indicate thousands and millions of years.
· Spacing and punctuation: there should be one space (not two) between sentences; one space before unit terms (e.g. 5 kg, 5 g, 5 cm, 5 km, 5 days); no space before % or ° (e.g. 5%, 23°C, 26°10′S). Thousands/millions, when not abbreviated by ka or Ma, are marked with a space, not a comma (e.g. 1000, 10 000, 100 000). Ranges are expressed with an extended hyphen (e.g. 3–5 km), not with a short hyphen.
· Dates, italics, bold: dates are written in the following style: 13 July 1973. Book and journal titles as well as words within the text that are not English must be italicised (e.g. et al.). Bold is used for emphasis.
· Inverted commas: double inverted commas are used for all direct citations. Direct citations must be referenced with a page number thus, (Brown 1999: 45). Single inverted commas are employed when a word is used in specific manner that may be different to its standard dictionary definition and/or in a manner not accepted by the author, for example, “In San folklore ‘traditional hunting’ refers only to…” or “The Apartheid government’s conception of ‘black’ prehistory was…”.
References
· References are listed alphabetically at the end of the manuscript using the Harvard System as follows:
Goodwin, A.J.H. 1946. The Loom of Prehistory. Cape Town: South African Archaeological Society.
Inskeep, R.R. 1967. The Later Stone Age. In: Bishop, W.W. & Clark, J.D. (eds) Background to Evolution in Africa: 557–582. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Loubser, J.H.N. & Dowson, T.A. 1987. Tombo-la-Ndou: the Venda perception of San rock art. South African Archaeological Bulletin 42: 51–54.
Morris, M. 2005. Evolution comes with a twist (consulted August 2005): http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2005/march/evolution.htm
Musonda, F.B. 1983. Aspects of the prehistory of the Lunsemfwa drainage basin, Zambia, during the last 20 000 years. Unpublished PhD dissertation. Berkeley: University of California.
· Book and journal titles should be written in full, in title case and placed in italics.
· References in the text should be thus, ‘Brown (1997) stated that….’ or ‘It has been demonstrated (Brown 1997a,b; Smith 1998; Jones 2000, 2004, 2009; Green 2005; Wright 2008) that…’.
· Personal communications should be incorporated in the text thus, (Ben Brown, pers. comm. 2007). Unpublished observations should be incorporated in the text thus, (Ben Brown, pers. obs. 2007).
Tables and illustrations
· Tables and figures should be numbered according to their appearance in the text.
· Tables and table captions should be provided at the end of the manuscript after the reference list.
· Figure captions should be provided in the manuscript after the tables and table captions.
· Each electronic figure must be submitted separately using the following specifications: fit to the width of one or two columns of text(either 88 mm or 180 mm), photographs/slides should be scanned at a minimum of 400 dpi at final print size, line art should be scanned at a minimum of 1200 dpi. Artwork should be saved as a TIFF (extension *.tif) file.
· Permission may be requested to submit figures in camera-ready hardcopy or on CD or DVD by post/courier.
The review and editorial process
Research articles and field and technical reports are peer reviewed by referees at the discretion of the designated editor. Editors may advise on the contribution type best suited for a manuscript, and where appropriate re-allocate a contribution to the appropriate section of the journal. The editors reserve the right to make alterations to the text to comply with current standards of language usage and journal conventions. Manuscripts are normally published in the order in which they are accepted and finalised.
Authors will receive provisional page proofs electronically as PDF files; these must be returned promptly to the editors (within a week) to avoid delays in publication. Substantial changes made at proof stage will be charged to the author.
Strict adherence to these guidelines and authorial conformity to the Bulletin’s house style streamlines the processing of manuscripts, expedites publication and enables the South African Archaeological Bulletin to continue publishing research articles without charging page fees.
Submission
Send manuscripts to editors@asapa.org.za or on CD or DVD by post to the Editors, South African Archaeological Bulletin, Box 172, Wits 2050, South Africa. Provide a clear indication of whether the submission is a research article, field/technical report or discussion contribution.
Informal enquiries: potential contributors are invited to correspond with the editors about whether or not a particular article would be of interest, or to obtain advice about the way in which a manuscript should be prepared for submission. Colour images and early printing can be requested and may be granted at the discretion of, and conditions set out by, the editors and publisher. All costs regarding such special requests revert to the author, and are payable prior to publication.
Copyright
In terms of the Copyright Act No. 98 of 1978, the copyright in an article vests in the author. Upon acceptance of an article for publication, the author will be asked to cede to the publisher the absolute right to reproduce the article at any time at the publisher’s discretion and expense without reference or payment to the contributor. Authors will, however, retain the right to make copies of their papers for classroom teaching and for inclusion in their theses or dissertations. They may also use their original figures and tables in future works.
Editorial Board
South African Archaeological Bulletin Editorial Commitee
Research Article Editor: Marlize Lombard, Thembi Russell
Assistant Research Article Editor: Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu
Field and Technical Report Editor: Karim Sadr, Isabelle Parsons
Assistant Field and Technical Report Editor: Antonia Hickman
Discussion Forum Contribution Editor: Menno Welling
Book Review Editor: Geeske Langejans
Copy Editor: Jill Kinahan
South African Archaeological Bulletin Editorial Board
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A. Morris |
University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa |
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A. Segobye |
University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana |
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C.M. Kusimba |
Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA |
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P.J. Lane |
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden |
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L.M. Meskell |
Stanford University, CA, USA |
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P.J. Mitchell |
Oxford University, Oxford, UK |
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W. Ndoro |
African World Heritage Fund, Midrand, South Africa |
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L. Wadley |
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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S. Mire |
University College, London, UK |
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