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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font. All illustrations, figures, and tables should be sent separately from the text with the file name of the first author and figure number.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

1) The Journal, official publication of the Italian Society of Anthropology and Ethnology, annually publishes original articles, news, obituaries, reviews, and reports.
2) The Editor in Chief of the Journal, with the cooperation of the Editorial Board, will evaluate the scientific validity of the article and decide on its publication.
3) The deadline for the submission of the articles is fixed at no later than May 30, while the deadline for the delivery of news, reviews, and obituaries is at no later thanSeptember 30 through the Editorial Platform at the following link: https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/aae/about/submissions. You must register by following the steps in the link in order to upload your contribution.
4) The authors must comply with the following provisions:
- The texts must be uploaded in the appropriate submission form, indicating as filetype «Article Text».
- The texts should be saved in Word. Papers, including figures, tables, and references, should not exceed 10 printed pages or about 6000 words.

Normally, only one gallery proof is sent to the author,s which must be returned to the Editorial Office no later than 2 days after receipt, otherwise the article will be published as is.

5) The abstract should be no more than 250 words. From 3 to 5 keywords should be listed before the abstract. Keywords should not repeat title words.
6) Institutional affiliation should be supplied for each author. The corresponding author must also indicate his/her e-mail address.
7) The title page should include the following in the following order: Title in Bold font, name, and family name of the authors in capital letters, abstract, key words, and then the institutional affiliations for each author and the e-mail address of the corresponding author.
8) Please use Times New Roman as the font, 12 pt, throughout, including titles and subtitles.
9) The symbols for measurement units must be written without a final period.
10) Quotations in the text should be set between the following symbols: « ».
11) Figures (TIFF) and tables (saved in Word) should be sent separately from the text with a file name of the first author and figure number, for example: McCarthy-Figure 1; McCarthy-Table 1.
12) If illustrations are not originals, they must be accompanied by copyright permission. Illustrations should be in TIFF and have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Images with text should have a resolution of 1200 dpi.
13) Color illustrations will be printed in black and white in the hard copy of the journal, but will be in color in the pdf which will be supplied to each author and will be available in open access for downloading.
14) Figures and tables must be cited in the text within parentheses, for example (Fig. 1, Tab. 2), etc., and will be used to place figures in the eventual publication. Legends to tables and figures should be in italics and collected at the end of the text and should be as follows: Tab. 1. Classificazione del colore delle iridi; Fig. 3. Piroga monoxila.

15) Any bibliographical references in the text must be enclosed in parentheses. They must include only the full surname of the author, followed by a comma, and the date of publication of the work, the page or pages, and the table or figure to which one is referring. Here are some examples: (Parenti, 1960, 130-143), (Mallegni, 1983, Tav. 7), (Corrain, 1987, 145 e Fig. 4).
16) If the works of several authors are cited, indicate the name of the first author followed by the words «et al.» in italics (Pardini et al., 1983, 5), but the list of references will indicate the names of all authors.
17) No footnotes are allowed.
18) The works cited or otherwise relating to the text are collected at the end of the text under the heading Bibliographical References, are not numbered, and are arranged in alphabetical order of the authors, and by the same authors in chronological order. Use the full name of the journal, not an abbreviation. All references must be cited in the text.
Examples:
Books (titles in italics):
- Cremaschi, M. 2000. Manuale di Geoarcheologia. Roma: Laterza.
- Conrad, G.W., Demarest, A.A. 1984. Religion and Empire: The Dynamics of Aztec and Inca Expansionism. Cambridge: Cambridge University.
- Braidwood, R.J., Braidwood, L.S. 1960. Excavations in the Plain of Antioch I. The Earlier Assemblages, Phases A-J. Oriental Institute Publications 61. Chicago: University of Chicago.
- Edwards, I.E.S., Gadd, C.J., Hammond, N.G.L. (eds.). 1970. The Cambridge Ancient History I.1. Prolegomena and Prehistory. Cambridge: Cambridge University.

Journal articles (Journal name in italics, but not the title of the publication):
- Cherry, J.F. 1981. Pattern and process in the earliest colonisation of the Mediterranean islands, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 47: 41-68.

Publications in Books:
- Beckman, G. 1988. Herding and herdsmen in Hittite culture. In: E. Neu, C. Ruster (eds.), Documentum Asiae Minoris Antiquae: Festschrift für Heinrich Otten zum, 75. Wiesbaden: Harrossowitz: 33-44.

Citation of online resources or articles:
- Knapp, A.B., Kassianidou, V., Donnelly, M. 1999. Politiko Phorades: Excavations of a Bronze Age smelting site in Cyprus. Internet Edition: http://www.scsp.arts.gla.ac.uk/Phorades/index.htm.

19) All submissions will be reviewed by at least two referees.
20) There are no fees for publication. All costs will be covered by the Italian Society of Anthropology and Ethnology.

Research Papers

Submission to this section is for full research papers.  All submissions are rigorously peer-reviewed and final acceptance is decided by the Editorial Board. Papers, including figures, tables, and references, generally should not exceed 10 printed pages or about 6000 words.

Brief Reports

As with full research papers, brief reports are also rigorously peer-reviewed with final acceptance decided by the Editorial Board. Brief reports should not exceed 2000 words with a maximum of 2 figures/tables.

Forum

This section of the Journal is for brief comments and discussion of current topics and should not exceed 1000 words. Contributions to this section are not peer-reviewed and acceptance is decided by the Editorial Board.

Conference Proceedings

The Journal publishes the proceedings of workshops and conferences promoted by the Società Italiana di Antropologia e Etnologia. All proceeding publications are subject to peer review in the same manner as research papers and brief reports.

Book Reviews

Book reviews may be submitted to or solicited by the Editorial Board. Book reviews are not peer-reviewed and acceptance is decided by the Editorial Board.

News and Annual Report

The Journal publishes in every issue, news about museum displays, conferences, museum exhibitions, book presentations, and other events of particular interest. Annual reports detail the meetings of the Società Italiana di Antropologia e Etnologia and are prepared by society members at the request of the Editorial Board.

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