Submission Guidelines for Pennsylvania Archaeologist

  1. Please submit three copies of the manuscript on paper to the Editor. Manuscripts should be double-spaced (except for block quotes and bibliography) with black type, 11 point Times New Roman font.
  2. In addition to paper copies, a computer file of the text (Microsoft Word or rtf files please) should be included with the submission. An electronic submission is not essential if this is a hardship, but is strongly encouraged.
  3. Manuscripts should not exceed 50 pages in length (double-spaced), including illustrations, photographs, and references, unless special permission is granted in advance by the Editor.
  4. Clean, black and white, camera-ready, hard-copy images are our preferred format for submitted photographs and illustrations. Color photographs or images can be submitted, but will be published in black and white. Electronic images submitted on CD may be accepted, but must be tiff or eps files at 300 dpi resolution or higher and at 100% size.
  5. Reference citation format follows American Antiquity style (see any issue from Pennsylvania Archaeologist Volume 69 or beyond).
  6. Submitted manuscripts should be exclusive to Pennsylvania Archaeologist (i.e. not submitted to other journals for publication).
  7. Submissions related to archaeology in Pennsylvania are preferred, although articles relating to other areas will be considered.
  8. Approval of submissions for publication is at the sole discretion of the Editor.
  9. If the submission is approved for publication, the author will be required to assign all copyrights related to the submission to The Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology prior to publication.
  10. Submitted materials will not be returned to the author whether or not the submission is approved for publication, so authors should make copies of all materials prior to submission.
  11. All materials should be submitted to the Editor at the following address: Bill Tippins, 1090 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238. Feel free to contact the Editor at btippins@sgi.net or 412-784-8818.


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