General
Digital manuscripts are accepted in either German or English.
Each contribution must include, along with the text, a German as well as English abstract. German contributions should have a more detailed abstract in English, maximum length half a manuscript page. English contributions should have a more detailed German abstract, maximum length half a manuscript page.
Maximum of ca. 5 keywords selected from the German abstract, the same from the English abstract.
Every contribution must include the complete name, address, and email address of the author.
Use continuous page numbering for the entire manuscript.
Manuscript must be submitted in Microsoft-Word format, not in pdf format. Please use Times New Roman font, 12 pt, line spacing 1.5.
Page layout: 21.0 x 29.7 cm. Margins: 2.5 cm above, 2.0 below, left 3 cm, right 2.5 cm. Please keep this in mind when formatting the illustrations.
Please avoid footnotes.
No more than 3 levels of subtitles.
As little formatting as possible, with a reasonable use of italics and bold lettering.
Figure and table captions should be saved as separate files.
Each figure and each table must be saved as separate files.
Authors will receive a pdf of their contributions plus three copies of the journal.
The contributions will appear as Open Access articles with the Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0 license.
Tables
All tables must be cited in running text, with an indication of where they should be inserted in the text.
Tables as Word-files with as little formatting as possible.
Figures
All figures must be cited in running text, with an indication of where they should be inserted in the text.
Please indicate how the figures were created, and in what program.
All figures should be of print quality. They will appear in color in both the print and online versions. Author pdfs will include color images.
Citations
Journal articles
Binford, L. R. 1982: The Archaeology of Place. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 1, 5-31.
Grün, R., Brink, J. S., Spooner, N. A., Taylor, L., Stringer, C. B., Franciscus, R. B. und Murray, A. 1996: Direct Dating of the Florisbad Hominid. Nature 382, 500-501.
Kuper, R. und Kröpelin, S. 2006: Climate-Controlled Holocene Occupation in the Sahara: Motor of Africa’s Evolution. Science 313, 803-807.
Please include the full name of all journals, no abbreviations. Please include the complete page numbers, abbreviations such as f. or ff. should not be used.
Monographs
Sampson, C. G. 1974: The Stone Age Archaeology of Southern Africa. New York: Academic Press.
Contribtions in books or edited volumes
Marks, A. und Friedel, D. 1977: Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Avat/Aqev Area. In: A. E. Marks (Hrsg.), Prehistory and Paleoenvironments in the Central Negev, Israel, vol. II. Dallas: Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, 131-158.
Vernet, J. L. 1993: Le milieu au Paléolithique moyen sur les grands Causses. Analyse anthracologique de l’abri des Canalettes. In: L. Meignen (Hrsg.), L’abri des Canalettes. Un habitat moustérien sur les grands Causses (Nant, Aveyron). Monographie du CRA 10. Paris: CNRS, 63-70.
All titles in the reference section must be cited correctly in the running text.