EDITORIAL POLICY, INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS, AND STYLE GUIDE FOR AMERICAN ANTIQUITY, LATIN AMERICAN ANTIQUITY, AND ADVANCES IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE Revised July 2021 CONTENTS 1.0 EDITORIAL POLICY ...............................................................................................................4 1.1. Basic Structure, Submission Limits, and Norms for all SAA Journals ............................5 1.1.1 Word count limits ....................................................................................................5 1.1.2 Figure count limits ...................................................................................................6 1.1.3 Table limits ..............................................................................................................6 1.1.4 Editors’ prerogative to decline to review .................................................................6 1.1.5 Gender language ......................................................................................................6 1.1.6 Permission to use unpublished material ...................................................................7 1.1.7 Data Availability Statement .....................................................................................7 1.1.8 Competing Interest Statement ..................................................................................7 1.1.9 Artifacts not obtained through professional field research ......................................7 1.1.10 Photographs of human remains and funerary objects ............................................7 1.1.11 Photographs of human subjects .............................................................................8 1.1.12 Respectful terminology for the discussion of human remains ...............................8 1.1.13 Diversity and inclusivity in language ....................................................................8 1.1.14 No payment for manuscripts ..................................................................................9 2.0 INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS ...........................................................................................9 2.1 Editors’ Responsibilities ...................................................................................................9 2.2 Authors’ Responsibilities ..................................................................................................9 2.3 Peer Reviewer Responsibilities .......................................................................................10 2.4 Submissions .....................................................................................................................10 2.5 Page Proofs .....................................................................................................................10 2.6 Final Digital Copy ..........................................................................................................11 2.7 Permissions .....................................................................................................................11 3.0 STYLE GUIDE ........................................................................................................................11 3.1 Preparing the Manuscript ...............................................................................................12 3.2 Sections of the Manuscript ..............................................................................................12 3.2.1 Title page ...............................................................................................................13 3.2.2 Competing Interest Statement ................................................................................14 3.2.3 Abstract and Keywords ..........................................................................................14 3.3 Textual Elements .............................................................................................................15 3.3.1 Headings ................................................................................................................15 3.3.2 Numbers and dates .................................................................................................15 3.3.3 Metric measurements .............................................................................................16 3.3.4 Mathematical and statistical copy ..........................................................................17 3.3.5 Radiometric ages and dates ....................................................................................17 1 3.3.6 Quotations ..............................................................................................................18 3.3.7 Spelling ..................................................................................................................19 3.3.8 Italics ......................................................................................................................20 3.3.9 Capitalization .........................................................................................................20 3.3.10 Hyphenation .........................................................................................................21 3.3.11 Abbreviations .......................................................................................................21 3.3.12 Accents and Diacritical Marks .............................................................................22 3.3.13 Contractions and serial commas ..........................................................................22 3.3.14 Parentheses ...........................................................................................................23 3.3.15 Hyperlinks ............................................................................................................23 3.4 In-Text Reference Citations ............................................................................................23 3.4.1 Simple citation .......................................................................................................23 3.4.2 Two authors ...........................................................................................................24 3.4.3 Three or more authors ............................................................................................24 3.4.4 Several authors cited in one place or several references by same author ..............24 3.4.5 Two or more references by same author or authors in same year .........................24 3.4.6 Two authors, same surname, same year published ................................................25 3.4.7 Two authors, same surname, different years published .........................................25 3.4.8 Government agency, company, or similar entity as author ...................................25 3.4.9 Citation with pages, figures, or tables specified ....................................................25 3.4.10 Multivolume set ...................................................................................................26 3.4.11 Forthcoming book or article in journal issue in press ..........................................26 3.4.12 No author specified ..............................................................................................26 3.4.13 Primary-source materials .....................................................................................26 3.4.14 Earlier edition specified .......................................................................................27 3.4.15 Newspapers ..........................................................................................................27 3.4.16 Personal communication, no publication involved ..............................................27 3.4.17 Web pages and electronic documents ..................................................................28 3.4.18 Social media .........................................................................................................28 3.5 Citations and References in REVIEWS and BOOK NOTES ...........................................28 3.6 Tables ..............................................................................................................................28 3.6.1 Size .........................................................................................................................29 3.6.2 Typing ....................................................................................................................29 3.6.3 Numbering and title ...............................................................................................29 3.6.4 Rules and headings ................................................................................................29 3.6.5 Body .......................................................................................................................29 3.6.6 Footnotes ................................................................................................................29 3.6.7 Citation ...................................................................................................................30 3.7 Figures ............................................................................................................................30 3.7.1 Size .........................................................................................................................31 3.7.2 Drawing and lettering ............................................................................................31