Author Guidelines

Archaeologia historica is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal and the papers published must therefore meet both professional and formal criteria resulting from this condition. When deciding about publication of a manuscript, the editorial board bases itself on evaluations by independent experts, but at the same time also takes into consideration the formal aspect of a manuscript (or recommends formal editing to the author respectively). The editorial board also decides on suitable dates for publication of individual texts. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be returned, no honoraria will be paid. The final decision on publication of all texts falls within the authority of the editorial board of the journal Archaeologia historica. All scientific papers in the main topical sections of the journal are peer-reviewed (non-reviewed are just the other contributions in the Chronicle and Reports sections).

Basic information

Languages: Czech, Slovak, Polish, German, English.

Length: maximum 30 standard pages (54,000 characters, counted including spaces) of text including literature list; advance consultation with the editorial board before the submission of longer studies is mandatory. The maximum number of image attachments is 20 with a text length of 30 standard pages. That is, a maximum of 1 image attachment per approximately 1.5 standard pages of text.

Identification: Names of authors including their academic titles and contact addresses, including the electronic, should be provided at the end of the contribution.

Abstract: maximum 900 characters (counted including spaces) in the source language.

Keywords: maximum 5 in the source language.

Summary: maximum 10 % of the contribution length (without literature), in the source language.

Forms of submitted manuscripts: Only in electronic form (e-mail: archaeologia.historica@phil.muni.cz, or on CD, DVD).

Formats: word.doc and word.docx files, not transferred to pdf. In one text file of the following structure: contribution title, author, abstract, key words, text, list of sources and literature, numbered list of pictures, art-work and graphics, possibly also dedication of the project.

Supplements: please supply a numbered list of all supplementary material in which the numbers are in strict correspondence with the numbers of individual supplements; references to supplements must be given in relevant parts of articles, e.g. (Fig. 1); each supplement must be submitted to the editorial board as an individual file, in the source format (e.g. value tables in Microsoft Excel). The maximum number of image attachments is 20 with a text length of 30 standard pages. That is, a maximum of 1 image attachment per approximately 1.5 standard pages of text.

  1. photographs: JPEG and TIF formats at a minimum definition of 600 dpi, size 18 x 13 cm; numbered photos must be submitted as individual files (not to be inserted in word files or transferred to pdf); colour photos will be printed in black and white; in exceptional cases, colour prints can be negotiated with the editorial board in advance; with information written in the photos, please submit the original (source) photographs as well, i.e. without description.
  2. graphics: JPEG and TIF formats at a minimum definition 600 dpi with the use of one type of scale; numbered tables or individual drawings must be submitted as individual files (not to be inserted in word files or transferred to pdf); keys should be given in captions in word files, not in graphic supplements.
  3. scans: colour scans and grey-scale scans at a minimum definition 600 dpi in TIF and JPEG formats, exceptionally BMP; scans of drawings in the grey scale or black-and-white bitmap.
  4. vectors and other graphics: cross-sections, plans, reconstructions and maps created in GIS or CAD formats are to be transferred into JPEG, PDF, TIF and PNG formats. With other graphics it is possible to submit EPS, AI, PSD, PNG and TIF formats. The PSD format enables the preservation of layers (also TIF). With vector graphics the thickness of lines should be considered; it should not be less than 0.25b.
  5. value tables: excel format; numbered.


It is required that authors distinguish between dash and hyphen. Dash (on keyboard: –) is used with dates, authors, etc., without interword spacing. Hyphen (on keyboard: -) is to be used in accordance with practice in the source language, e.g. Brno-město.
Dimensions, e.g. 198 x 45 x 30 cm are written with a single space between numbers and “x”. Ditto % (5 % = five percent, but five-percent = 5%, without gap), cm (5 cm), etc.

When quoting pages do not use “n.” etc. (e.g. 37 n.), but state extent (e.g. 34–45).

References to documentation in the text should be in brackets, in small letters (Table I, Fig. 1).

Abbreviations: With general abbreviations, authors should follow the updated list at the end of AH (the latest issue). New abbreviations with their Full meaning must be provided at the end of the article, before literature.

Footnotes may be only employed in exceptional cases and must be then placed individually after the text. Numbers of footnotes in the text are marked in superscript. If the footnote number comes after a word followed by a punctuation mark, the number is placed after the punctuation mark.

Examples of citations:

In text:

  1. (Měřínský 2002, 16–20; 2002a, 49–50).
    For pictures, page numbers should be provided if these are given with pictures in the publication cited (e.g. Fig. 1, p. 5). When citing literature, specific pages should be indicated if the reference does not cover an entire article on the subject (this also includes collations that cannot be completely cited, e.g. Plaček 2007, with concrete place indication, e.g. Plaček 2007, 475.)
  2. (Unger 1981, 63; Procházka–Doležel 2001, 37, 43, 58).
    Authors are given in brackets only once; year and page follow, e.g. Plaček 2006, 47; 2006a, 147; citations must be separated by semi-colons. If the author is quoted in the article it is not necessary to repeat his or her name, e.g. ...as concluded by M. Plaček (2007, 47).
  3. (CDB III, 252–255 no. 197; CDB V/1, 79–87 no. 17).
    Order: p. and no. without commas; V/1 order only from p. 1.
    Abbreviations of archives and series; multiple citations from a single series should be differentiated with the indexes a, b… (see i, Manuscripts and archivalia).
  4. (List of archaeological locations 2009)
    Internet sources without authors; if the author is given, these should be provided in brackets (author’s surname, year of citation; for lists see section Internet sources).

Sources and literature:

  • Author or authors, year of publication: Title. Place of publication.
  • Always put a comma between the first name initial and year:
  1. MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Z., 2002: České země od příchodu Slovanů po Velkou Moravu I. Praha.
  2. MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Z., 2002a: Rakousko před Rakouskem. In: Veber, V.–Hlavačka, M.–Vorel, P.–Polívka, M.–Wihoda, M.–Měřínský, Z., Dějiny Rakouska, 9–64. Praha.
  • 2002 without index, then 2002a, 2002b etc.; please do not cite pages in the list of literature (they are cited in the text).
  • When citing complete proceedings or an edited publication, the titles should be cited, not the editors:
  1. KAREL IV., 2006: Karel IV. Císař z boží milosti. Kultura a umění za vlády Lucemburků 1310–1437 (Fajt, J., ed.). Praha.
  2. CDB: Codex diplomaticus et epistolaris regni Bohemiae III/1–2, 1231–1240, (Friedrich G.–Kristen, Z., edd.). Pragae 1942–1962.
  • Always give p. and no.

Several citations from a single author:

  • Order after year of publication, indexes a, b … (see above) in alphabetical order of the first letters in the title.
  • Ed. after the author’s work.
  • Co-authors should be placed after the author’s and editor’s individual work, again in alphabetical order (e.g. Měřínský 2008; Měřínský (ed.), 2008; Měřínský–Cejnková–Sulitková, 1984; Měřínský–Plaček, etc.).
  1. MĚŘÍNSKÝ, Z., 1977: Několik poznámek k počátkům města Jihlavy……
    1981: Přehled dosavadního stavu výzkumu fortifikací…
    1983: K problematice archeologického výzkumu ….

Proceedings:

  • Author, year of publication: Title. In: Proceedings title, pages. Place of publication.
  1. RATKOŠ, P., 1965: Podmanenie Slovenska Maďarmi. In: O počiatkoch slovenských dejín. Sborník materiálov, 141–178. Bratislava.
  • This applies to non-periodical proceedings, not to periodicals such as PA, AH, AR, etc.; with non-periodical publications with citation “In:” author and title of the article as well as pages should be provided (if this rule is not observed, the editors reserve the right to return articles as looking up pages is a highly demanding task, particularly in regional periodicals).

Edited proceedings:

  • One editor – ed., several editors – eds.
  • Ed. or eds. is also provided when the publication contains “compiled by”, “prepared by”, etc.
  1. BLÁHA, J., 1980: K počátkům slovanského osídlení olomouckého kopce – Zu den Anfängen der slawischen Besiedlung des ölmützer Hügels. In: K počátkům slovanského osídlení olomouckého kopce – Zu den Anfängen der slawischen Besiedlung des ölmützer Hügels (Dostál, B.–Vignatiová, J., edd.), 27–40. Brno.

Periodicals (journals + periodical proceedings):

 

  • Author, year of publication: Title of the article, AH 32, 28–50.
  • The number or issue of the periodical is only given when individual numbers start from p. 1.
  • Years of periodicals are always cited as seen on the title page, i.e. in Roman or Arabic numerals; the same applies to the place of publication, i.e. Prague, Prag or Praha.

Manuscripts and archivalia:

  1. RESTAURÁTORSKÁ ZPRÁVA, 1980: Restaurátorská zpráva z 30. 11. 1980, rkp. ulož. v dokumentaci uměleckých sbírek Správy Pražského hradu, inv. č. PHA 4.
  2. AČ X: Archiv český čili staré písemné památky české i moravské sebrané z archivů domácích i cizích X (Kalousek, J. ed.). Praha 1890.
  3. ZA OPAVA, SKS: Zemský archiv Opava, fond Stabilní katastr slezský, inv. č. 102, sign. Sl. 155, č. kart. 27.
  4. SOAT, H: Státní oblastní archiv v Třeboni, fond Historica, sign. 1996,http://www.mom-ca.uni-koeln.de/mom/CZ-SOAT/Historica/1996/charter, cit. 30. 7. 2012.
  • Unpublished archive sources are cited in this order: full name of the holder (archive), full name of the series, inventory number or signature, folium (with manuscripts), file card where applicable.
  • With several citations from one archive series indexes are added – first citation ZA OPAVA, SKS; second ZA OPAVA, SKSa, etc.
  • When citing from internet sources, citations should be followed by the website address and the date of download.

Internet sources:

  1. SEZNAM ARCHEOLOGICKÝCH LOKALIT - Encyklopedie dějin města Brna, http://www.encyklopedie.brna.cz/home-mmb/?acc=seznam_lokalit, cit. 10. 4. 2009
  • Citations of the names of pages (Seznam archeologických lokalit, always the top line on the screen), source (Encyklopedie dějin města Brna, ditto) and date of citation.


Citations should always be given in their original, authentic form, i.e. without a spelling check, including small- and capital-letter usage. Even clear mistakes on the part of the original author should not be corrected.

 

Author Guidelines, Submission and Article Format

Manuscript submission form: by e-mail: archaeologia.historica@phil.muni.cz.

Language: English.

Scope: maximum 30 standard pages (54,000 characters including spaces) of the text, including a list of literature. Submission of larger studies should be consulted in advance with the Editorial Board.

Identification: At the end of the paper, state the names of all authors, including academic titles and contact addresses.
Abstract: a maximum of 900 characters (including spaces).

Keywords: maximum 5.

Format: word.doc, word.docx files (not converted to pdf!).

Structure: title of the paper, name of the author, abstract, keywords, text, list of sources and literature, numbered list of descriptions of illustrations and appendices, possible dedication of the project.

Attachments: create a list of attachments, the numbers in the list must correspond to the numbers of individual attachments; references to annexes must be made in the relevant parts of the text, e. g. Figure 1; each attachment must be submitted to the editors as a separate file.

1) Photographs: JPEG, TIFF format with a resolution of at least 600 dpi at 18 x 13 format; submit continuously numbered photos as separate files (do not insert into word, do not convert to pdf), colour photos will be printed in black and white by default; colour printing may exceptionally be discussed in advance with the editors; when entering information directly into the photo, we prefer to send the photo without a description (source).

2) Drawings: JPEG, TIFF format with a resolution of at least 600 dpi using one type of scale; submit continuously numbered tables or individual lines as separate files (do not insert into word, do not convert to pdf); Include the legend in the caption of the image in the text file, not in the graphic attachment.

3) Scans: colour and grayscale scans with a resolution of at least 600 dpi in TIF, JPEG format, exceptionally BMP, scans of drawings in grayscale or into a black and white bitmap.

4) Vectors and other graphics: sections, plans, reconstructions, maps created in GIS or CAD export to JPEG, PDF, TIF, PNG formats. EPS, AI, PSD, PNG, TIF formats can also be sent for other possible graphics. The PSD format allows you to preserve layers (also TIF). For vector graphics, consider the thickness of the lines. It must not be less than 0.25b.

5) Value tables: excel format (source format); number continuously.

Deadline

Manuscripts for the first issue of every prospective year are to be submitted to the editorial board by 30 November, for the second issue by 31 March.

Address:

PhDr. Irena Loskotová, Ph.D.
Ústav archeologie a muzeologie Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy university
Arna Nováka 1
602 00 BRNO
archaeologia.historica@phil.muni.cz

Manuscripts for the first issue of  Archaeologia historica – European Contemporary and Historical Archaeology Special Issues are to be submitted to the editorial board by 31 January.

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