Guidelines for Contributors
The Japanese Journal of Archaeology (hereinafter abbreviated ‘JJA’) featurespeer-reviewed original research and review articles written in English, primarily, but not
exclusively, concerning 1) archaeological studies of Japanese archipelago, and 2)
archaeological studies of any region and any time-periods in the world undertaken byJapanese archaeologists, their collaborators, scholars who are affiliated with Japaneseinstitutions or scholars who specialise in Japanese archaeology. The Chief Editor(jjarch@archaeology.jp) welcomes queries about the suitability of manuscripts to the JAA.
Please read Notes to Contributors and Style sheet provided below carefully when you
prepare your manuscript.

Notes to Contributors
Scope and contents

JJA features peer-reviewed original research and review articles written in English,
primarily, but not exclusively, concerning 1) archaeological studies of Japanesearchipelago, and 2) archaeological studies of any region and any time-periods in the world
undertaken by Japanese archaeologists, their collaborators, scholars who are affiliated withJapanese institutions or scholars who specialize in Japanese archaeology.

Review policy and procedure

All submissions are considered by the Chief Editor in the first instance. Papers recognised
as suitable for JJA are peer-reviewed by a minimum of two experts. Peer-reviewers are
selected for their knowledge and expertise and may include, but are not limited to, JJA
Editorial Advisory Board.

Manuscript

Manuscripts should not normally exceed 7 000 words. Double spacing should be usedthroughout, including the References. Footnotes should be avoided. Manuscripts
submitted should be comprised of: 1) Article title, 2) Author's names and contact details,
3) Abstract of 150~200 words, 4) up to 6 keywords, suitable for online search purposes, 5)
Text, 6) Acknowledgements, 7) References, and 8) Figure captions.

Originality

Authors are required to make sure that the substance of the content of the paper has notbeen published previously and is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere.

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Authors are required to obtain all necessary permissions to reproduce line drawings,
photographs, tables and any other figurative materials that they do not own copyright of,and also required to make sure that appropriate acknowledgements are included in theirmanuscript.

References

As for references, please do not use passim, op. cit, ibid. or vague page ranges, e.g. 283f
and 283ff.
References in the sentences should be as follows:
Single author: (Suzuki 1970, p.10);
Two authors: (Suzuki & Yamada 2010, pp.10-20);
Three or more authors: (Suzuki et al. 1990, p.10):
More than one work by same author and same year: (Yamada 1980a, 1980b);
More than one work by one author and different authors: (Suzuki 1990, 2010; Yamada2012);
Personal communication: pers. comm.
*Authors are required to cite page numbers wherever possible.
As for References in the bibliography, full references should be listed alphabetically. The
example references below should be referred.
Book:• Marx, K. 1976. Early writings. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
Book with a volume no.:• Harry, W. 1952. London throughout the ages, Volume 1: an early settlement. London:
The London Historical Society.
Journal paper:• Fabian, J. 1990. Presence and representation: the other and anthropological writing.
Critical Inquiry 16: 753-72.
• Fowler, C. 2001. Personhood and social relations in British Neolithic with a study fromthe Isle of Man. Journal of Material Culture 6(2): 137-63.
Chapter by another author in a book:• Mallory, J.P. & B.N. Hartwell. 1997. Down in prehistory, in L. Proudfoot & R. Haynes(ed.) Down: history and society: 1-32. Dublin: Geography Publications.

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Edited collection:• Cranes, S. (ed.) 2000. Museums and memory. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
In press:• Suzuki, M. In press. The beauty of the Japanese countryside. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.

Plates and figures

Plates and figures (including site plans, graphs and maps) should be as clear and simple aspossible. Each photograph and illustration submitted should be referred to in the text andan indication given of where it should be placed within the article and the ideal size ofreproduction. A list of captions should be provided on separate sheets and include anynecessary acknowledgements. As mentioned, authors are responsible for obtaining
copyright permissions for the reproduction of previously published illustrations and otherpeople’s photographs and drawings.
Contributors are required to submit illustrations as electronic files (preferably as TIFs).
Line drawings should be created at a minimum of 800 dpi and black and whitephotographs should be scanned in at a minimum of 300 dpi. Illustrations or photographs
downloaded from the Internet are not accepted.

How to submit a paper

Should you wish to consult the editorial board for the suitability of your paper to thejournal, you should send an e-mail to the Chief Editor with an abstract or summary and an
idea of the key contents.
Once the manuscript has been completed, a digital copy of the complete text plus
illustrations (in compressed or low-resolution format) should be E-mailed to the Chief
Editor. If the paper does not conform to the instructions above, or has missing elements at
this stage, it will be returned to the author with a request that the paper be resubmitted
once complete.
Once a paper is accepted for publication, we ask authors to supply a final version
accompanied by the illustrations, fulfilling the quality requirements mentioned above, on
CD and a set of hard-copy prints of the final manuscript, the tables and illustrations. The
editorial board will then edit this copy, and if necessary, shall raise some queries such as
the clarity of sentences and incomplete references. After this process, the edited version
will be sent back to the author for approval with a copyright form. Returning the signed
copyright form to the Chief Editor marks the acceptance date of the paper.

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A PDF file will be sent to the author for page proofing. Making substantial re-writing oradditions to the text or illustrations at this stage shall be avoided except the discovery offactual errors.
Once the paper is published, you will receive a final PDF file to be used as offprints.

123Style SheetSpelling

JJA uses British English spelling.

Names

Japanese, Korean and Chinese names should be given in Japanese name order, with nocommas (e.g. Mizoguchi Koji)

Punctuation

Initials in personal names should be separated by full-stops with no spaces, e.g. A.J.
Roberts, but no full-stop should be used for upper-case abbreviations, e.g. USA,
RCAHMS
Quotes should be placed in normal text and within double quotation marks
Short quotes should be placed within the text, longer quotes should be indented
Compass points should be hyphenated, e.g. north-west, south-southeast
n-dashes (–) should be used to represent a range, e.g. 1342-1350 BC, and in page spans
45-50
m-dashes (—) may be used to separate a nested clause or phrase

Numbers

Roman numerals are to be avoided whenever possible. Numbers less than 10 should bespelt out; Arabic numerals should be used for all numbers 10 and above except century
names, which are always spelt out. If a number occurs in a phrase in which most of thenumbers are above nine, use Arabic numerals for all: e.g.
first century, fifteenth century
nine pots
11 wild boar, 15 deer and 3 horses
Use a space instead of a comma in long numbers, except if under 10 000, e.g.
5467
11 4654 500 000

Dates

JJA uses BC/AD not BCE/CE.
AD comes before the date, BC after, except when using a century name, e.g.
3500 BCAD 1185
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Calibrated radiocarbon dates should be used when appropriate. Details should always beprovided (including Lab Number, standard deviation, material date taken from, whichcalibration programme is used etc)
Dates in text should be given as (number) (month) (year), no ordinals: e.g. 30 January
2010.
Dates should be hyphenated when used adjectivally, e.g. nineteenth-century object, but not
in noun phrases, e.g. the early nineteenth century.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations should end in a full-stop e.g. no. (number), fig. (figure), pl. (plate)
Contractions do not require a full-stop, e.g. St, Dr, Mr, Mrs
Measurements should be abbreviated and follow the number without a space and withoutfull-stops, e.g. 100km, 56mm (millimetres should be used in preference to centimetres)
Areas should be written as, e.g. 24m²
Per cent is two words but authors may use the symbol (%) where it appears frequently,
please be consistentRadiocarbon, when not spelled out should be presented as 14C

Capitals

Use capitals sparingly: initials and proper names only, e.g. the Russian Far East, buteastern Japan. Standard archaeological periods are capitalised, e.g. Neolithic, Jomon,Yayoi.

Use of kanji

The kanji or other Japanese/Chinese/Korean equivalent of specific terms and names
should be provided in the text the first time it appears in the paper.

Latin words

Latin and other foreign words and abbreviations should only be used sparingly.
Commonly used Latin words and abbreviations are not italicised, less common words andabbreviations should be italicised. The following Latin words and abbreviations areacceptable:
common (don't italicise): cf., e.g., etc., i.e., N.B.
less common (italicise): ad hoc, circa = c., et al., in situ, per se, terminus post/ante quem,
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