ARHEOLOŠKI VESTNIK

Inštitut za arheologijo  ZRC SAZU

GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

1. Accepting contributions
2. General guidelines
3. Body of the text
   • Citing references and sources in the article and composing the reference list (pdf)
4. Illustrative material
5. Preparing illustrative material
6. Peer-review
7. Copyright

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1 ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTIONS

The Editorial Board accepts articles that were not and will not be published in the same form elsewhere.

Articles are accepted all year round and published according to a decision made by the Editorial Board on the basis of a positive review of the referees, usually in order of arrival and of the concluded redaction, but also in view of a balanced representation of various topics within a particular issue.

Articles must be submitted in digital formats to the editor-in-chief (tecco@zrc-sazu.si).

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2 GENERAL GUIDELINES

Articles should be concisely written and adhere to the guidelines. They should be logically structured and divided into chapters.

Language(s): Apart from articles in Slovenian, those written in other languages are also welcome and should include a summary to be translated into Slovenian and an abstract in English.

Articles to be published in Arheološki vestnik should contain:

Article title in the selected language and in English
Author’s full name, postal and e-mail addresses
Abstract in English that should not exceed 1000 characters including spaces
Up to 8 keywords in English
Body of the text that should not exceed 150 000 characters including spaces
Source and reference list written in accordance with the guidelines
Summary to be translated into Slovenian
List of illustrations with captions written in accordance with the guidelines

We also welcome book reviews and discussions.

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3 BODY OF THE TEXT should be submitted:

• as an MS Word .doc or .docx or .rtf file;
• with Track changes off,
• without formatting or arrangement in columns,
• without alignment along the right margin alignment and without word division,
• without embedded illustrations and captions. The (approximate) places of figures, tables and other illustrative material should be marked and highlighted (for example Fig. 7 or Insert 8.

It is desirable for the author to provide the translation of the abstract and summary, whereby the name of the translator should be stated. If the translation submitted has already been checked, the name of the editor should be stated. If not, this will be provided by the editor. The author should assist in the editorial and reviewing process when requested. He or she receives a proof of the text and is requested to correct it within three weeks of reception.

Citing references and sources in the article and composing the reference list (pdf)

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4 ILLUSTRATIVE MATERIAL

Illustrations should be referred to using the following abbreviations given in italic: Fig. (figure), Pl. (plate), Tab. (table), while Inserts are spelled out in full.
  Example:
…The rare finds include a well-preserved iron horse bit (Pl. 12: 1; 13: 2,3,8; 16; 18; fig. 2: 4,5; 3; 4; Insert 3)...

The list of illustration with captions should either be added at the end of the text or in a separate file. The captions must state the site name, illustration content, material and scale, the latter only if not already on the illustration.
  Example:
Pl. 15: Strmec above Bela Cerkev. Cemetery Košak B, Grave 1. 1,3 iron; 2 iron and bronze. Scale 1,2 = 1:2; 3 = 1:4.

Fig. 4: The building inscription of Augustus and Tiberius (CIL III 10768 = AIJ 170a = ILJug 303 = RINMS 34).

Tab. 1: Representation of individual large mammalian taxa in the material from Grublje, acquired during the excavations of 2008. Number of Identified Specimens; NISP, and the Minimum Number of Individuals; MNI, are given. Abbreviation: CsCc – Caprinae s. Capreolus capreolus.

Insert 1: Map of the Bronze Age sites. Scale = 1:250.

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5 PREPARING ILLUSTRATIVE MATERIAL

Illustrative material (tables, graphs, drawings, sketches, plans, photographs, maps and plates) is usually published in Arheološki vestnik in black-and-white and greyscale, only exceptionally in colour. Only digitally prepared material is accepted and should be sent on a CD or electronically, but also printed together with the text and sent to the address of the editors stated above. The material digitally prepared at the Institute of Archaeology, Research centre SASA, will not be made available to the author.

• Illustrative material (regardless of type) should be submitted in separate files and not embedded in the main text! This also applies to tables and graphs made in MS Word or Excel. The location of an illustration should be marked in the text.
• Each illustration should be saved as a special file.
• Files should be named according to the principle: Author_Fig_01 or Author_Pl_01. The printed illustrations should be marked in the same way.

Sizes

• The illustrative material to be embedded into the text should be either 16cm (two-column illustration) or 7.65cm wide (one-column illustration) at maximum acceptable height of 23cm.
• Plates published at the end of the article should measure 16 × 23cm, but appropriately less if the captions exceed the length of two lines (0.6cm less per line added).
• The size of the inserts is arbitrary and then folded down to the size of the publication.

Tables and graphs

• Tables and graphs should be prepared in black-and-white or greyscale.
• Margins and lines in tables should not be thinner than 1/2pt and not thicker than 1pt.
• Font size should be at least 6pt. Lengthy text within illustration is preferably replaced by a number and moved to the caption.
• Tables and graphs should be prepared in a size appropriate for publication.

Maps and plans

• Maps and plans should include a scale (graphic); ground plans should also include the north point.
• The legend should preferably be saved in a separate file for the purpose of a translation into Slovenian.
• Font size of letters and numbers should not be smaller than 5.5pt.
• Assistant layers/maps (topographic map, land cadastre, digital elevation model, ortophoto, lidar image, satellite image, etc.) should come with their source cited in the caption.

Raster graphics

• Raster graphics should be submitted in TIFF or JPG (JPEG) formats.
• Line art or black-and-white drawings should be scanned at maximum resolution of 800 dpi for final size; photographs and other illustrative material should be scanned in greyscale at maximum resolution of 350 dpi (175 lpi).

Vector graphics

• Vector graphics should be submitted in EPS format.
• Lines should not be thinner than 0.2pt, margins not thinner than 0.5pt.
• Characters should be written as curves so as not to create problems with fonts, while greyscale should be graded by 20%.
• Resolution should be set at 2540 dpi.

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6 PEER-REVIEW

All articles are peer-reviewed. The reviewing procedure is performed either by one of the members of the Editorial Board or an outside expert within six weeks of reception. The reviewers and the Editorial Board can propose to refuse the publication of the article. The author is informed on acceptance or refusal of the contribution by the editor-in-chief, who also proposes possible revisions or additions on the basis of the reviewer’s comments. If the author disagrees with the reviewer’s comments, he must present his or her arguments in writing to the Editorial Board, which then considers them.

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6 COPYRIGHT

In all copyright matters, the publisher of the journal acts in accordance with the Copyright and Related Rights Act of the Republic of Slovenia. Author's moral rights for the contributions sent for publication to Arheološki vestnik remain with the author, while the author's material rights to one-time publication in printed and digital form are ceded to the publisher without fee.

Warning: Authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions to use and reproduce illustrative material and sources to which they do not own copyright and bear full responsibility in case of disputes.

Contributions published in Arheološki vestnik involve no honoraria, neither for authors nor for the reviewers.

The author is entitled to one free copy of the publication; he or she also receives the contribution in electronic form (.pdf).

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