Author guidelines

Abstracts should be sent in English, via the EasyChair platform and follow the provided Microsoft Word template.

EasyChair Submission

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Please, fill in:

  • Author information;
    You can select one or more corresponding authors which will receive email messages about your submission.
  • Title of your abstract;
  • Keywords;
  • The session topic;
  • Type of presentation & abstract: oral – extended, poster – extended, or poster – short;
  • Upload your abstract file.
    Upload your abstract. The file must be converted from the provided MS Word Template to Word open XML document (file extension docx).
    Use save as filetype ‘*.docx’ in MS Word or your preferred Word processor.

Short Abstract (max. 2 pages) with references, max. 1 figure and figure captions included in the document.

Extended abstract (max. 4 pages) with references, max. 3 figures and figure captions included in the document.

General

Presentation of the manuscript must conform to the guidelines below and use the provided MS Word template.

  • Use the MS Word Template: Download and use the MS Word template provided for your document. This template already includes a style gallery, which means it has pre-defined formatting for different elements like titles, subtitles, figure captions, and more.
  • Apply the Correct Styles: Each type of text (e.g., title, Heading 1 subtitle, and title of bibliography) has a specific style that must be used. These styles are named and predefined in the template (e.g., Title, Heading 1, TEI_bibl_start). In the template, the style names are shown in bold and between brackets before their description, but you should not include these names in the actual manuscript text. They are just for reference to help you identify the correct style to use.
  • Do Not Include the Style Names in the Abstract.

The text must be type written in Calibri, 12pt font, with single spacing.

Capital letters should be used for the first letter of words only where relevant.

Sub-titles, where essential, must be brief and limited to two levels, without numbering.

Authors are responsible for consistency and accuracy in spelling of Latin words and specialized terms.

The common nouns of plants or animals must be written in small letters. The names of period will carry a capital letter: Neolithic, Bronze Age, etc.

Title

The title must be concise and representative of the content. Expressions such as “Contribution to…” or “Study of… ” should be avoided. Authors should appear in the definitive order of publication, with the address of everyone at the time of the study.

Authors

If there is more than one author, please specify the person who will be presenting the talk or poster. If you wish you can suggest one corresponding author. Authors should appear in the definitive order of publication, with the address of everyone at the time of the study.

Highlights

Two or three highlights should be mentioned (no more than 85 characters each, including spaces). These bullet points should capture the novel results of your research as well as new methods that were used during the study. These highlights will help increase the discoverability of your article via search engines.

Keywords

Four to six keywords, preferably in the singular form. Separated by commas, without a period.

Introduction

Limit the introduction to the scope, purpose and rationale of the study, the definition of the problems and the reasons for or perspective of the work. A brief literature review should give only the guideposts to guide the reader and place the study within a more general context.

Methods

The “Methods” section describes the framework needed to answer the questions raised in the purpose of the work. Limit the information to what is necessary for judging whether the findings are valid.

Results

The results should be presented as comprehensively as possible while keeping in mind to answer only the questions raised in the purpose of the work. Whenever possible, findings should be exposed following the logical sequence of the study and methods, so as to avoid repeating information that should be clearly presented in tables and figures.

Discussion & Conclusion

The discussion should focus on the main contributions of the study, interpreting the findings, and comparing them to other studies. The discussion is a synthesis, an interpretation, exposed in broadly applicable generalizations and principles. In addition, the way in which the findings agree or contrast with other published work should be expressed. The scope, significance, and general conclusions of the study should end the discussion.

Acknowledgements

Authors should acknowledge only people (or organizations) who have substantially contributed to the scientific and technical aspects of the research, granted financial support, or helped improve the quality of the manuscript.

Units and symbols

Abbreviations, symbols, units and nomenclature must conform to the international codes for various disciplines. If units or particular symbols must be used, they must be defined during the first mention in the text.

Numbers

The numbers from zero up nine will be written in letters, except if they are used in a formula or with a unit. Arabic numerals should always be preferred.

Statistics

The use of the standard statistical symbols (c2, n, P) is required.

Tables – Figures – Equations

All tables should be numbered with Roman numerals, following the order they are cited in the text.

Figures should be numbered with Arabic numerals. The maximum finished size of a one-column illustration is 8 x 24.5 cm or that of a two-column illustration is 17 x 24.5 cm.

The title of tables and figures must be concise and clear.

In addition to being included in the Word document, figures should also be submitted as separate files within a *.zip archive. The format requested is TIFF (min. 300 dpi). Please indicate clearly software and version used.

Colour illustrations are accepted in the journal. It is essential to provide the best quality copy of all illustrative material to ensure proper reproduction.

Geographic coordinates and scale should always appear on maps.

Each equation should be identified by a number in parenthesis placed flush with the right margin. In the case of particularly long equations that may run on two lines once set, indicate where the cut should be made.

Bibliography & citation

Authors are responsible for the accuracy of all elements appearing in the bibliography. References should be cited in the text by the name of the author and the year of publication. For instance, a text by D. M. Martin and H. W. Mann published in 1999 would be cited as: Martin & Mann (1999) or (Martin & Mann, 1999) depending on sentence construction. Consecutive citations must be separated by a semicolon. The phrase “et al.” should be used only when there are more than two authors.

In the bibliography, all references should be listed alphabetically according to the first author’s name. Those in a given year with the same author(s) must be chronologically identified by a, b, c, etc. Authors must ensure that references cited “in press” have been accepted for publication. All the names of journals or publishing organizations must be written in full.

Bibliographic software templates are available:

Endnote: https://endnote.com/style_download/archeosciences/

Zotero: https://www.zotero.org/styles/archeosciences

Journal articles

Martin, S., Durand, J.-C., 1995. Chemical composition of some Medieval glass fragments from Central France. Revue d’Archéométrie, 27 : 20-27.

Smith, J. H., 2000. Fission track dating of the obsidian of Paros Island. Bulletin of Mineralogy, Serie B, 30, (4): 285-297.

Book

Dulac, D., 1993. Les Fouilles du bourg Saint-Jean à Rennes (France). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Chapter in book

Camel, Ph., 1990. La métallurgie des non-ferreux au Moyen Age. In E. Gwinner (dir.). La Bourgogne des origines. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 413-421.

PhD

Laurel, L., 1997. Les hommes et le climat en Europe du sud au tardiglaciaire. Thèse de doctorat, Université de Paris X, France.

Report

Buitel, J.-M., 1999. Atlas des zones humides du Labrador. Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources, Direction générale de l’exploration géologique, Québec.

Papers in conference proceedings

Davidson, N. C., Conrad, P. R., 1988. Determination of Organic Matter in Calcereous Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks by Loss on Ignition. In H. Ouellet, H. G. Smith (ed.). Acta XIX International Congress of Archaeology. Volume I. University of Cambridge Press, Cambridge, 342-352.

Internet reference

Zepp, C. E., 2000. An on-line radiocarbon calibration tool. From http://www.xxx, consulted in month/year.

Transfer of rights

From the publication of the manuscript, the author will give up his rights for the publisher.