Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association

GUIDE TO AUTHORS

Papers should normally be not more than 6000 words in length, inclusive of captions and bibliography, without prior agreement with the editor. Longer papers can be considered, but only if content and value are thereby increased.

Manuscripts
   Manuscripts should be typed left justified, single space. Do not format or attach style sheets. Avoid the use of unnecessary footnotes. Measurements should be in metric units. The title must be followed by names of all contributing authors, who should also submit full postal and email addresses. An abstract of not more than 200 words should be included. Do not use more than 3 levels of headings – see a recent Bulletin for examples.

Acknowledgements must precede the References.

Citations
   Use the Harvard system in text (e.g. Name 2002:1-10). Citations with more than two authors may be reduced to primary author’s name, for example (Name et al. 2002:21). Personal communications are to be cited within the text , e.g. (name, pers. comm., date).

References
   All references cited in the text should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper, and vice-versa. Examples are given below, but please also consult a recent Bulletin or the Southeast Asian Archaeology Bibliographic Database ( http://seasia.museum.upenn.edu ).

Book

Pitiphat, S. and P. Kanchanakhom. 1974. Ban Chiang: Past and Present . Bangkok: Thammasat University . (In Thai).

Metcalf, P. 1982. A Borneo Journey into Death: Berawan Eschatology from Its Rituals. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press.

Forbes, R.J. 1972. Studies in Ancient Technology . 2nd Edition. Leiden: Brill.

Book in a Series

Mansuy, H.A. 1924. Contribution à l'Étude de la Préhistoire de l'Indochine IV: Stations Préhistoriques dans les Cavernes du Massif Calcaire de Bac-Son (Tonkin). Hanoi: Mémoires du Service Géologique de l'Indochine Vol. 11, No. 2.

Edited Book

Smith, R.B. and W. Watson (eds.). 1979. Early South East Asia: Essays in Archaeology, History and Historical Geography. New York : Oxford University Press.

Edited Book in a Series

Glover, I.C. and E. Glover (eds.). 1990. Southeast Asian Archaeology 1986. Proceedings of the First Conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe. Oxford: BAR International Series 561.

Chapter/Article in an edited Book

Bayard, D.T. 1992. Models, scenarios, variables and suppositions: approaches to the rise of social complexity in mainland Southeast Asia, 700 BC-AD 500. In I.C. Glover, P. Suchitta and J. Villiers (eds.), Early Metallurgy, Trade and Urban Centres in Thailand and Southeast Asia : 13 Archaeological Essays, pp. 13-38. Bangkok: White Lotus.

Conference Paper

White, J.C. 1990. Rice cultivation and social development in Thailand . Paper presented at the American Anthropological Association 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans .

Journal Articles

Nelson, S.M. 1989. The social structure of Korean Neolithic sites. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 9:15-21.

Theses and Dissertations

Kijngam, A. 1979. The Faunal Spectrum of Ban Chiang and Its Implications for Thai Culture History. Unpublished M.A. thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Otago , Dunedin .

Moore, E.H. 1986. The Moated Mu'ang of the Mun River Basin. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Institute of Archaeology , University of London, London .

Figures and Tables
   Each figure and table should be on a separate page, not embedded in the text, numbered as either a figure or table series and cited in the text. Figures and tables, with captions, will be scaled to fit within the two column page format and printed in black and white. Normally, BIPPA does not publish illustrations in colour. Maps should have scale bars in metric units. Where applicable, the sources of figures must be acknowledged and permission to use the item obtained. Number and name all figures on the back of each hard copy. Captions, and their numbers, should be typed on a separate page.

Submission
   Files should be submitted by email, as RTF  or DOC attachments for text, as JPEGs for photos and drawings. One hard copy of the paper, illustrations and figures should also be posted to IPPA, Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia.

Important: Please label your file in the form <your surname.doc>. Many people simply send in files called IPPA.doc or something similar. This is not very helpful.

C¹⁴ Dates
   For quoting radiocarbon dates, authors should follow the Antiquity conventions. Uncalibrated radiocarbon results are expressed as mean values and standard deviations (±) in radiocarbon years before 1950, calculated using the 5568-year half-life; for example BM-2646, 2680±50 BP. Always include the laboratory code number which links the measurement to a specific sample. Quote calibrated results as date ranges, together with the associated probability. Use cal AD and cal BC to indicate calibrated results, and state the calibration program used.