Style Guide & Submission Guidelines

The Society for Historical Archaeology Publications Style Guide

For Authors

Revised SHA Publications Style Guide November 2024 (PDF)

Contents

• I. Editorial Policy
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Policies

II. Publication Process

• • A. Manuscript Submission
  • B. Manuscript Review
  • C. Manuscript Acceptance
  • D. Page Proofs
  • E. Online Prints
  • F. Electronic Supplementary Materials
  • G. Open Access
• III. Style Guide
  • A. General Information
  • B. Recommended Writing Handbooks and Dictionaries
• IV. Manuscript Specifications
  • A. Summary of Sections
  • B. Overall Requirements
  • C. Section Specifications
  • D. Table and Figure Specifications
• V. Format Specifications
  • A. Abbreviations
  • B. Accents and Diacritical Marks
  • C. Capitalization
  • D. Dates, Years, and Eras
  • E. Hyphenation
  • F. Italics
  • G. Numbers
  • H. Quotations
  • I. Scientific and Mathematical Copy
  • J. Spelling
• VI. Reference Citations in Text
  • A. General Instructions
  • B. Sample Citations
• VII. References Cited
  • A. Alphabetizing Guidelines
  • B. Sample Alphabetical Listing
  • C. General Requirements
  • D. Sample References
• VIII. Useful Checklists
  • A. Manuscript Sections
  • B. Cover Page Requirements
  • C. Sending Figures
  • D. Getting Permissions
  • E. Manuscript Requirements
  • F. Final Submission