Author Guidelines
- The size of the manuscript should be A4.
- Manuscripts should be submitted in data format. Send the manuscript together with the submission form downloaded from the Japanese Society for Zooarchaeology website (https://www.zooarch.net/) and filled in, by e-mail or mail to the Editorial Board address indicated in the submission guidelines.
In the case of an e-mail attachment, the file size should be limited to 5 MB in principle. If the file size exceeds 5 MB, please contact the Editor-in-Chief in advance for details on how to send the file.
If the manuscript is sent by mail, send one copy of the main text printed on A4 paper, original figures (including photographs) and tables (or CD or DVD with data input), and CD or DVD with the manuscript (main text and abstract) and captions for figures and tables to the Editorial Board. A completed copy of the submission formshould also be attached. - Manuscripts should include the title and authors’ names in Japanese and English. Articles, research notes, and reviews should include an abstract (Japanese: approximately 500 characters, English: approximately 300 words) and keywords (maximum of 5 words in both Japanese and English). Research reports, introductions to materials, and illustrations should include an abstract (Japanese: approximately 250 characters, English optional).
- Manuscripts should include the title and authors’ names in Japanese and English. Articles, research notes, and reviews should include an abstract (Japanese: approximately 500 characters, English: approximately 300 words) and keywords (maximum of 5 words in both Japanese and English). Research reports, introductions to materials, and illustrations should include an abstract (Japanese: approximately 250 characters, English optional).
- Figures and tables should be printed no larger than 17 cm (W) x 24 cm (H) and should be in black ink. If sent by mail, each should be mounted on a backing paper and covered with tracing paper, with lettering instructions and captions. The text should be in MS-Word, tables in MS-Word or MS-Excel, figures in JPEG format, and in all other cases, the software used to create the text should be clearly indicated.
- Digital photographs should have a resolution of 300 dpi or higher.
- For co-authored papers, provide the names of all authors and a brief description of their contributions after the references. Example: Hanako Yamada: Responsible for overall summary and writing of the paper. Taro Yamada: In charge of animal bone analysis and dating.
Citation of references in the text should be by author’s name and year. 2 authors should be listed together, and 3 or more authors should be listed as “others”. For example, according to Naora (1999), …, Oyama and Oyasu (2000), …, …, …. According to Naora (1999), …, Oyama and Oyasu (2000), …, Sakazume et al. According to Oyama and Oyasu (2000), …, according to Sakazume et al. , ..,
(Kishigami 2000; Hasebe et al. 1999a, b; Morse et al. 2000) - References cited should be summarized at the end of the text. Japanese-language references are listed in alphabetical order by first author’s name, followed by foreign-language references in alphabetical order by first author’s name. Papers by the same author should be arranged in chronological order. If there are both single-authored and co-authored papers by the same first author, arrange the single-authored papers first in chronological order. Next, the papers of the two authors are arranged in the alphabetical order of the second author (in the case of Japanese literature) or in alphabetical order (in the case of foreign language literature). If there are multiple papers by the same two authors, arrange them in chronological order. In the same way, papers with three or more authors should be arranged in the same order.
When two or more papers have the same author and the same year, distinguish them by adding a, b, or … symbols to the year of the year of the first citation in the text.
Example: Ono 2001a, 2001b
The format of references should be as follows:
Journal article
Author’s name, year of publication, title of article, journal name, volume number, first page – last page
e.g.) Toyohiro Nishimoto 1993 “Chickens of the Yayoi Period,” Zooarchaeology 1: 45-48
Najima, Yayoi, Eisuke Anzai, and Hiroki Miyagi 2008 “Archaeological Periodization and Radiocarbon Dating in the Ryukyu Islands,” Nanjima Archaeology 27: 23-48
Perkins, D.P., Daly, P., 1968. A hunter’s village in Neolithic Turkey.
Scientific American. 219: 96-106.
Book
Author’s name, year of publication, title of book, publisher, place of publication.
e.g.) Toyohiro Nishimoto (ed.), 2008, A Japanese History of Humans and Animals 1: Zooarchaeology, Yoshikawa Kobunkan
Reitz, E. J., Wing, E. S., 2008. Zooarchaeology, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Excavation report
Name of editorial organization, year of publication, book title, publisher
e.g.) Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education, Cultural Affairs Division, 1980 “Report on the Excavation of Gushihara Shell Midden, Iejima Island” (Okinawa Prefecture, Cultural Properties Investigation Report, Vol. 130, Report on the Excavation of Gushihara Shell Midden) Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education
Book article
Name of author, year of publication, title of article, name of editor, title of book (edition), publisher, place of publication, first page – last page
e.g.) NIIMI, Michiko 2008 “Birds and the Japanese,” in Toyohiro Nishimoto (ed.), A Japanese History of Humans and Animals 1: Zooarchaeology, Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 226-252.
Bull, G., Payne, S., 1982. Tooth eruption and epiphyseal fusion in pigs and wild boar, in: Wilson, B., Grigson, S., Payne, S. (Eds.), Ageing and Sexing Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites. Archaeopress, Oxford, 55-72. BAR 109. Archaeopress.
Articles in excavation reports
author’s name, year of publication, title of article, name of editorial office, book title, publisher, first page – last page.
e.g.) Akira Matsui 1997 “Animal Remains Excavated from Gushihara Shell Mound” Okinawa Prefectural Education Agency, Cultural Affairs Division, Okinawa Prefectural Government, “Report on the Survey of Okinawa Prefecture’s Cultural Properties, Vol. 130
Report on the Excavation of Gushihara Shell Mound, Iejima, Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education 159-188
Information on the Internet
Author’s name, title, name of publishing institution, (online), URL, date of reference.
If the year of publication, volume number of the electronic version of the journal, page number, etc. are indicated, they are listed according to the printed form.
e.g.) Fisheries Agency, Fisheries Policy Department, 2008 Fisheries White Paper, Fisheries Agency (online) http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/kikaku/wpaper/h20/index.html Reference 2009-10-22