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NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Scope
Archaeologia islandica is the first and only
venue specially dedicated to aspects of Ice-
landic archaeology and material culture,
and provides a forum for the wider dissem-
ination of such work to the international
community. The scope ofthe journal covers
any aspect of archaeology and material cul-
ture relating to Iceland from the 9th century
colonization of the island by Vikings to 19th
century emigration of Icelanders to Cana-
da - and beyond. Papers of archaeological
fieldwork and artefact studies as well as re-
lated historical, ethnographic and linguis-
tic research are all welcomed, as are papers
on material from outside Iceland but which
are clearly relevant to discourses on Icelan-
dic archaeology and material culture.
Submissions
All submissions should be sent to the edi-
tor, Orri Vésteinsson, at Archaeologia is-
landica, Bárugata 3,101 Reykjavik, Iceland;
emails should be sent to orri@instarch.is,
marked Re: Archaeologia islandica.
Manuscripts
Contributions are accepted of variable
length, but generally should aim to fall be-
tween 4000-8000 words. Manuscripts must
be in English and be accompanied by an
abstract not exceeding 150 words, with a
list of 3-5 keywords. Authors should also
provide their institutional affiliation (e.g.
University) and an email address for cor-
respondence; if there is more than one
author, a principal author should be desig-
nated for all correspondence. All texts must
be sent in an electronic version. Keep for-
matting to a minimum, and use consistent
styles for subtitling.
Illustrations and Tables
All illustrations and tables must be sent as
separate files and should not be inserted
into the text. For illustrations, files should
preferably be a .tiff, .jpeg or .eps. Tables
should be in Word or Excel. All figures and
tables should be clearly numbered and be
accompanied by a separate list of figure
and table captions. Please mark clearly in
the main text where the figures and tables
are to be inserted.
References
Referencing should be made in the text by
quoting the author(s), year and page num-
ber in brackets at the relevant point - e.g.
(Morris 1995,123; Sveinbjarnardóttir 1991,
123-25; Diplomatarium islandicum V, 234-
37). Full details of the reference should be
provided in a separate bibliography at the
end of the paper, using set conventions as
in the examples below. Note that surname
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