JWA Style Guide

While English is probably the most common language among subscribers to JWA, material written in other major language is also acceptable, but please contact us first. (We have no funding currently for translation.) Generally, we follow the Chicago Manual of Style, and we direct you to that reference for any questions regarding grammar, style, and so on. (For citations, we prefer in-text references, as noted below.)

Text should be double-spaced, in ascii format; please do not encode encrypt, or compress the file, except for uuencoding necessary for including it in a mail message.

Provide us with an abstract of your review or article that is no more than one hundred fifty words. The full text versions of all articles, as well as any figures, pictures, maps, or tables, are now stored on the Webserver Wings (http://wings.buffalo.edu/research/anthrogis/JWA) at the University at Buffalo. If your submission is not in English, we request you provide us with two abstracts, one in English and the other in your native language. Also, please put either the main title, OR a subtitle in English, for the benefit of the majority of our readers.

Tables and any other figures may be left in the text. All text files will be converted to PDF files for publication. We can manage graphics - graphs, maps, pictures, and other figures. Graphics can either be inbedded in the text, or sent in a standard format, ideally .gif (GIF) for simple drawings such as black and white line art or tables, and .jpeg/.jpg (JPEG) for photos.

At the top of the submission, put the following: your full name, institutional affiliation (if any), address, and email address. If the item has appeared previously, such as in a paper given at a conference, please note this as well. Please do not submit papers already published in print journals.

Use endnotes or intext comments rather than footnotes. For citations, please use in-text citations in the format (Sahlins 1961: 323). For the bibliography, you may use the style shown by the examples below, which are based on the American Antiquity style guide. Other major styles, such as those in American Anthropologist, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Anthropos, or Archaeometry, or use the formats recommended in the Chicago Manual of Style or Strunk's Elements of Style.

Book reviews will be conducted under the auspices of the Anthropology Review Database (ARD) and contributors should refer to the ARD website for more information. Reviews should be of such quality that the reader is able to make an informed decision on the merits of purchasing the product. At a minimum, ARD expects a description of content (text, maps, tables, figures, and any data), a critique of style, and a discussion of the theoretical context of the work. For examples, please consult the reviews published in any of the major anthropological journals, such as American Anthropologist, American Antiquity, Antiquity, the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, and Archaeometry. Be sure to note the edition, publisher, and price at the top of the review.

Examples of bibliographic references:

Jarvis, Hugh W.
1990 Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Onondaga Chert in Western New York and Adjacent Ontario. Unpublished Master's Thesis. Anthropology Department. Buffalo: State University of New York.

Lehman, F. and K. Witz
1974 Prolegomena to a formal theory of kinship. In P. Ballonoff (ed.) Genealogical Mathematics, edited by P. Ballonoff, pp. 111-134. Mouton, The Hague, Paris.

Sahlins, Marshall D.
1961 The segmentary lineage: an organization of predatory expansion. American Anthropologist 63: 322-45.

Wilson, Godfrey, and Monica Wilson
1945 The Analysis of Social Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Last Modified: 2 November 2005