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Anthropology 424: Ethnoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology

This guide contains information resources to conduct research in ethnoarchaeology and experimental archaeology

Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Style Online Resources

Note: SAA defers to the most recent version of The Chicago Manual of Style for formats not explicitly addressed in the guide

SAA In-Text Citation Examples

Any time a source is directly quoted or paraphrased it needs to be cited within the text, in addition to appearing in the list of references.

Simple Citation:

  • (Wylie 1991) or Wylie (1991)

Direct Quote: You will need to include the author, year of publication, and page number of the quote.

  • Tilley (2001:205) describes the process of apprenticeship as "watching and learning, then coaching followed by hands-on practice".
  • She stated, "watching and learning, then coaching followed by hands-on practice" (Tilley 2001:205), is the best process for effective apprenticeship.

Paraphrasing: Where applicable, in addition to the author and year of publication, the page number should be included in the in-text citation.

  • Muddiman (1995:27) points out that with new emerging technologies there is a shift from knowledge to skills within librarianship.

Multiple Authors

Citing a work with two authors:

  • Simple citation: (Lipe and Varien 1999) or Lipe and Varien (1999)
  • With page numbers: (Lipe and Varien 1999:137-138) or Lipe and Varien (1999:137-138)

Citing a work with three or more authors:

  • Simple citation: (Cobean et al. 1991) or Cobean and others (1999)
  • (Cobean et al. 1991:43) or Cobean and others (1991:43)

Citing several works by one or more authors in one place

  • (Ashmore 1986; Coe 1965; de Montmollin 1988; Fox 1987, 1991; Freidel 1986; Freidel and Schele 1986; Freidel et al. 1990)

Note: Use semicolons to separate works by different authors and commas to separate distinct, chronologically ordered works by the same author. References are always ordered alphabetically within strings by author.

 

References Cited

End-of-text citations should alphabetized by author's last name

Article template

Author, A. Year. Title of Article. Title of Journal Volume(Issue):page start–page end.

Note: List all authors (up to 10; if more than 10, list first seven followed by et al.).

Examples

 

Print Article

Derara-Megenassa, Worku. 2022. The Life History of Coffee-Related Pottery Traditions in Ethiopia: Ethnoarchaeology and Formation Processes of the Archaeological Record. Ethnoarchaeology 14(2):81–107.

 

Online Article

Derara-Megenassa, Worku. 2022. The Life History of Coffee-Related Pottery Traditions in Ethiopia: Ethnoarchaeology and Formation Processes of the Archaeological Record. Ethnoarchaeology 14(2):81–107. DOI:10.1080/19442890.2022.2127269.

If online publication precedes print publication and page numbers are unknown:

Chirinos Ogata, Patricia, and Daniel Saucedo Segami. 2020. Towards an Archaeology of the Japanese Diaspora in Peru. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, in press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-020-00562-8. 

 

Template

 

Book

Author, A. Year. Title of Book. Publisher, Location.

 

Chapter in an edited book

Author, A. Year. Chapter Title. In Title of Book, edited by E Editor, pp. page start-page end. Publisher,  Location.

Examples

 

One author

Joyce, Rosemary. 2000. Gender and Power in Prehispanic Mesoamerica. University of Texas Press, Austin.

 

Multiple authors

Hampton, David R., Charles E. Summer, and Ross A. Weber. 1978. Organizational Behavior and the Practice of Management. 3rd ed. Scott Foresman, Glenview, Illinois.

 

Chapter in an edited book

Manzanilla, Linda. 1999. The Emergence of Complex Urban Societies in Central Mexico: The Case of Teotihuacan. In Archaeology in Latin America, edited by Gustavo G. Politis and Benjamin Alberti, pp. 93–129. Routledge, London.

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