General
Southern African Humanities is published annually and is a vehicle for human science and heritage research of an archaeological, anthropological and historical nature. All contributions are published in English (British Standard). Authors whose mother tongue is not English are strongly urged to have their manuscripts reviewed linguistically before submission. Manuscripts written in poor English will be returned. Manuscripts submitted to Southern African Humanities should not have been offered to any other journal for prior or simultaneous publication. While there is no limit on the length of manuscripts, this should be appropriate for the topic. Papers are considered by at least two independent referees and approved by the Natal Museum's publications committee before acceptance. Authors are invited to suggest suitable referees for their papers.
Preparation of manuscript
The manuscript should be in 12 pt font and 1.5 spaced. Number manuscript pages consecutively beginning with the title page.
Give full details of the title of the manuscript, name(s) of author(s), postal address and e-mail address if available, each on a separate line.
The abstract should summarise the essential qualities of the paper. Avoid abbreviations and references. Select a set of up to 12 key words or phrases (index terms).
Indicate uncalibrated radiocarbon determinations using lower case (b.p.). The laboratory number should be cited. Indicate calibrated ranges using upper case (AD, BC, BP).
When preparing illustrations and tables, consider the journal's printed page size, which is 127 x 192 mm. Illustrations (including graphs) and their captions or legends should form a separate, self-explanatory unit. Explain abbreviations in the legends, or (if too numerous) collect them elsewhere in a list. For line art, use good-quality black Indian ink and do not use very fine lines or dots in drawings that are to be significantly reduced. Laser printed copies are also acceptable. Use lettering of sufficient size to permit reduction. Multipart figures should be labelled as A, B, etc. Photographs are best submitted at the actual size of reproduction. If the editor is to insert the final lettering, provide an overlay showing your requirements. Tables should include headings and explanations, and should be numbered consecutively. Approximate positions of figures and tables should be indicated in the margin of the printed copy. References in the text to illustrations and tables: Fig. 1; Figs 1-3; Table 1. Note: do not capitalise fig., figs, table, pl., pls when referring to items reproduced in another publication.
References
Two systems of referencing are acceptable, the Harvard author-date system and the footnote system. For the Harvard system, references within the text are as follows: (Davies 1974; Deacon & Deacon 1999; Jolles 2001; Ngubane 1977); Cooke (1963); Wright and Hamilton (1989); (Kuper 1980, 1982; Maggs 1984a, b); Jacobson et al. (1991). Page numbers are cited as follows: (Dlamini 2001: 127). All publications referred to in the text must be cited in full in the list of references. Here, arrange authors in alphabetical order, with multiple papers by the same author arranged chronologically. Cite all authors and full title. If authors are listed more than once (new combinations of authors excepted) then their names should be replaced with 10 hyphens in the second and subsequent references. Give names of periodicals in full. Titles of papers published in languages other than Romano-Germanic should be replaced by an English translation, with an explanatory note at the end, e.g. (in Russian, English abstr.). Examples:
Bleek, W.H.I. & Lloyd, L. 2005. Lloyd and Bleek collection. Retrieved 20 May 2006. http://www.lloydbleekcollection.uct.ac.za/uct/originals/ef/89a38bac.jpg.
Burrett, R.S. 2003. Investigating Pfupi: a Later Stone Age industrial tradition in northeastern Zimbabwe. MSc dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand.
Dlamini, N. 2001. The Battle of Ncome project; state memorialism, discomforting spaces. Southern African Humanities 13: 125-138.
Stow, G.W. & Bleek, D.F. 1930. Rock paintings in South Africa. London: Methuen.
Van der Merwe, N.J. 1975. Cannabis smoking in 13-14th century Ethiopia. In: Rubin, V., ed., Cannabis and culture. The Hague: Mouton, pp. 77-80.
Footnotes are indicated by consecutive superscript figures. Initial references within footnotes must be in full, as above. Subsequent references to the works are abbreviated, but must provide an unambiguous indication of the source of the information (Dlamini, 'Ncome project'; Stow & Bleek, Rock paintings, p. 30). Website citations are listed alphabetically in References according to author and must contain date of 'publication' if available and website address. Ideally date of access should be included. In text, cite using author, date and, if relevant, website page address. If the author is not obvious, use the website title in place of author.
Initial Submission
An electronic version of the manuscript should be submitted to the editor on a CD or as an e-mail attachment not exceeding 2 MB. The electronic manuscript should be a combination of a Rich Text Format (.RTF) file for text and tables and JPEG (.JPG) or TIFF (.TIF) file(s) for figures. Graphics must not be embedded in the Rich Text Format file, and may be of reduced quality sufficient for evaluation by the reviewers. Manuscripts submitted in unsuitable formats will not be processed and the author will be asked to re-submit them in an appropriate form. Initial submission of a hard copy only is acceptable, but may slow down the review process. In the latter case, please send the printed version in triplicate and illustrations in duplicate (authors should keep the originals until the paper is accepted). Print hard copies on one side of the paper (A4 or a similar format).
Final submission
The final text accepted for print must be supplied in an editable electronic format. Easily intertransferable formats such as Rich Text Format (.RTF) are preferred. Users of Apple computers should submit the text either in a format directly transferable to PC, or as a plain text file. Original artwork will always be required for best printing quality. Graphics may also be provided in an electronic form as .TIFF (.TIF), .JPEG (.JPG) or .EPS files; always enclose a high-quality printed copy. Vector graphic files (e.g., .CDR) are not acceptable. Never import graphics into a word processor format (e.g., as .DOC files). Authors should refrain from mixing drawings and half tone/colour illustrations. Required modes and minimum resolutions for graphic files: colour in 24-bit CMYK mode, 300 dpi at print size; halftones in 8-bit grayscale mode, 300 dpi at print size; line art in 1-bit black-and-white mode, at least 600 dpi at print size. However, it is advisable to submit figures prepared with higher resolution, especially those saved as .JPEG (.JPG) files.
All correspondence should be addressed to:
The Editor, Southern African Humanities
Natal Museum
Private Bag 9070
Pietermaritzburg
3200 South Africa
e-mail: editor@nmsa.org.za
http://www.sahumanities.org.za