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General information to authors

Submission, review and resubmission processes

1. The manuscript (an electronic version) together with the Covering letter should be submitted to the Editorial office in the format outlined in the Instructions to authors.
2. After having received the manuscript, the Editorial office will send it to the Editor-in-chief and/or to member(s) of the Editorial board for initial evaluation.
3. The manuscript will be rejected if it does not meet the requirements of the Journal. The author(s) will be notified by e-mail.
4. If the manuscript has been evaluated as suitable for the Journal, it will be sent to at least two reviewers.
5. After receiving reviews from the Editorial office, the authors are asked to revise the manuscript according to the comments of reviewers. Depending on the reviews, Editor-in-chief and/or Executive editor may add their remarks to the reviews. The revised manuscript should be returned to the Editorial office.
6. If reviewer(s) require(s) re-review, the revised manuscript together with Correction form will be sent back to reviewer(s). The author(s) should revise the manuscript once more after receiving re-review(s).
7. When the manuscript has been revised by the authors, the Editor-in-chief will make the final decision on the acceptability of the article for publication. In order to make a final decision, the Editor-in-chief and/or the Editorial office may consult the reviewer(s) and/or the member(s) of the Editorial board. 

All papers to be published in the journal are peer reviewed internationally. The duration of the reviewing process is variable, depending on numerous factors. However, typically the entire process from the submission of the first version of the manuscript to publication takes 4 to 6 months.

instructions to authors

The Estonian Journal of Archaeology is an open access journal that publishes internationally peer reviewed primary research and review papers in the English and German languages. Papers dealing with any aspects of archaeology are welcome on fully international basis. The papers should be written in clear, proper language and meet the following requirements.

The title should be concise but informative. The arrangement and selection of words is important for indexing purposes. A short running title should be provided.

The name(s), including one forename in full, affiliation(s), full affiliation address(es), and e-mail address(es) of the author(s) should be included. In the covering letter the corresponding author and his/her telephone number should be indicated.

The abstract (not more than 250 words) should be a self-contained summary of the paper, presenting concisely the objectives of the work reported, methodology, results, and conclusions. Citations in the abstract should be avoided. The abstract should be followed by key words (max five).

The introduction should be a review of pertinent work, cite appropriate references, as well as include a clear statement of the object of investigation.

The length of an article should be maximally 20 pages (including figures, tables and references). Each page exceeding this volume shall be liable to a fee to the amount of €40 per page.

Conclusions should give a short summary of the achieved results followed by possible further steps and extensions.

Acknowledgements of people, grants, funds, etc. should be placed in a separate section before the reference list. The names of funding organizations should be written in full. The institution(s) or person(s) covering the publication costs must be shown in this section.

The manuscript should include also a summary in Estonian, presenting the aim and main results of the study. Foreign authors should submit a 1.5−2 pages long summary in English or in German which will be translated into Estonian.

The volume of the manuscript (incl. references, summaries, illustrations, and tables) is preferably no more than 30 double-spaced pages.

It is essential that the paper be written in clear, proper English (British or American usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Manuscripts requiring substantial improvement of English usage may be returned to the author(s) for revision before the review process. Authors for whom English is not their mother tongue should have their manuscripts checked by a competent linguist or native English speaker before submission. The editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity.

submission

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically by e-mail (hedi.tonso@eap.ee). The attachment should be packed (max size 5 MB) and include:

(a) the text file of the paper (.doc, .docx);
(b) original files of illustrations (.eps, .tif, .psd, .ai, .xls, .xlsx);  
(c) the PDF file of the paper (text, illustrations and tables in one file);
(d) the covering letter.

In the covering letter the authors should supply full contact details (incl. e-mail addresses) for at least four individuals who may be appropriate reviewers for the manuscript.

Authors must identify and declare any personal circumstances or interest that may be perceived as influencing the representation or interpretation of reported research results. If there is no conflict of interest, please state “The author(s) declare(s) no conflict of interest.” in the covering letter.

orcid

The journal recommends that all authors submitting a paper register an account with Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID). Registration provides a unique and persistent digital identifier for the account that enables accurate attribution and improves the discoverability of published papers, ensuring that the correct author receives the correct credit for their work. As the ORCID remains the same through out the lifetime of the account, changes of name, affiliation, or research area do not effect the discoverability of an author’s past work and aid correspondence with colleagues.

The journal recommends that all authors include an ORCID within their submitting author data. ORCID numbers should be added to the author data upon submission and will be published alongside the submitted paper, should it be accepted.

Authors will also need to follow these instructions on the ORCID website: https://support.orcid.org/hc/en-us/articles/360006896394-Auto-updates-time-saving-and-trust-building.

notations and abbreviations

Notations must be clear, compact, and consistent with standard usage. All notations and abbreviations should be defined in the text. Avoid abbreviations in the title and abstract.

Illustrations should be prepared in their final format (i.e. no enlarging or reducing will be necessary) and should fit into the print area of the journal. The maximum size of an illustration is that of one journal page (127 mm × 200 mm). All illustrations must be clearly numbered and provided with self-explanatory legends. The appropriate place for each illustration in the text should be indicated. The captions to illustrations should be listed separately. The text, tables, and illustrations should not repeat one another.

Colour illustrations should be in CMYK and RGB mode (resolution at least 300 dpi). Authors will be asked to cover the full cost for reproduction of colour artwork at a rate of €35 for one printed page. Colour figures online will be published free of charge.

Photographs (digital or scanned) should be saved as .tif or .eps files at a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

Illustrations should be provided in one of the following formats:

Vector graphics:
· .ai (Adobe Illustrator);
· .eps (Encapsulated Post Script);
· .xls (Microsoft Excel, save as an Excel worksheet; should contain spreadsheet and embedded chart).

Raster graphics (such as photographs or scanned line-art):
· .tif (Tagged Image Format, use LZW compression to reduce file size significantly);
· .psd (Adobe Photoshop).

Mixed vector and raster graphics:
· .eps (Encapsulated Post Script).

Make sure that any artwork is at the appropriate, minimum, resolution: 300 dpi for halftones and greyscale, 600 dpi for combinations (line art and halftones together), and 600 dpi for line art.

The lettering (upper- and lowercase letters, italic, bold) should follow the usage in the text. Different parts of a figure should be marked by lowercase letters in parentheses. The size of symbols and lettering should not be smaller than 1.5 mm.

references

References to the literature cited should be indicated at the appropriate place in the text, according to the Harvard (name-year) system with a reference list in alphabetical order at the end of the paper. All references in this list should appear in the text and vice versa.

References should be presented as follows:

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
Alttoa, K. 2009. Die Tartuer Marienkirche und die Frage der Bauschule in Tartu im 14. Jahrhundert. ‒ Baltic Journal of Art History, Autumn, 7–30.

Atmore, L. M., Martínez-García, L., Makowiecki, D., André, C., Lõugas, L., Barrett, J. H. & Star, B. 2022. Population dynamics of Baltic herring since the Viking Age revealed by ancient DNA and genomics. ‒ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119: 45, 1−11. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2208703119 

DeNiro, M. J. 1985. Postmortem preservation and alteration of in vivo bone collagen isotope ratios in relation to palaeodietary reconstruction. ‒ Nature, 317: 6040, 806–809. 

Ehrlich, F., Aguraiuja-Lätti, Ü., Lõugas, L. & Rannamäe, E. 2022a. Application of morphometric and stable isotope analyses for distinguishing domestic and wild geese. – International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 32: 2, 457−466.  

Ehrlich, F., Rannamäe, E. & Valk, H. 2022b. Bird exploitation in Viljandi (Estonia) from the Late Iron Age to the Early Modern Period (c. 950–1700). – Quaternary International, 626–627, 95−105. 

Eriksson, G., Linderholm, A., Fornander, E., Kanstrup, M., Schoultz, P., Olofsson, H. & Lidén, K. 2008. Same island, different diet: cultural evolution of food practice on Öland, Sweden, from the Mesolithic to the Roman Period. ‒ Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 27: 4, 520–543. 

Kalm, A. & Reppo, M. 2013. Medieval and early modern suburban site in Tallinn, Tartu Road 1: artefacts and ecofacts. – Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2012, 149–170. https://arheoloogia.ee/ave2012/AVE2012_Russowjt_ EKA.pdf  

Muru, M., Rosentau, A., Preusser, F., Plado, J., Sibul, I., Jõeleht, A., Bjursäter, S., Aunap, R. & Kriiska, A. 2018. Reconstructing Holocene shore displacement and Stone Age palaeogeography from a foredune sequence on Ruhnu Island, Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. – Geomorphology, 303, 434–445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.12.016  

Poole, K. 2015. The contextual cat: human–animal relations and social meaning in Anglo-Saxon England. – Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 22: 3, 857–882. 

Rannamäe, E., Lõugas, L., Speller, C. F., Valk, H., Maldre, L., Wilczyński, J., Mikhailov, A. & Saarma, U. 2016. Three thousand years of continuity in the maternal lineages of ancient sheep (Ovis aries) in Estonia. − PLOS ONE, 11: 10, e0163676. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0163676 

BOOK, MONOGRAPHIC WORK, BOOK SERIES 
Bartosiewicz, L., Van Neer, W. & Lentacker, A. 1997. Draught Cattle: Their Osteological Identification and History. (Annales Sciences Zoologiques, 281.) Musée Royal de l’Africa Centrale, Tervuren. 

Brorsson, T. 2022. ICP-MA/ES Analyses of Medieval Black Ware from Tallinn, Pärnu and Haapsalu, Estonia. Report, 207. Landskrona. (Manuscript in the Archaeological Research Collection of Tallinn University.) 

Driesch, A. von den. 1976. Das Vermessen von Tierknochen aus Vor- und Frühgeschichtlichen Siedlungen. Universität München, München. 

Fabricius, D. 2010. Livonicae historiae compendiosa series / Liivimaa ajaloo lühiülevaade. Trans. J. Unt. Johannes Esto Ühing, Tallinn. 

Kahk, J., Tarvel, E., Ligi, H., Tõnisson, E., Vassar, A. & Viires, A. (eds) 1992. Eesti talurahva ajalugu, I. Olion, Tallinn.

Kala, T., Kaljundi, L., Kreem, J., Leimus, I., Markus, K., Mänd, A., Põltsam-Jürjo, I., Russow, E., Selart, A., Tamm, M. & Valk, H. 2012. Eesti ajalugu II. Eesti keskaeg. Tartu Ülikooli Ajaloo ja Arheoloogia Instituut, Tartu.

Liiv, O. 1935. Die wirtschaftlich Lage des estnischen Gebietes am Ausgang des XVII. Jahrhunderts, I. Allgemeiner Überblick, Getreideproduktion und Getreidehandel. (Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi Toimetused XXVII / Verhandlungen der Gelehrten Estnischen Gesellschaft XXVII.) Õpetatud Eesti Selts, Tartu. 

Mänd, A. 2008. Kirikute hõbevara. (Eesti kirikute sisustus, I.) Muinsuskaitseamet, Tallinn.   

Niidu, V. 1978. Savinõude valmistamisest Petseri ümbruses. – Etnograafiamuuseumi aastaraamat, XXXI. Valgus, Tallinn, 83–102. 

Pajusalu, K., Hennoste, T., Niit, E., Päll, P. & Viikberg, J. 2020. Eesti murded ja kohanimed. Kolmas, kohendatud ja täiendatud trükk. EKSA, Tallinn. 

Pirazzoli, P. A. 1991. World Atlas of Holocene Sea-Level Changes. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Sullivan, J. 2012. Russian Cloth Seals in Britain: Trade, Textiles and Origins. Oxbow Books, Oxford, Oakville. 

BOOK CHAPTER, BOOK SECTION OR AN ARTICLE IN BOOK (EDITED SERIES)  
Jaanits, K. & Ilomets, M. 1988. Umbusi mesoliitilise asula vanusest ja kohast Eesti keskmise kiviaja kronoloogias. – Loodusteaduslikke meetodeid Eesti arheoloogias. Artiklite kogumik. Eds A.-M. Rõuk & J. Selirand. Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Ajaloo Instituut, Tallinn, 54–64.  

Knapp, A. B. & Ashmore, W. 2000. Archaeological landscapes: constructed, conceptualized, ideational. – Archaeologies of Landscape. Contemporary Perspectives. Eds W. Ashmore & A. B. Knapp. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 1–30. 

Kreem, J. 2022. Saksa ordu hobused. – Loomad keskaegse Liivimaa ühiskonnas ja kunstis. ACTA Universitatis Tallinnensis. Eds J. Kreem, I. Leimus, A. Mänd & I. Põltsam-Jürjo. (Artes.) Tallinna Ülikooli kirjastus, Tallinn, 35–47. 

Kriiska, A. & Lõugas, L. 1999. Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic seasonal settlement at Kõpu, Hiiumaa Island, Estonia. – Environmental and Cultural History of the Eastern Baltic Region. Eds U. Miller, T. Hackens, V. Lang, A. Raukas & S. Hicks. (Journal of the European Network of Scientific and Technical Cooperation for Cultural Heritage PACT, 57.) PACT Belgium, Rixensart, 157−172. 

Kriiska, A. & Nordqvist, K. 2012. Arheoloogilised väljakaevamised Narva-Jõesuu IIa neoliitilisel asulakohal 2010. aastal. – Märgilised mälestised. Uurimusi Narva piirkonna ajaloost. Eds A. Kriiska & M. Ivask. (Narva Muuseumi toimetised, 12.) Narva Muuseum, Narva, 14−37. 

Leimus, I. 2019. Tallinna kaubanduspartnerid. Ed. T. Kala. (Tallinna ajalugu 1561. aastani, I.) Tallinna Linnaarhiiv, Tallinn, 210. 

Luik, H., Ots, M. & Maldre, L. 2011. From the Neolithic to the Bronze Age. Continuity and changes in bone artefacts in Saaremaa, Estonia. – Written in Bones. Studies on Technological and Social Contexts of Past Faunal Skeletal Remains. Eds J. Baron & B. KufelDiakowska. Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Instytut Archeologii, Wrocław, 243–261. 

Luik, H. & Piličiauskienė, G. 2016. Bone tools at the Neolithic sites of Šventoji, Lithuania: raw materials and working methods. – Close to the Bone: Current Studies in Bone Technologies. Ed. S. Vitezović. Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, 188–200. 

Maldre, L. 1997a. Koduloomad keskaegses Pärnus. – 100 aastat Pärnu Muinasuurimise Seltsi: artiklite kogumik. Ed. A. Vunk. (Pärnumaa ajalugu, 1.) Pärnu Maavalitsus, Pärnu, 99−122. 

Maldre, L. 1997b. Tartu VII kvartali jäätmekastide arheozooloogilisest materjalist. – Arheoloogilisi uurimusi 1 / Archaeological investigations 1. Ed. H. Valk. (Tartu Ülikooli Arheoloogia Kabineti toimetised, 9.) Tartu Ülikool, Tartu, 99−106. 

Maldre, L. 1998. Hobune Eestis muinas- ja keskajal. − Loodus, inimene ja tehnoloogia: interdistsiplinaarseid uurimusi arheoloogias / Nature, man and technology: interdisciplinary studies in archaeology. Eds J. Peets & V. Lang. (Muinasaja teadus, 5.) Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia Ajaloo Instituut, Tallinn, 203−220. 

Maldre, L. 2012. Archaeozoological material from the settlement sites at Linnaaluste and the hill fort at Keava. − Keava − ‘The Hand of the Sun’. Ed. V. Lang. (Estonian Journal of Archaeology. Supplementary Series, 1.) Estonian Academy Publishers, Tallinn, 106−126. 

Maldre, L. 2008. Koduloomaluud keskaegsest Tallinnast. − Loodus, inimene ja tehnoloogia, 2. Interdistsiplinaarseid uurimusi arheoloogias. / Nature, Man and Technology, 2. Interdisciplinary Studies in Archaeology. Eds L. Jaanits, V. Lang & J. Peets. (Muinasaja teadus, 17.) Tallinn, Tartu, 277−311. 

McCormick, F. 1991. The effect of the Anglo-Norman settlement in Ireland’s wild and domesticated fauna. – Animal Use and Culture Change. Eds P. J. Crabtree & K. Ryan. (MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology, 8.) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 40–52. 

Rannamäe, E. & Lõugas, L. 2019. Animal exploitation in Karksi and Viljandi (Estonia) in the Late Iron Age and Medieval Period. − Ecologies of Crusading, Colonization, and Religious Conversion in the Medieval Baltic. Ed. A. Pluskowski. (Terra Sacra, II.) Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, 61−76.  

Russow, E. 2005. Keraamika. – Eesti kunsti ajalugu, 2. 1520–1770. Ed. K. Kodres. Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, Tallinn, 198–206. 

CONFERENCE PAPER
Luik, H. 2013. Seals, seal hunting and worked seal bones in the Estonian coastal region in the Neolithic and Bronze Age. – From These Bare Bones. Raw Materials and the Study of Worked Osseous Objects. Proceedings of the Raw Materials session at the 11th ICAZ Conference, Paris, 2010. Eds A. Choyke & S. O’Connor. Oxbow Books, Oxford, Oakville, 73–87. 

DISSERTATION, THESIS
Rammo, R. 2015. Tekstiilileiud Tartu keskaegsetest jäätmekastidest: tehnoloogia, kaubandus ja tarbimine / Textile Finds from Medieval Cesspits in Tartu: Technology, Trade and Consumption. (Dissertationes Archaeologiae Universitatis Tartuensis, 4.) University of Tartu Press, Tartu. 

Rannamäe, E. 2010. A Zooarchaeological Study of Animal Consumption in Medieval Viljandi. Master’s thesis. University of Tartu. https://www.arheo.ut.ee/theses/Eve_ Rannam%E4eMA2010.pdf (last accessed 12.06.2023). 

REPORTS
Haak, A. & Pärnamäe, L. 2003. 2003. aastal Viljandi ordulinnusel toimunud arheoloogiliste kaevamiste aruanne. (Manuscript in the archive of the Department of Archaeology of the University of Tartu.) 

REPOSITORIES, DATABASES, DATASETS  
Aguraiuja-Lätti, Ü. 2023. Dataset on stable isotope measurements of Estonian medieval and early modern human bones. ‒ Repository for research data: DataDOI, http://dx.doi.org/10.23673/re-422 (last accessed 01.07.2023). 

ARHEST. Eesti arheoloogia andmekogud. https://andmekogud.arheoloogia.ee/#/leiud/arheozooloogia (last accessed 05.10.2022). 

Lõugas, L., Ehrlich, F., Maldre, L. & Hiie, S. 2019. Dataset of the archaeozoological (AZ) and -botanical (AB) records obtained from the Haapsalu Castle excavations in 2017. − Repository for research data: DataDOI, https://doi.org/10.23673/re-154 

Rannamäe, E., Maldre, L., Ehrlich, F., Nuut, S., Lõugas, L., Haak, A. & Aguraiuja-Lätti, Ü. 2023. Dataset on zooarchaeological records of Estonian medieval and early modern mammal remains. https://doi.org/10.23673/re-443 

TLA = Tallinn City Archives, 31.1.142: Denkelbuch 1603‒1906. 

WEBSITE
British Portable Antiquity Scheme. British Museum Portable Antiquity Scheme. https://finds.org.uk (last accessed 20.01.2022). 

STLIEÜ 2021. Seksuaalsel teel levivate infektsioonide ravijuhis Eestis 2021. Seksuaalsel Teel Levivate Infektsioonide Eesti Ühing. https://www.eusti.ee/ravijuhised/ (last accessed 01.02.2023).

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article publication charges

When submitting an article to the Estonian Journal of Archaeology, the corresponding author agrees to pay the article processing charges (APC). Article processing charges (standard article publication fee or ‘fast track‘ fee, the excess page fee and cost of colour illustrations) are payable by the author, their institution or funder of the research.

Invoice with the banking data will be sent to the corresponding author. Prompt payment is advised, as the article will not be sent to the production cycle until payment is received. Payment should be made in Euro to the bank account of the Estonian Academy Publishers.

To partly cover the publication costs of the papers, the Estonian Academy Publishers charges a standard article publication fee of €300 per publication of papers up to 20 printed pages. For all papers longer than 20 printed pages, an additional charge of €50 will be requested for each extra page. Authors will be asked to cover the full cost for reproduction of colour artwork at a rate of €45 for one printed page. Colour figures online will be published free of charge.

Description	EUR
Standard article publication fee (max. 20 printed pages)	300
Excess page fee (printed page)	50
Colour illustrations (one printed page)	45
‘Fast track‘ publication fee	600

No handling fee is applied to the manuscripts rejected by the publisher.

The publication fee of articles up to 20 printed pages will be waived by the Estonian Academy of Sciences to the authors whose work was supported by Estonian granting agencies or other Estonian funding bodies or to the authors who address priority topics in Estonian and Finno-Ugric cultures, and the authors have explicitly stated this information in the Acknowledgement(s) section. Requests for waivers of publication and/or excess page fees should be presented in the covering letter.

fast track

After the final decision about manuscript acceptance the authors have a possibility of applying for ‘fast track‘ publication. If this application is accepted, the paper will be included in the next issue. Due to the extra publication costs, the authors will be asked to pay ‘fast track‘ publication fee. ‘Fast track‘ publication fee includes colour figures.

proofs

The author (or the corresponding author) will receive a PFD file for correcting printer’s errors. No changes may be made and no new material inserted in the text at the time of proofreading.

offprints

Payable offprints of an article (minimum 10 copies) can be ordered from the Editorial office at proof stage.