The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural 

 History Society 



The Society was founded in 1853. Its activities include 

 the promotion of the study of archaeology (including 

 industrial archaeology), history, natural history and 

 architecture within the county; the issue of a Magazine, 

 and other publications, and the maintenance of a 

 Museum, Library, and Art Gallery. There is a programme 

 of lectures and excursions to places of archaeological, 

 historical and scientific interest. 



The Society's Museum contains important collections 

 relating to the history of man in Wiltshire from earliest 

 times to the present day, as well as the geology and natural 

 history of the county. It is particularly well known for its 

 prehistoric collections. The Library houses a 

 comprehensive collection of books, articles, pictures, 

 prints, drawings and photographs relating to Wiltshire. 

 The Society welcomes the gift of local objects, printed 

 material, paintings and photographs to add to the 

 collections. 



The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History 

 Magazine is the annual journal of the Society and is issued 

 free to its members. For information about the availability 

 of back numbers and other publications of the Society, 

 enquiry should be made to the Chief Executive. 



Publication by the Wiltshire Archaeological and 

 Natural History Society does not imply that the Society 

 endorses the views expressed; the factual content and the 

 opinions presented herein remain the responsibility of the 

 authors. 



Notes for Contributors 



Contributions for the Magazine should be on subjects 

 related to the archaeology, history or natural history of 

 Wiltshire. Whilst there is no fixed length, papers should 

 ideally be under 7,000 words, though longer papers will 

 be considered if of sufficient importance. Shorter, note 

 length, contributions are also welcome. All contributions 

 should be typed/ word processed, with text on one side of 

 a page only, with good margins and double spacing. 

 Language should be clear and comprehensible. 

 Contributions of article length should be accompanied 

 by a summary of about 100 words. Please submit two 

 copies of the text (with computer disk if possible) and 

 clear photocopies of any illustrations to the editors at the 

 Museum, 41 Long Street, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 INS. 

 A further copy should be retained by the author. The 

 editors will be pleased to advise and discuss with intending 



contributors at any stage during the preparation of their 

 work. When submitting text on disk, Word or Rich Text 

 Format files are preferred. 



Referencing: The Harvard System of referencing (author, 

 date and page, in parentheses within the text) is preferred: 

 e.g. '... one sheep and one dog lay close together (Clay 

 1925, 69)'. References in footnotes should be avoided if 

 at al! possible. Only give references which are directly 

 applicable, repeating as little as possible. All references 

 cited in the paper should be listed in the bibliography 

 using the following style (with the journal name spelled 

 in full, and the place and publisher of books/ monographs 

 given) : 



For a paper: 



PITTS, M.W andWHITTLE, A. 1992.The development 



and date of Avebury. Proceedings of the Prehistoric 



Society 58, 203-12. 

 (Note that in citations Wiltshire Archaeological and 

 Natural History Magazine is abbreviated to WANHM) 



For a book or monograph: 

 SMITH, I.F., 1965, Windmill Hill and Avebury: 



Excavations by Alexander Keiller, 1925-39. Oxford: 



Clarendon Press 



For a paper in a book or monograph: 



FITZPATRICK, A., 1984, 'The deposition of La Tene 

 metalwork in watery contexts in Southern England', 

 in B. Cunliffe and D. Miles (eds), Aspects of the Iron 

 Age in Central Southern Britain, 178-90. Oxford: 

 University Committee for Archaeology 



Endnotes can be used for specific information that cannot 



otherwise be comfortably incorporated in the main body 



of the text. 



Illustrations need to be clear and easily reproducible, 

 the format following that of the Magazine. If possible, all 

 original artwork should not exceed A3 before reduction. 

 Drawings should be produced on drafting film or high 

 quality white paper using black ink. Detail and lettering 

 should not be so small that it will become lost in reduction. 

 Mechanical lettering (dry transfer or computer generated) 

 is preferred over hand lettering. Photographs should be 

 supplied as good quality black and white prints, and 

 transparencies and colour prints avoided wherever 

 possible. Original illustrations and photographs should 

 only be sent once a contribution has been accepted. 



Offprints: Ten offprints of each article will be given free 

 (to be shared between joint authors). Offprints are not 

 given for notes and reviews. 



