Notes for authors
The principal rule is that the author her or himself writes the abstracts to ensure accuracy and to reduce the editor's rather heavy, and mostly voluntary, work. So if you are publishing a paper on a topic within the limits of NAA, we entreat you to write the abstract yourself and send it to your national editor or to the general editor.

Use the Abstract Form and make sure to provide correct bibliographical references: title, publisher, journal or series, pagination, etc. Consult the Subject Index for adequate indexing of your abstract. Chronological codes and subject codes are important for the location of the abstract. Please consult Chronological Keys, Subject Keys and Abbreviations for adequate coding.

All abstracts are reviewed by one or more members of the Editorial Board with respect to their relevance, clarity, etc. and they are finally checked by the linguistic advisor.

Abstract Form

NAA CHRONOLOGICAL KEYS

1    General
2    Palaeo-Mesolithic
3    Neolithic
4    Bronze Age
5    Celtic Iron Age
6    Roman Iron Age
7    Germanic Iron Age
8    Viking Age
9    Medieval Period
10  PostMedieval - Recent
11  Multi-Periods/Undated

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NAA SUBJECT KEYS

A General
    History of archaeology
    Bibliographies
    Obituaries
    Biographies
    Museology
    Accessions
   Inventorization
    Conservation of monuments
    Annual reports

B Theory
    Methods
    Terminology
    Documentation
    Physical, chemical analyses
    Conservation of objects
    Chronology

C Historical, philological and numismatic sources

D Cultural, administrative and social studies

E Communications
    Trade
    Technology
    Supply of raw material

F Artefact studies
   Art
   Styles
   Dress customs

G Rural settlement
    Hunting
    Fishing
    Gathering
    Agriculture

H Paganism:
    Funerary practice
    Monuments
 
I Christianity:
   Funerary practice
   Monuments
   Buildings

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ABBREVIATIONS

abbr           abbreviated
ADP          automatic data proces
Au             Author/Authors
BA             Bronze Age
Belg           Belgian/Belgium
C               century
cal.             calibrated
CeltIA        Celtic Iron Age
conv.          conventional
Dan/Den     Danish/Denmark
DKNVS     Det kgl. norske videnskabers selskab
E                 East
EN              Early Neolithic
Engl             English
Est               Estonian/Estonia
Far              Faroese/the Faroe Islands
Finn/Fin       Finnish/Finland
Fr                French/France
GB              British/Great Britain
Ger              German/Germany
GerIA          Germanic Iron Age
Greenl          Greenland
IA                Iron Age
Icel              Icelandic/Iceland
Kar              Karelian/Karelia
KVHAA      Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antikvitets akademien
Lat               Latvian/Latvia
Lith              Lithuanian/Lithuania
LN              Late Neolithic
m a.s.l.        m above sea level
Med           Medieval Period
Mes            Mesolithic
MN            Middle Neolithic
N                North
Neo            Neolithic
Nord          Nordic
Norw         Norwegian/Norway
Pal             Palaeolithic
PM            Post-Medieval Period
Pol             Polish/Poland
PWC         Pitted Ware culture
RAÄ          Riksantikvarieämbetet (The Central Board of National Antiquities)
RomIA       Roman Iron Age
Russ           Russian/Russia
S                South
SA             Stone Age
Scand         Scandinavian/Scandinavia
Sov            Soviet
Summ        Summary
Sw             Swedish/Sweden
TRB          Funnel Beaker culture
Vik           Viking Age
W             West
Ål             Ålandish/Ålandic Islands
*               For bibliograph information see list of Collective Works, Festschrifts,
                 Series, Symposia, etc.
[]               Editor's addition to the abstract heading

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