Submissions

Author Guidelines

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

All manuscripts must be electronically submitted through the system, logged in in the AUTHOR role. The call for papers is permanent, and the manuscripts are processed according to their reception order.

 

Use of inclusive language

The Editorial Board of the MUNDO DE ANTES Journal promotes the use of inclusive language, since we consider that it acknowledges diversity, conveys respect to all people, is sensitive to differences, and promotes equal opportunities. Articles are expected not to contain assumptions about beliefs or commitments of any reader, will avoid any claim of superiority regarding age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, socio-economic status, disability or health condition or any other characteristic, and will use an inclusive language throughout. If possible, employ the terms that people use to identify themselves (origin, ethnicity, gender, etc.). We advise the look for gender neutrality, selecting neutral substantives for referencing collectives involving men, women and any other gender identity. More comprehensive terms (e.g., “one,” “person,” “humans,” “humankind,” “they”), in grammatically correct constructions, are preferred as a matter of equity. We advise to seek gender neutrality by using plural nouns ("clinicians, patients/clients") wherever possible to avoid using "he, she," or "he/she." We suggest the consultation of APA Guidelines, chapter Bias Free Language, for more detailed information: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/bias-free-language/

 

Formals aspects

Opinion essays

The name of two potential commentators will be asked to the author/s of Opinion Essays when submitting their manuscripts.

 

The text must be uploaded in .doc format, A4 size sheet; 12-point Arial font; 2,5 cm margins; 1,5 spacing and simple indentation by use of tab key. Type of alignment and font styles for each section of the manuscript is detailed below.

Opinion Essays may have a maximum length of thirty (30) pages, including all the sections described here.

Opinion Essays will have the following sections. They must adjust to the formatting suggested by the American Psychological Association (APA). The used standards will be those of the Publication Manual of the APA, 7th Edition (2019).

 

Title page (see model below), in separate page. It includes title of the essay, in upper and lower cases, 12-point Arial font, bold and left aligned, in Spanish and English with the same format (translation in italics). Following, name/s and last name/s of the author/s written in standard font (i.e., non-bold, non-italic), separated by commas and right aligned, followed by ORCID identifier. The use of a letter will direct to the institutional affiliation (complete, without abbreviations), postal address and e-mail of the author. The following line must read “do not cite without authorization”, in centered title case.

Resumen and Abstract, on the following page. They must clearly represent the results of the manuscript and are limited to no more than two hundred (200) words. Write the section labels “Resumen” and “Abstract” in bold title case, left aligned. In the following line below the label, the text of each one of them, written in standard font and aligned to the left.

Palabras claves and Keywords, should follow the Resumen and Abstract, respectively. They are limited to no more than five (5) words and must be written in lowercase standard font, aligned to the left and separated by hyphens. It must be noted that the palabras claves and keywords must describe the content of the manuscript.

Text body, written in standard font and left aligned.

References cited, following the same editorial guidelines described below for articles in general.

In case of using other stylistic resource not mentioned here, it must follow the guidelines described for articles. Likewise, comments to the essay should also adjust to those guidelines.

 

Articles

The text must be uploaded in .doc format, A4 size sheet; 12-point Arial font; 2,5 cm margins; 1,5 spacing and simple indentation by use of tab key. Type of alignment and font styles for each section of the manuscript is detailed below.

Articles must have a maximum length of forty (40) pages, including all the sections detailed below.

Articles will have the following sections. They must adjust to the formatting suggested by the American Psychological Association (APA). The used standards will be those of the Publication Manual of the APA, 7th Edition (2019).

Title page (see model below), in separate page. It includes title of the essay, in upper and lower cases, 12-point Arial font, bold and left aligned, in Spanish and English with the same format (translation in italics). Following, name/s and last name/s of the author/s written in standard font (i.e., non-bold, non-italic), separated by commas and aligned to the right, followed by ORCID identifier. The use of a letter will direct to the institutional affiliation (complete, without abbreviations), postal address and e-mail of the author/s. The following line must read “do not cite without authorization”, in centered title case.

Co-authored papers must include in the LETTER OF ORIGINALITY AND TRANSFER OF RIGHTS (see at the end) the details of the effective role of each participant following the CRediT guidelines (it is suggested to read carefully the section Rights and Responsibilities of Authors in the tab About the Journal).

Resumen and Abstract, on the following page. They must clearly represent the results of the manuscript and are limited to no more than two hundred (200) words. Write the section labels “Resumen” and “Abstract” in bold title case, left aligned. In the following line below the label, the text of each one of them, written in standard font and aligned to the left.

Palabras claves and Keywords, should follow the Resumen and Abstract, respectively. They are limited to no more than five (5) words and must be written in lowercase standard font, aligned to the left and separated by hyphens. It must be noted that the palabras claves and keywords must describe the content of the manuscript.

Text body. With primary, secondary, and tertiary subtitles. Primary subtitles must appear as a sentence (with initial capitalization on the first word), bold font, left aligned, and separated from the previous text by a line. Secondary subtitles are written as a sentence, standard font, left aligned, and separated from the previous text by a line. Tertiary subtitles are written as a sentence, italics font, placed at the beginning of the corresponding paragraph, separated from the text by a full stop.

Acknowledgments. The word “Acknowledgments” must be written in bold font, with initial capitalization, and left aligned. In the following line, the text in standard font, and left aligned. All the institutions and/or persons that supported economically, intellectually, and technically the completion of the investigation and preparation of the manuscript should be listed here. Anonymous reviewers can be included.

Footnotes. All notes must be included as footnotes, numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals using superscript. We suggest an exceptional use of footnotes, without abusing the resource (expect in the case of quoting unpublished sources, which are detailed below). They must be used to present essential information not included in the main text without breaking the coherence of the argument with specific details. They must be written in 10-point Arial font, aligned to the left.

References cited. The headline must be written in bold font, with initial capitalization, and left aligned. Below, bibliographic references must be written in 12-point Arial font, 1,5 spacing, left aligned. All references cited in the text, notes, tables, and titles of figures must be included. In-text citations and references in the final list must adjust to the format suggested by the American Psychological Association (APA) (see examples at the end of the document). Some general guidelines that must be attended are: references are alphabetically and chronologically ordered, according to the authors’ last name. Works with two or more authors and with the same author in the first place, must be alphabetically ordered according to the last name of the second author, or if the second is also the same, by the third, and successively. Titles of published books, journals, reports, or annals are written in italics.

Tables with their respective titles. The tables are limited to a maximum of four (4). Tables should be included in a .doc format file, separated from the text file. Tables must have a simple design, with a limited number of columns in order to facilitate its layout, using 10-point Arial font. Tables should be indicated in the text body with the complete word (no abbreviations), and sequentially numbered in Arabic numerals, in the order in which they are mentioned in the manuscript. A short and descriptive title for each table must be provided, written as a sentence, in standard 12-point Arial font, left aligned. The titles should go at the foot of each one of them. In the case that the table or the data included in it have been obtained from other source, it must be specified in the title. The maximum extension of the tables must not exceed the margins established for the text archive (2,5 cm).

Figures and List of Figures (graphics, photographs, maps, plans, drawings, etc.). Figures must be inserted in the manuscript text in low quality. At the same time, they must be submitted in separated image files. No more than 10 figures will be accepted. Images must have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, a .jpg extension, and be sent in colour for their online publication. The list with titles or legends of the figures must also be sent in a .doc extension file, separated from the text file containing the manuscript. Title and/or legends must be short and concise, presenting only essential information. In addition, the reference and/or authorship of the figures should be indicated when they do not belong to the author/s or if they were taken from a different source. Images must be indicated in the text with the word “Figure” (without abbreviations), and sequentially numbered with Arabic numerals, following the order in which they are mentioned in the manuscript. Maps and plans must include a north arrow and a graphic scale. Graphic scale must also be included in artefacts’ photographs or illustrations. All the symbols used in the figures must be explained within the figure and not in the title and/or legend. The maximum dimension for figures must not exceed the margins established for the text archive (2,5 cm).

 

Other elements of the text

Use of upper/lower case: Initial capitalization will be used for proper names; names of geographical elements (mountains, rivers, oceans, etc.); names of countries, specific archaeological and geographical areas (e.g. Andes, Puna Meridional Argentina, Noroeste Argentino). The latter must also be capitalized if they appear in the abbreviated form (e.g. NOA) and without dots. The archaeological names designating phases, periods, stylistic types, and similar, must be written with initial capitalization (e.g. Formative Period, Ciénaga ceramic style). General directional, topographic, and geographic terms, as well as gentilics, must be written in lower case (e.g.: northwest, southern ravine of the Mirigüaca river, toba). Directional terms must be written in upper case only if they are abbreviated, and dots will not be used (examples: NE, S, W).

Use of italics: Besides tertiary subtitles, italics must only be used for generic, specific, and varietal scientific names (examples: Lama glama, Lagidium), and words in languages other than the primary language in which the manuscript is written (e.g., ll’oke). Commonly used Latin expressions such as et al., ca., v.gr., sensu, locus, loci, etc., should not be italicized.

Abbreviations: Commonly used abbreviations will be employed in the following way: Meters above sea level: masl; cardinal points and geographic areas: see use of upper/lower case; exempli gratia: e.g.; etcetera, etc.; years before, Anno Domini and before the present: BC, AD, and BP

Hyphenation: Compound words may be written as two separate words (e.g., health care), one hyphenated word (e.g., self-esteem), or one solid word (e.g., caregiver). In general, follow the hyphenation shown in the Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Numbers: Cardinal numbers must be expressed in words if the value is between zero and nine (e.g.: two sites, eight projectile points). If the values are above nine, they must be written in numerical characters (e.g.: 25 ceramic fragments, 11 engravings), except when they are at a beginning of a phrase (e.g.: “Twenty-five ceramic fragments were analyzed by diffraction…”). Use dots to express values with more than three digits (e.g.: 4.500 masl; 3.200 years BC), with the exception of radiocarbon dates with more than four digits (e.g.: 1200 BP), binary digits, serial numbers, temperature values, acoustic frequencies, and pages numbers. Ordinal numbers are always written in words (e.g., first, tenth), except in the case of centuries (e.g., 19th century). Decimal numbers must be separated from integers by a comma (e.g.: 1.950; 32.500; 3,56; 35.978,64).

Metric measurements: They must be expressed in Arabic numerals and in the abbreviated metric system, without dot, leaving a space between the number and the abbreviation (e.g.: 54 m; 345 gr; 13 km; 50 mm; 58 kg; 5 liters). The latter example is the only one that must be written completely in order to avoid confusions with the Arabic numeral 1. An expression exception in numeral characters is when they are used in a general way or when they are placed at the beginning of a sentence (e.g.: “Some meters away”; “Eight kilometers to the south…”).

Dates: They must be written as follow: 580 years, August 22, 1920, 19th century, fourth millennia, during the 1970s, during the seventies. Radiocarbon dates that are being published for the first time must follow the next guidelines. On the contrary, the reference of where they are published must be indicated. If a manuscript includes more than three radiocarbon dates (calibrated or non-calibrated) published for the first time, they must be included in a table.

Radiocarbon dates. Non-calibrated radiocarbon dates must be expressed in years BP, and not converted to BC/AD years, in accordance with the following order of data: (1) absolute date, (2) sigma = 1 σ, (3) laboratory number, (4) dated material, (5) add the value of δ13C if available (e.g.: 2840±100 BP, OXA-1838, charcoal; 9510±70 BP, Beta-139632, bone collagen, δ13C = -19,3 ‰). Calibrated radiocarbon dates always must be identified as such. They must be written as calendar age range(s), using the cal BC or cal AD conventions (note the writing and punctuation of cal BC/AD); indicating the calibration software employed, and the use of 1 or 2 sigma. In case there are more calendar age ranges, they must be indicated, as well as the probabilities given to each one of them (e.g.: 1953-1975 cal AD (p = 0,95) and 1943-1999 cal AD (p = 0,95) (calibrated at 2 sigma with the OX-Cal 3.10 software).

Quotations: Quotations under 40 words in length should be incorporated to the text, between (double) quotations marks. Use single quotation marks only when it is necessary to have quotations marks within a quotation, or if the original text present quotation marks. After the quotation, cite within parenthesis: author’s last name / comma / year of publication / comma / page(s). Quotations above 40 words in length should be set off from the text as a block quote, with one line of space above and below, without quotations marks, and a left margin indentation. After the quotation, cite within parenthesis: author’s last name / comma / publication year / comma / page(s). Continuous pages are separated by a hyphen, and discontinuous pages with a comma. Brackets are used in the case of adding text to the original quote, to indicate if the emphasis is added or was in the original material, or if the quoted text is a translation: e.g. [emphasis in original] [emphasis added] [translated by Perea, 1989, p. 25] [author’s translation].

 

Common examples of in-text reference citations and References cited at the end of the text:

References must be elaborated in accordance to the APA references format. Also notice the general considerations expressed in the article’s References cited. When in doubt about what to include in non-exemplified cases, check the APA Publication Manual, 7th Edition (2019) (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references).

 

In-text references

In the case of mentioning several cites, the primary order will be alphabetical and then chronological.

 

One author: (Wylie, 1991) or Wylie (1991)

 

Two authors: (Barnes & Fleming, 1991) or Barnes and Fleming (1991)

 

Three or more authors: When a work has three or more authors, the reference is shortened with the et al. expression, following the first author’s last name: Ferraro et al. (2015) or (Ferraro et al., 2015).

 

In those cases when the same person is first author in more than one article published in the same year, co-authors must be mentioned in every reference. Example: (Williams, Reyes & Capriles, 2002; Williams, Rodríguez & Aute, 2002).

 

In-text references with the et al. expression must be included in the References cited section with the name of each one of the authors.

 

Two or more references from the same author: (Jones & Brown, 1972a, 1972b, 1980, in-press) or Jones and Brown (1972a, 1972b, 1980, in-press).

 

When one, two, or more authors have publications from a single year, cited in the text, these must be distinguished with the letters a, b, c, etc. Letters are assigned by alphabetical order according to the first word of the title.

 

Two authors with the same last name and publication year: (L. Núñez, 1986; P. Núñez, 1986) or L. Núñez (1986) and P. Núñez (1986).

 

Citation with pages, figures, or tables specified:  Mulvany (1994, p. 190); (Heider & López, 2016, pp. 74-75), Villagrán and Castro (1999, Table 3).

 

No author specified: (United Nations, 1963) or United Nations (1963)

 

Use of older editions: (Cobo, 1956/1653, p. 169) or Cobo (1956/1653, p. 169)

 

Personal communication, no publication involved: Citations must include the initials and last name of the communicator and the most accurate date possible (C. Aschero, personal communication, February 2001) or C. Aschero personal communication (February 2001).

 

Personal communication citations appear only in the text and are not duplicated in the References Cited section. Information published in other media or journal must not be cited as personal communication.

 

Primary-source materials

 

Primary-source materials must be cited in foot-notes and at the end of the text in the following manner:

 

Name of the file or documentary archive (the first time it must be written completely, and then clarify, within parenthesis, “from now on:”, followed by the acronym used subsequently); section, documentary series, document signature, when corresponding.

 

Archivo Histórico de Tucuman (from now on A.H.T), Sección Judicial del Crimen (from now on S.J.), box 17, exp. 14, year 1819, f.8.

 

A.H.T., Sección Administrativa (from now on S.A.), vol. 32, year 1826, fs. 111-113.

 

Used sources will be alphabetically listed at the end of the text and before the References Cited. All the acronyms used in the text must be disaggregated.

 

Examples of use of acronyms and disaggregation of archives

 

NAW               The National Archives of Washington

 

AGM               Archivo General Municipal

 

AGN                Archivo General de la Nación

 

 

 

At the end of the text

Book

 

Arnold, D. Y. (1998). Hacia un Orden Andino de las Cosas. Editorial Hisbol.

 

Gisbert, T., Arce, S. & Cajías, M. (1987). Arte Textil y Mundo Andino.  Editorial Gisbert y Cía. S. A.

 

Edited or compiled book

 

Cremonte, M. A. (Comp.). (1998). Los Desarrollos Locales y sus Territorios. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy.

 

Nielsen, A., Rivolta, C., Seldes, V., Vázquez, M. & Mercolli, P. (Comps.). (2007). Producción y Circulación Prehispánicas de Bienes en el Sur Andino, Colección Historia Social Precolombina, Tomo 2. Editorial Brujas.

 

Chapter in Edited book:

 

Aschero, C. A. (2006). De cazadores y pastores. El arte rupestre de la modalidad Río Punilla en Antofagasta de la Sierra y la cuestión de la complejidad en la Puna Meridional Argentina. En D. Fiore y M. Podestá (Eds.), Tramas en la Piedra: Producción y Usos del Arte Rupestre (pp. 103-140). World Archaeological Congress, Sociedad Argentina de Antropología y Asociación Amigos del INAPL.

 

Articles in Journals (with and without doi):

 

Göbel, B. (2002). La arquitectura del pastoreo: uso del espacio y sistema de asentamientos en la puna de Atacama (Susques). Estudios Atacameños, 23, 53-76.

 

Alberti, J., & Cardillo, M. (2016). Análisis morfométrico y tecnológico de artefactos bifaciales. Un caso de estudio del Golfo San Matías (Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina). Chungara. Revista de Antropología Chilena, 48(1), 39-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-73562016005000006

 

In articles with e-locator (e.g., “e0209899”), this number replaces the number of pages.

 

Articles in Conference Proceedings, Annual Report Series, Symposiums:

 

Escola, P. S. (2004). La expeditividad y el registro arqueológico. Actas XV Congreso de Arqueología Chilena, Chungara. Revista de Antropología Chilena 1, 49-60.

 

Olivera, D. E. (1991). Formativo en Antofagasta de la Sierra (Puna Meridional Argentina): Análisis de sus posibles relaciones con contextos arqueológicos Agroalfareros Tempranos del Noroeste Argentino y Norte de Chile. Actas del XI Congreso de Arqueología Chilena Tomo II (pp. 61-78). Sociedad Chilena de Arqueología.

 

Paper presented at a meeting (unpublished):

 

Chaves, M. (2003, November 12). Visiones normativas, visiones estratégicas. Los mapas geopolíticos implícitos en las territorialidades de las poblaciones étnicas del Putumayo [Presentation]. Primera Reunión Anual Identidades y Movilidades, México D.F., México.

 

In-press manuscript (article or book):

 

Soto, J. (in press). Excavaciones en la cueva Río Azul. Antropología.

 

Thesis:

 

Agüero, M. C. (1994). Madejas, Hilados y Pelos: Los turbantes del Formativo Temprano en Arica, Norte de Chile [Tesis de grado no publicada, Universidad de Chile].

 

Hocsman, S. (2006). Producción lítica, variabilidad y cambio en Antofagasta de la Sierra. Ca. 5500-1500 AP. [Tesis doctoral, Universidad Nacional de La Plata]. Repositorio Universidad Nacional de La Plata. SEDICI. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/4462

 

Unpublished manuscript:

 

Unpublished manuscripts should be cited sparingly and require written permission from the author(s), or in cases where materials are held by a repository, permission from the repository. Unpublished thesis presented no more than five years before the submission of the manuscript are considered unpublished manuscripts.

 

Aschero, C. A. (1975). Ensayo para una clasificación morfológica de artefactos líticos aplicada a estudios tipológicos comparativos. [Informe al CONICET, manuscrito inédito].

 

Electronic articles references:

 

Centeno, N. (2002). Experimentos de campo sobre sucesión de fauna cadavérica. Resúmenes del V Congreso Argentino de Entomología. Buenos Aires, Argentina. http://www.entomologiaforense.unq.edu.ar/vcae.htm

 

Reissued and/or reprinted editions:

 

Bertonio, L. (1984). Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara. Ediciones Ceres. (Original publicado en 1612).

 

Guaman Poma de Ayala, F. (1980). El Primer Nueva Crónica y Buen Gobierno. J. Murra y R. Adorno (Eds.). Editorial Siglo Veintiuno. (Original publicado en 1613).

 

Item in a newspaper (printed and on-line):

 

Manrique Grisales, J. (2010, November 14). La bestia que se tragó Armero. El Espectador, pp. 16-17.

 

Orlandi, D. (2018, May 18). Encuentran la evidencia humana más antigua en el territorio argentino. El Litoral. https://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/170801-encuentran-la-evidencia-humana-mas-antigua-en-el-territorio-argentino-en-catamarca-de-hace-40000-anos-informacion-general.html

 

Research data:

The research data set reference, if any (see Research Data Availability in the About the Journal tab), must contain the following mandatory minimum elements:

Author/s. Year. Title [Resource type]. Repository. Version. Unique and persistent identificator.

Velázque Wong, K. & Rodríguez Robles, D. (2024). Replication data for: Barriers faced by students with visual impairment in services supporting inclusion in higher learning in Mexico [dataset]. SciELO Data, V1. https://doi.org/10.48331/scielodata.0WIHVZ

 

Steps to be followed to ensure blind review

Papers submitted to the Scientific Articles section will be subjected to an external evaluation by at least two researchers with expertise in the topic of the manuscript, following the Double Blind Peer Review system. This means that both the evaluators and the authors of the texts are unknown to each other.

In order for this process to take place, authors are required to submit two separate files:

1) the original manuscript, as detailed in the journal's editorial guidelines (for the purpose of being able to replace the original data in the journal's layout process).

2) the manuscript without the authorship data. For this second file, in the case that the authors of the manuscript are cited within the article, instead of the corresponding citation should be placed in the body of the text (X), while in the “References cited” section, the following legend should be incorporated in capital letters: INFORMATION REDACTED TO GUARANTEE THE BLIND REVIEW.

Regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism

Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. Submitted manuscripts are run through free digital detection tools for plagiarism and self-plagiarism (Plag software). In case of identification of this situation in texts under revision, these will be automatically rejected and will not be published. If plagiarism or lack of ethics are detected and confirmed in published papers, these will be deleted from the website and an explanatory note will be posted shortly after.

Example of presentation page:

 

Los entierros del sitio Arroyo Las Mulas 1 (Entre Ríos, Argentina): contribuciones al estudio de los comportamientos mortuorios de las poblaciones prehispánicas de la cuenca media del río Paraná

The burials of the Arroyo Las Mulas 1 site (Entre Ríos, Argentina): contributions to the study of the mortuary behaviors of the pre-Hispanic populations of the middle Paraná River basin

 

Flavia V. Ottalagano^a https://orcid.org/0000-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX

 

Carlos N. Ceruti^b https://orcid.org/0000-XXX-XXXX-XXXX

 

 

NO CITAR SIN AUTORIZACIÓN DEL/LOS AUTOR/ES

 

 

 

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas - Escuela de Antropología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Entre Ríos 758 (2000), Rosario, Santa Fe, ARGENTINA. Correo electrónico: flaviaott7@gmail.com

 

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (investigador jubilado) - Museo Ciencias Naturales “Antonio Serrano” - Junta Provincial de Estudios Históricos y Centro de Estudios Hispanoamericanos, Monseñor Zazpe 2861 (3000), Santa Fe, Santa Fe, ARGENTINA. Correo electrónico: cceruti93@gmail.com