Guideline for the Contributors

Pratnatattva-ISSN 1560-7593 is the peer reviewed annual journal from Department of

Archaeology, Jahangiranagar University, Bangladesh. It publishes any original and unique
research paper written from an interdisciplinary perspective of archaeology. Articles from any
other disciplines that are relevant for that interdisciplinary approach will be considered for
publication. Each paper will be reviewed by a specialist in that particular field to be selected by
the Editorial Board from a panel of reviewers. Manuscripts should be submitted to the Executive
Editor, Pratnatattva, Department of Archaeology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342.(
Email : maliha196@yahoo.com, malihadifferent@gmail.com, maliha196@hotmail.com )

The authors are requested to strictly follow the guideline given below. It should be noted that any
violation of guideline would be considered as disqualification.

Preparation and arrangement of the manuscript

a. Submission is a representation that manuscript has not been published previously and is
not currently under consideration elsewhere.
b. The length of paper should not exceed 7000-9000 words.
c. Paper can be written in Bangla (with summary in English) or in English (with summary
in Bangla).
d. Title page
a. Title of the paper
b. Name/s, postal and email addresses
c. Abstract of the research paper in 200 words.
e. Main text of English manuscript should be typed in font Times New Roman with font
size 12 and Bangla Manuscript should be typed in font SutonnyMJ with font size 12.
Space between lines and paragraph should be 1.5 and the margin on each side should be
1.5” All pages should be numbered serially.
f. Tables and Illustrations should be numbered with Arabic numerals and it should be
referred in the text.
g. References: Citation is absolutely necessary in case of any idea or excerpt is taken from
any published or unpublished sources. Otherwise, it would be an act of plagiarism. In
case of plagiarism, the manuscript will not be considered for any further action. Single
quotation marks should be used in case of direct borrowing of less than 40 words. For
more, the quotation must be indented from the left (with 1.27cm space) and 11 font size.
Paragraph breaks must be kept 12pt at minimum. The reference for this journal is
parenthetical system (or Harvard Referencing System). The reference list should contain
only the ones cited in the text. They should be typed alphabetically and chronologically at
the end of the text. Personal communication is cited in the text as (Abu Imam: personal
communication 2006) and is not included in the list of references. End notes could be
used if they are absolutely necessary. If more than one publication by the same author in
a single year is being cited, then a, b, c, and so on should be added immediately after the
year and in the list of references, for example 2006a, 2006b and so on.

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All books and journals should be listed in full with no abbreviations. Abbreviated
reference forms like ‘ibid’, ‘op cit’ and ‘supra’ are not acceptable. Within the text, all
references should be mentioned in parentheses with only the surname of the author and
the year of publication, and/or the page number [e.g. (Hoque 2000: 56-80)]. There is no
comma after the surname and no initials are to be given here. For two authors both
surnames must be listed, e.g. (Hoque and Ashan 2001). In the case of more than two
authors, it should be as (Hoque et al. 1998). A few examples are given in below:

Reference from a Book

Hoque, M. M. (2002) Prehistoric and Protohistoric Settlement Pattern of Bengal

Delta, Dhaka: Ankur Prakashani.

Reference of Article by author(s) from edited Book and Journal

Hegde, K.T.M., Sonawane, V. H., Bhan, K. K., Ajithprasad and Krishnan, K. (1990)
Excavations at Nagwada 1987-1988: A preliminary Report. In Ghosh, N. C. and
Chakrabarti, S. (eds.) Adaptation and other Essays, pp. 191-195. Shantiniketan:
Vishva Bharati Research Publication.

Shamsuddin, S.D. and M.S. Alam. 1992. Depositional Environment of the Palaeo-
Archaeological Site of the Lalmai Hills, Bangladesh. Chakrabarti, D. K., Ancient
Bangladesh, pp. 188-192, Dhaka: University Press Limited.

Pawankar, S., Hoque, M. M., Ahsan, S. M. K. and Rahman, S. S. M. (1998) Semi-

Precious Stone Beads from Wari and Bateshwar, Journal of Asiatic Society of
Bangladesh 43 (2): 25-37

Reference from an online journal

Rocks-Macqueen, D. (2012) Archaeologists’ Perceptions on Public Outreach and

Education. AP: Online Jounral in Archaeology 2, last viewed on 22 September 2012:
http://www.arqueologiapublica.es/index.php

Documents from World Wide Web (WWW) and Blog

Forte, M. (2012) Libya: Imperial Humanists and Helpless Others, ZERO

ANTHROPOLOGY, viewed 28 October 2012,
http://zeroanthropology.net/2012/09/22/libya-imperial-humanists-and-helpless-others/

Feminist archaeology, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, viewed 25 October

2011, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_archaeology

Reference from Unpublished thesis/reports

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 Herbert-Cheshire, L 1997, Living by the sea, BA, Hons Thesis, Central Queensland
University.

h. Artwork

Artwork (line drawings, photographs, maps, etc.) will be published in black and white or in gray
scale. They must be in electronic and paper format (TIFF, EPS and JPEG format in 300 dpi
resolution). Line drawings in Adobe Illustrator will not be accepted. They should be converted
into JPEG or TIFF format. Maps, diagrams and figures should be provided on separate sheets
duly numbered. Finished artwork suitable for reproduction should normally be submitted with
figure numbers and author’s name on the back.

Black-and-white photographs will be printed in the text, not as separate plates. They should be
numbered consecutively among the text maps, diagrams and figures as figures (fig.) and not
separately.

Captions of figures and photographs should be typed in full on a separate list headed ‘Captions
of Illustrations’. For drawings, the draughtsman’s name should be given in the captions or in a
general acknowledgement in the text or endnotes. For photographs, the photographer’s name
should similarly be given or other suitable acknowledgement of source, (e.g., ‘- Museum
photograph’). A letter describing the copyright of the artworks must accompany the final
manuscript.

Tables should be typed on separate sheets and numbered consecutively. Captions should be
typed above the table.

i. Soft copy of the paper and associated artworks must be submitted in CD ROM with the
Hard copy.

For any further inquiry interested authors are being requested to contact the executive editor.