PAPERS
1) Your papers should be a minimum of 8 pages of text, typed and double-spaced. Use 1 inch margins (maximum, no more!).
A bibliography consisting of at least 6 references including those provided as class reading (NO UNAPPROVED INTERNET REFERENCES AND DO NOT USE THE TEXTBOOK AS A REFERENCE).Font must be 11 or 12 characters per inch. Indent paragraphs.
2) You must address the topic that you were assigned. A convincing argument is one derived from fact and not opinion and is presented in a scholarly fashion. It is logical, coherent, and supported by scientific research. Do not write sweeping generalities that assume facts that are not proven.
3) The paper must demonstrate a college-level use of the English language including proper use of punctuation, grammar, and vocabulary. Do not use contractions, slang, or colloquialisms.
4) Title your paper and include a cover page.
5) Put your name and a page number on every page.
6) Make sure that your paper is well organized. You must have an introduction with a thesis statement, a well-organized body with section headings, and a conclusion. Use subheadings like introduction, conclusion, linguistics, ethnicity etc. These will vary with your paper topic.
7) The paper must have an introduction with a thesis sentence describing the main argument of the paper.
8) The paper must contain a body wherein the author explores the issue, defines terms, introduces and discusses research on the topic. The body should be subdivided using subheadings in a logical manner.
9) The paper must have a conclusion summarizing the major points addressed in the body and presenting the author's final analysis and conclusion.
10) Any quotation over 3 lines in length should be in block quote format- single spaced, indented, and without quotation marks.
11) Any statement of fact requires a scholastic reference. If you borrow an idea from something you read, it must be referenced in the text at the end of the sentence. Do not provide a clump list of references at the end of the paragraph. Failure to provide in-text references is plagiarism and your paperwill result in receiving a F for its final paper grade.
12) Do not use the word Man, when you mean people or humans.
13) Use headings and subjeadings in your paper.
14) References in text should be as follws:
Examples:
A book
Evidence from La Ferrassie France suggests that Neandertals buried their dead in a ritual manner (Shreeve 1996:137). (author's last name date of publication: page number).
An article/chapter in a journal or edited book: Notice that in the case of a book the author's name and date is followed by : with a page number. If you are citing an article in a journal or an edited book, you do not need to put a page number here, only in your bibliography. However, direct quotations always require a page number, even if they are from an article or edited book.
Anatomically modern humans and Neandertals interbred (Zilhao 2000).
15) Follow the below format for your Bibliography (journal of American Antiquity format):
Article example:
Kent, S.
1989 And Justice for All: The development of Political Centralization among Newly Sendentary Foragers. American Anthropologist 91:703-711.
Chapter in an edited book example:
Kent, S.
1993 Models of Abandonment and Material Culture Frequencies. In Abandonment Processes: Seasonal Variation and Regional Mobility, edited by C. Cameron and S. Tomka, pp. 232-256,Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Book example: (note that when you use a book the page numbers are put in your in text references and not in the bibliography!)
Schiffer, M.
1987 Formation Processes of the Archaeological Record. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
16) PROOF READ YOUR PAPER! THEN HAVE SOMEONE ELSE PROOFREAD IT.