In view of its ever closer contacts with archaeological research worldwide and the increasing networks between archaeological projects and neighbouring disciplines, the DAI has decided to revise its citation guidelines. With immediate effect, authors now can choose between two methods of citation: the first is based on the system so far current for publications of the DAI, the second is modelled on the conventions prevailing in the English-speaking world. At the same time the practice of publication is being simplified. Authors are thus provided with a standardized means of submitting papers for publication.
The guidelines published here become effective as of January 2006, from which point they apply for the drafting of manuscripts. All previously published guidelines, in particular those published in Archäologischer Anzeiger 1997, 611–628, are no longer valid.

Editorial Information

Contributions are published in German, English, French, Italian or Spanish. Manuscripts submitted for review must be finished, complete and ready for setting. In the peer-review process, the editors are assisted by an advisory committee; its members return expert evaluations on the anonymous manuscripts.

Authors should note the instructions issued for each of the DAI journals which state the individual deadlines for submissions and give information on specific abbreviations.

Citation Norms

Articles published in journals and monographs use the footnote system. Concerning the citing of literature in footnotes, authors have the choice between two alternatives; the method selected must be maintained throughout the manuscript:

1) current DAI system

Full citations are given as a rule in the notes using abbreviations.

For selected, frequently cited publications it is possible additionally to give a short-form citation consisting of the author’s name and the year of publication. These short citations are set out in full in a list of references.

2) author-year system

For each cited work a short-form citation appears in the notes, consisting of the author’s name and the year of publication.

The short citations are set out in full in a bibliography that contains the complete bibliographic information. The bibliography can be drawn up entirely without abbreviations or, alternatively, using abbreviations.

Further Information

Detailed information on citation systems and the presentation of manuscripts may be found in the keyword list which gives an explanation of and a concrete example for each keyword.

The abbreviations of the DAI for journals, series, corpora and reference works are given in the list of abbreviations.

The checklist is intended to assist authors in the drafting and submission of manuscripts.

Checklist on the Form and Submission of Manuscripts

Keyword list on the Format and Style of Manuscripts

List of Abbreviations for Journals, Series, Lexica and Frequently Cited Works

List of Abbreviated Journals, Series, Lexica and Frequently Cited Works

List of Other Abbreviations

PDF-files for downloading:
checklist, keyword list, list of abbreviations for journals, list of abbreviated journals, list of other abbreviations

For further information on the deadlines, members of the advisory board and specific abbreviations and guidelines of individual journals, please look at following sites:

Zentrale Berlin (Jahrbuch des DAI, Archäologischer Anzeiger)
Eurasien-Abteilung (Eurasia Antiqua)
Orient-Abteilung (Baghdader Mitteilungen, Orient-Archäologie)
Kommission für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen (KAAK) Bonn (Beiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Archäologie)
Römisch-Germanische Kommission (RGK) Frankfurt a.M.
Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik München (Chiron)
Abteilung Athen (Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung )
Abteilung Istanbul (Istanbuler Mitteilungen)
Abteilung Kairo (Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo)
Abteilung Madrid (Madrider Mitteilungen)
Abteilung Rom (Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische Abteilung)