How to publish with EAA
The EAA monograph series is ideally suited to publication of archaeological sites with regional significance, sometimes not limited to a single county or chronological period and often featuring several important regional research themes, as highlighted in the Regional Research Fraamework.
If your excavation has yielded results of regional importance and you would like to explore publishing with EAA, the first step is to contact the Managing Editor for a first appraisal. It would be helpful to have a summary of the excavation results (such as a PXA report) ready to aid discussion at this stage.
Once the post-excavation processes are well-advanced it will be time to prepare a full publication proposal (synopsis) which will need to be accepted by the EAA Board for the book to progress.
What should a synopsis include?
Details of the publisher (e.g. Cotswold Archaeology, Headland Archaeology).
Source of funding (e.g. Historic England, Oxford Archaeology).
Proposal author(s) and date.
Date of the EAA Board meeting to which the synopsis is to be given (see home page for forthcoming meeting dates).
Publication author(s).
Table of report contents.
A short summary explaining the archaeological significance of the project.
Site location map and phase plan.
A chapter by chapter breakdown of the report, giving a quantified summary of the contents of each chapter and showing how the information will be presented (e.g. published text (word count and page number), tables, type of illustration (line drawing, plate – include black and white or colour).
If you intend to supply added material — in digital form for release online — an outline of the amount and format of the material involved should be provided.
Proposal length (should be no more than 10–15 text pages).
Submission and acceptance
A synopsis should reach the Managing Editor, who also acts as secretary to the EAA Board, at least ten days before the next editorial meeting (see forthcoming meeting dates for details).
The EAA Managing Editor will contact the author(s) to let them know if their synopsis has been accepted by the EAA Editorial Board (a request for minor revisions is normal). Acceptance will be followed by an estimate of publication costs.
After your report is accepted for publication a draft should be prepared with reference to the ‘notes for authors’ (insert Notes for Authors link).
What happens next?
Submit the draft book to the EAA Managing Editor with the chapters, tables and illustrations saved as clearly labelled separate Word files (illustrations can be in pdf format at this stage).
The Managing Editor will provide a quote for publication costs.
The draft report will be peer reviewed, usually by two anonymous academics - the author(s) will amend the text in-line with their recommendations.
Once the content is agreed the report will be copy edited, after which the report is returned to the author(s) to update the book in-line with the copy editor's recommendations.
After copy editing amendments and queries have been completed, the text, tables, illustrations, and plates will be typeset in EAA house style. This ‘proof’ will be returned to the author/client for a final chance to make changes before publication.
The Managing Editor will review the final ‘soft proof’ and send to print.
A proportion of the printed books will be sent to Script Books to sell, the client will hold the majority of the remaining books, while the Managing Editor will keep enough books to distribute to the EAA Board, reviewers, and six UK copyright libraries.
The Managing Editor will invoice the publisher to recoup the costs of publication.
Contact us
East Anglian Archaeology is an externally-funded project hosted by Norfolk County Council, based within the Historic Environment Service.
East Anglian Archaeology, Norfolk Historic Environment Service, Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DH
Email: EAA Managing Editor
Download books
Books older than one year are generally available for download by visiting the relevant page on this website, or direct from the Archaeology Data Service.
Order online
Books still in print are available to buy as hard copies from Script Books.