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References Cited
*Please follow SAA style formatting for all in-text citations. Clickhereto see the SAA Style Guide (embed this link: p. 21, Section 3.4 for in-text reference citations & p. 31-40, Section 3.10 for References Cited). Common citation examples as compiled by the SAA Editorial Policy (2017) may be reviewed below:
Book, single author:
Holliday, Vance T.
1997 Paleoindian Geoarchaeology of the Southern High Plains. University of Texas Press,
Austin.
Book, Multiple Authors:
Hampton, David R., Charles E. Summer, and Ross A. Weber
1978 Organizational Behavior and the Practice of Management. 3rd ed. Scott Foresman,
Glenview, Illinois.
Edited or compiled book (editor or compiler as “author”):
Dibble, Charles E. (editor)
1980 [sixteenth century] Codice Xolotl. Universidad Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
Book or other item, no author:
SCS Engineers
1986 A survey of Household Hazardous Waste and Related Collection Programs. SCS
Engineers, Reston, Virginia.
Multivolume Set:
Biggar, Henry P. (editor)
1929 The Works of Samuel de Champlain, Vol. III. Champlain Society, Toronto.
Article in a Journal:
Ashmore, Wendy
1991 Site-Planning Principles and Concepts of Directionality among the Ancient Maya.
Latin American Antiquity 2:199-226.
Article, group author:
Royal Society Conference of Editors
1968 Metrification in Scientific Journals. American Scientist 56:159-164.
Chapter in edited book or monograph:
Manzanilla, Linda
1999 The Emergence of Complex Urban Societies in Central Mexico: The Case of
Teotihuacan. In Archaeology in Latin America, edited by Gustavo G. Politis and
Benjamin Alberti, pp. 93-129. Routledge, London.
Chapter in edited volume in a series:
Heidenreich, Conrad E.
1978 Huron. In Northeast, edited by Bruce G. Trigger, pp. 368-388. Handbook of North
American Indians, Vol. 15, William C. Strutevant, general editor, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC.
Paper presented at a meeting:
Adams, Jenny
2000 The Technology of Ritual Behavior. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the
Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado.
Dissertation or thesis:
Note: Use the designation “Master’s thesis” to replace “PhD dissertation” if necessary.
Author
Year Title, PhD dissertation, Name of the Department (e.g., Department of Anthropology),
Name of University, Location of University.
In-press manuscript (article in book):
Vehik, Susan C.
2002 Conflict, Trade, and Political Development on the Southern Plains. American Antiquity,
in press.
Unpublished Manuscript:
Kent, Susan
1992 The Organization of Storage Areas: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Manuscript on file,
Anthropology Program, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
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