We Are Delighted That You Are Submitting Your Project for Consideration with BAR Publishing

We are delighted that you are submitting your project for consideration with BAR Publishing.

In order for us to consider your project further, we would be grateful if you could provide us with the information requested below.

Please send your completed formand accompanying documentsby email to .

1. type of publication

Please indicate what type of publication your proposal falls under.
Conference proceedings
Thesis/Revised thesis
Monograph
Other

2. author/editor information

Please provide information about the author(s) and editor(s).
Name(s)
Current affiliation(s)
Email address
Please attach an up-to-date CV with your proposal submission.

3. book information

Please provide information about the proposed book.
Title
(Max. 150 characters. Note that your main title should include the book’s key words, to allow it to be discovered by potential customers)
Subtitle
Estimated number of words
(Please note that our minimum extent is 80 pages, at approx. 1000 words per page of text.)
Estimated number of b/w figures
Estimated number of colour figures (if possible, please state how many colour pages this would be in the final manuscript)
Please indicate if there are any additional features to your book, e.g. large amounts of raw data that could be presented in the form of a digital download;large maps;more than 1 volume.
Please provide a short description of the work.
Please indicate whether the work includes new/original data. If yes, please provide details.
Please indicate whether the work includes new/original research methods. If yes, please provide details.
Please be aware that any third party copyright material in your manuscript would need to be cleared for publication in print and digital formats and associated publicity. If permissions have not yet been obtained, please list any material for which you would need to clear copyright prior to the manuscript going into production.
You will need to send us any copies of permissions for our files; we need to see the permissions letters before we can begin the production phase for your book.

4. materials available at this stage

Please indicate what materials are available to us as part of the consideration process.
Abstract
Table of contents
Partial manuscript (please clarify)
Full manuscript
Examiners’ reports (if a thesis)
Please attach all of your current materials with your proposal submission.

5. timeframe and funding requirements

Please indicate what timeframe you would envisage working to.
Estimated completion date of the final manuscript
Please indicate if there is a particular publication date you would wish to aim for.
If your project has received funding or any financial subventions please let us know of any publishing requirements related to the funding.

6. language

BAR Publishing publishes volumes in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
Please confirm the language your manuscript is written in.
Is the manuscript written in your native language?
If the MS is not in your native language: has it been proofread by a native speaker?
If the language is not English, please indicate whether there is the possibility of publishing either:
The full manuscript translated into English
An English abstract for each chapter in the manuscript

7. thesis information

Please complete this section if your proposal is a thesis or a revised thesis.
When was your PhD awarded?
Who was it awarded by?
Name of your supervisor(s)
Name of your examiner(s)
Please provide details of any revisions planned for or already undertaken on your thesis.
Please include your examiners’ reports in your proposal submission.

8. the review process

As part of the consideration process, we willseek peer reviews on your proposal. Please indicate here any possible names and contact details for suitable reviewers.
Name / Affiliation / Email address
We can also use the review process to help you make decisions about the structure and contents of the published work and to offer suggestions for areas of improvement. Please indicate if there are any questions that you would particularly welcome reviewer feedback on.
Questions for reviewers

9. previous publication or availability

We would like to know whether your manuscript or parts of the manuscript have been published previously (digital or print) and the terms of their publication.
Has any part of your manuscript / thesis been published elsewhere? If yes, please give details.
Is your manuscript / thesis currently available for download online in its present form or as a shorter version? If yes, please give details.
If your manuscript/thesis is available online (including academia.edu), please provide the following details.
What kind of site does the work appear in? This may be a website, a digital library, an archive, a subject portal etc. Where possible, please provide a link.
Have you assigned copyright and/or an exclusive publishing licence to the online portal? Please specify the terms of your agreement.
Is the material freely available or is it through a subscription or paid site?
Would you able and/or happy to remove your manuscript from the portal if we were to consider this important?
How long has your manuscript/thesis been available for online?
How many downloads have there been?

10. conference proceedings

Please complete this section if your proposal is for the publication of conference proceedings.
Name of the conference
Date of the conference
Reason for publishing the proceedings to a wider audience
List of contributors
Please confirm that the contributors have provided their agreement to be included in such a publication.

11. categorisation

Please confirm the correct categorisation for your forthcoming title by ticking the relevant boxes below.

(Feel free to copy and paste this symbol .)

Main subject area (please choose from the list below)

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Subject areas

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Agriculture / Farming / Husbandry / Land-use / Irrigation
Archaeobotany / Environment and Climate
Archaeometry / Scientific Dating
Archaeozoology / Bioarchaeology / Osteoarchaeology
Architecture / Domestic and Urban Buildings and Space / Urbanism
Art / Sculpture / Gems / Seals
Astroarchaeology
Catalogues / Collections / Indexes / Bibliographies
Ceramics and Pottery Studies
Christianity / Churches / Monastic
Clay Pipes
Computing and Quantitative Methods
Craft working (general titles, bone, glass, textiles, etc.)
Death / Burial / Cemeteries / Tombs
Dress / Jewellery / Personal Ornament
Epigraphy / Ancient and Medieval Texts / Papyri
Ethnoarchaeology / Anthropology
Excavation / Fieldwork / Survey
Experimental Archaeology
Food and Drink / Diet
Historical and Industrial Archaeology
History of Archaeology
Human Origins
Hunter-Gatherers / Hunting
Identity / Gender / Childhood / Ethnicity / Romanization
Islam
Landscape Archaeology
Lithics / Stone Tools
Maritime and Underwater Archaeology
Medicine / Palaeopathology
Metal Objects
Metallurgy / Mining
Military / Fortifications / Conflict
Museum Studies / Conservation / Heritage / Education
Music and Dance
Numismatics
Parks / Gardens
Place-Names
Remote Sensing and Aerial Photography
Ritual / Religion / Temples
Rock-Art / Semiotics
Theory and Method (general titles)
Trade / Exchange / Travel / Economy
Other (please specify below)

Geographical regions

Africa
Arabia
Arctic
Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
British Isles
Central and Eastern Europe
Central and South America and the Caribbean
Central and South Asia
Egypt and Sudan
Far East
Greece, Aegean, Crete and Black Sea
Levant / Near East
Mediterranean
Mesopotamia
North America
Scandinavia
Western Europe and Britain

Time periods

Bronze Age and Iron Age
Classical and Hellenistic
Early Modern and Modern
Late Antiquity and Byzantium
Migration Period, Early Medieval and Medieval
Multiperiod
Neolithic / Chalcolithic
Palaeolithic / Mesolithic
Prehistory
Roman

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12. proposal submission checklist

When you send us your proposal, please include the following attachments. You can send these by email or via a download site such as

1. This completed BAR Publishing new proposal submission form
2. An up-to-date CV
3. All your current materials, ideally:

-abstract

-table of contents

-partial or full manuscript

1. If a thesis, your examiners’ reports.

Thank you from BAR Publishing. We look forward to considering your proposal.

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