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J. W. Joseph, Editor and Mary Beth Reed, Co-Editor
Historical Archaeology
As we take over the editorship of Historical Archaeology, we are pleased to be able to say four words that haven't been said by an HA Editor for decades –
There Is No Backlog!
For much of its history, HA has had a backlog of accepted manuscripts waiting for publication. The result has been that the wait between acceptance and publication has been measured in years rather than months, which has frustrated many authors hoping to see their work published before it or they turn historic. Moving the book reviews on-line has given us more page space for articles, but the backlog has also hurt the number of submissions to the journal, which has been declining. As a result, we are now at a point where we can publish accepted articles within a year of acceptance, but we are also at a point where we need manuscripts to publish.
If you have a manuscript that was previously submitted to HA that you have been slow to revise and return (I have), polish it off and send it in. If you have that great paper that everyone tells you deserves to see print, give it a final tune up and ship it to us for review. Remember to follow the style guideline (www.sha.org/publications/style_guide.htm) when you are preparing your paper, and feel free to use color graphics, as we are moving toward composing the journal in color, converting to gray-scale for printing, but posting the color copy on the website. We look forward to seeing your work and to working with you toward publication.
If you have any questions about papers or journal matters, email Joe at jwjoseph@newsouthassoc.com. Mary Beth will be overseeing the production of the journal and working with the copyeditors and press, so if you have questions about a manuscript that is already in the queue, email her at mbreed@newsouthassoc.com. Technical Briefs can be sent to the Technical Brief Editor, Dave Burley, at burley@sfu.ca and book reviews, as well as requests for books to review, go to Book Review Editor Charlie Ewen at ewenc@mail.ecu.edu. As always, give thanks to the unsung heroes of the journal, the Associate Editors, who are a great group as we hope you will learn: Shannon Dawdy, Audrey Horning, Julie King, Ed Morin, Paul Mullins, Margie Purser, Nathan Richards, and Grace Ziesing.
