Archaeology ALIVE

a) The reference is full and correct
b) The author's name should be in bold font
c) The title of the article should be enclosed in inverted commas
d) The volume number has been omitted
e) The page numbers should be preceded by 'Pp.'

Question 2
If a reference has four or more authors, like the one below, what is the appropriate abbreviation?

Law, I.A. , Housley, R.A. , Hedges, R.E.M. 1989. Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 9. Archaeometry. 31(2), 207-234.

a) Law, I.A. 1989
b) Law, I.A. etc. 1989
c) Law, I.A. Housley, R.A. and Co. 1989
d) Law, I.A. et al. 1989
e) Law, I.A. , Housley, R.A. 1989

Question 3
The text referenced below appears in an edited book. How should you cite this work in the body of an essay?

Clark, A.J. 1987. Site Prospecting. In P. Mellars (ed/s.), Research Priorities in Archaeological Science. London: Council for British Archaeology, 38-39.

a) (Mellars 1987)
b) (Clark 1987)
c) (Clark in Mellars 1987)
d) (Clark and Mellars 1987)
e) (Clark et al. 1987)

Question 4
In the summer of 1983 P. Bleed published a paper in volume 10 of the Journal of Field Archaeology. It was called 'Management Techniques and Archaeological Fieldwork'. It appeared between pages 494 and 498. Which ONE of the following bibliographic references is correct?

a) P. Bleed (1983). In the Journal of Field Archaeology: 'Management Techniques and Archaeological Fieldwork': Volume 10, pages 494 to 498.
b) P. Bleed 1983. Management Techniques and Archaeological Fieldwork. In Vol. 10 of the 'Journal of Field Archaeology'. Pp 494-498.
c) Bleed 1983. Management Techniques and Archaeological Fieldwork. Journal of Field Archaeology. 494-498, Volume 10.
d) Bleed, P. 1983. Management Techniques and Archaeological Fieldwork. Journal of Field Archaeology. 10: Pp 494.
e) Bleed, P. 1983. Management Techniques and Archaeological Fieldwork. Journal of Field Archaeology. 10: 494-498.

Question 5
Which of the following references is correct for this website had you visited it on the 11th of December, 2003?:

http://www.harrismatrix.com/

a) The Harris Matrix (ed. Harris, E. ). http://www.harrismatrix.com/ (2000-2003).
b) http://www.harrismatrix.com/ .
c) Harris, E. The Harris Matrix, 2000-2003. http://www.harrismatrix.com/ (accessed 11 December 2003).
d) http://www.harrismatrix.com/ (accessed 11-12-2003).
e) Harris, E. 2000-2003. The Harris Matrix, http://www.harrismatrix.com/.

Exercise: Constructing references