WKU Anth 335 Research Project: Final Paper

Anth 335 Old World Prehistory

Dr. Darlene Applegate
Spring 2008
Research Project: Final Paper

Students must submit two copies of the final paper at the beginning of class on Thursday, May 1.

The required length of the paper is eight to ten pages. You must have at least eight full pages but no more than ten full pages of text.

Page layout requirements are as follows.

1 inch margins on all sides

double space (unless otherwise indicated)

indent new paragraphs, don't skip extra spaces between paragraphs

10-12 point fonts only

left justification (not full)

page numbers in bottom center of each page except front matter

staple once in upper left corner - do not use report covers or folders

Citations must be completed as follows.

You must cite all nonoriginal information. You must cite anything that is not common knowledge, anything that you don't know without looking up, anything that you paraphrase from a source, and anything that you quote directly from a source.

We are using the Society for American Archaeology guidelines for citations, which take the form of in-text parenthetical citations (not footnotes or endnotes).

I take plagiarism very seriously. You will automatically get a 5% reduction of the total points possible for every incidence of plagiarism, up to 50% maximum.

Click here for more specific information about citation formats for the final paper.

The bibliography must be completed as follows.

We are using the Society for American Archaeology guidelines for the bibliography, which is headed References Cited in your paper.

Click here for more specific information about the format of the bibliography for the final paper.

Required paper contents and content order are as follows.

Title page

include the paper title, your name, date, Anth 335 (nothing else)
double space each line on the title page
center the information vertically and horizontally on the page

Abstract

an abstract a one-paragraph summary of your paper
put the heading ABSTRACT centered at the top of the page
the abstract is single spaced
the abstract has no page number unless you have other optional front matter - see below

Text of paper

start numbering pages with page 1 bottom center
use centered headings for each section or main point of your paper (e.g., INTRODUCTION, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES, CONCLUSION, etc.)
don't start new sections on separate pages

Bibliography of references cited

use the AAA style
put the heading REFERENCES centered at the top of the page

Optional paper contents and content order are as follows, if you choose to include any of them.

Table of contents

part of the front matter
comes after abstract
number abstract page i
number table of contents page ii
put the heading TABLE OF CONTENTS centered at the top of the page

List of Figures

part of the front matter
comes after table of contents
numbered page iii
put the heading LIST OF FIGURES centered at the top of the page

List of Tables

part of the front matter
comes after list of figures
numbered page iv
put the heading LIST OF TABLES centered at the top of the page

Figures (see below)

Tables (see below)

Figures and tables are optional; follow these directions if you want to include figures and/or tables.

Directions for figures

figures are graphical illustrations in your paper

figures include photographs, drawings, maps, graphs, etc.

put figures in numerical order after your bibliography

to number the pages, pick up from the last page of your bibliography

captions for figures are placed at the bottom of the figure and look like this:

Figure 1. Graph of Relationship Between Age and Height for Asian Females (reference).

Directions for tables

tables are matrices (rows and columns) of quantitative or qualitative data

put tables in numerical order after the figures

to number the pages, pick up from the last page of your figures

captions for tables are placed at the top of the table and look like this:

Table 3. Table of Stature Estimation Formulas for African Males (reference).

BONE	FORMULA	ERROR
femur	22.84 + 1.75 * femur	+- 3.44
tibia	18.33 + 2.30 * tibia	+- 2.90
humerus	15.99 + 1.34 * humerus	+- 1.87

These are the factors that will weigh most heavily in my evaluation of each paper.

Do you have a clearly stated thesis, and does the body of the paper support that thesis?

Is the content informative and is it based on current, reliable scholarly references?

Is the paper well organized?

Is non-original information cited, and is the correct citation format used?

Is the grammar correct?

Reminders for the final paper.

Staple the paper once in the upper left corner. Do not use folders or plastic report covers.

Be sure to spell check - you will lose points for excessive spellings.

Be sure to grammar check or proof read somehow - you will lose points for excessive grammatical errors.

Be sure your paper has a clearly stated thesis in the introduction. I will look for one.

Be sure each paragraph has a clearly stated topic sentence.

I like well-organized papers and paragraphs.

Take pride in your work. Turn in your best effort.

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