Writing for
Anthropology
WRITING SERVICES - UNCW - DEPAOLO HALL, 1ST FLOOR - 962-7857
Basics
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Style Manual: AAA Style Guide and The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.,
2003.
Online style manual references: AAANet.org/publications/style_guide.pdf (AAA
Style Guide); Purdue OWL Chicago Manual of Style: 16th Edition.
Preferred dictionary: Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed., 2003.
Acronyms: Do not spell out common acronyms: AFL-CIO; CIA; FBI; HIV/AIDS;
HMO; IMF; NASA; NATO.
Basic Format/Organization of a research paper
 Abstract
 Introduction/Research Questions
 Literature Review
 Method
 Results
 Summary and Conclusion
 References Cited
Exceptions to Chicago
1) Reference entry style:
Single author book example
LastName, FirstName
_Year Title. Place of Publication: Publisher.
Co-authored book example
LastName, FirstName, and FirstName LastName
_Year Title. Place of Publication: Publisher.
*Do not use underscore; it is only added to highlight spacing.
2) Citations: Use colon, no space, between year and page number
◊ Waterman 1990:3–7
3) Figures, Tables, and Appendixes:
Capitalize in text if they refer to items within the present work, lowercase if
they refer to those in other works:
◊ In Figure 1
◊ As you can see in Table 2
◊ In Johnson’s figure 1
◊ Evidence in Johnson’s table 1 agrees with my own (Table 2)
4) Titles of Works:
◊ For titles of works in AAA journals, references cited, and notes: change
capitalization only. Do not change anything else, even spelling or
punctuation.
◊ Capitalize both words in a hyphenated compound.
Suggested Databases
 Anthropological Index Online
 Anthropological Literature
 AnthroSource
 eHRAF Archaeology & eHRAF World Cultures
 JSTOR
 Web of Science
Links for Handout References
 AAA Style Guide
http://www.aaanet.org/publications/style_guide.pdf
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Purdue OWL, Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/
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Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary Online
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary
Created by:
Jazmin Capezza