Here it is, issue seven of assemblage - the graduate archaeological
journal from Sheffield. After two issues the present editorial team
would like to take this opportunity to thank all those contributors
and peer reviewers who freely gave their time to make assemblage
six and seven possible, their work is greatly appreciated by us
and our readers.
Assemblage is a graduate student production and the current editorial
team are moving on. When new editors are in place a call for papers
will go out and we hope you, our readers and contributors will continue
to support this publication.
During the period of our editorship we have streamlined and perhaps
sobered the format of assemblage. This was not from some campaign
against humour but partly from the need to reduce the time occupied
by production, better no jokes than bad ones. However, as the bulk
of material on the web has expanded it has perhaps become more important
that we prioritize the peer reviewed status of our contributions.
These are the product of considerable academic effort and we feel
deserve to be presented in an appropriate context.
As assemblage is an online journal we have also made an effort
to keep up with the latest standards in web development and online
publishing. The current issue has been designed in valid XHTML
and with current issues of user accessibility and usability in mind.
The font size is slightly smaller and the column size more narrow
as, apparently, text that is below 4 inches wide is easier to read
for the human eye. Should the font size be too small, click ‘view’
> ‘text size’ or 'text zoom' on your browser menu
bar to change the size of the text. We have also implemented Dublin
Core metadata for all our papers to improve the searchability
and retrievability of assemblage as a resource. Assemblage is also
still being archived and is accessible via the Archaeology
Data Service.
We hope you enjoy this issue of assemblage.
Tim, Helen and Christiane
The Editors
Tim works part-time for the Peak District
National Park Authority and is writing up his PhD research on the
Historic landscape and social change in the south west Peak.
Helen is in the third year of of
her PhD on the Prehistoric landscapes of Cumbria.
Christiane now works as
a technical officer for the Humanities
Research Institute at the University of Sheffield specialising
in the electronic publication of humanities resources.
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