Publication Ethics

HAD expects authors, reviewers and editors to protect both the scholarly record and the archaeological and cultural material on which research depends.

Provenance and lawful research

Authors must provide lawful provenance for objects and samples, identify permits and repositories, and confirm that excavation, collection, export, sampling and analysis complied with applicable requirements. HAD will not publish work that encourages looting, illicit trade or avoidable damage to sites and collections.

Human remains and communities

Research involving human remains, funerary material, sacred objects, Indigenous heritage or culturally sensitive knowledge must follow applicable law and the requirements of the relevant custodial, descendant or community authority. Consultation and consent should be described where they apply.

Authors, reviewers and editors

Authors must report evidence honestly, preserve records, cite sources and identify all qualifying contributors. Reviewers must maintain confidentiality and assess fairly. Editors must decide on evidence, relevance and ethics and must step aside when conflicted. Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, deceptive image alteration and manipulation of citations or peer review are not acceptable.