Archaeological Leather Group: Newsletter

The ALG Newsletter

A newsletter is published twice a year, in Spring and Autumn. As well as reporting on the Group's activities and describing a wide variety of work in progress, it gives members the opportunity to raise questions about objects whose interpretation is uncertain.

Boot concealed in the roof of the Priaulx Library, Guernsey

Recent issues have included articles on concealed shoes, Roman saddle leather and a visit to a traditional tannery in Sudan. All newsletters are now archived in the members' section of this site as they appear. If you are not a member, a specimen copy from September 2007 can be read here:

Saddle leather
Main components of a 2nd century saddle cover from Carlisle

The deadline for the next issue is 1st February 2009 and the group welcomes contributions in the form of articles, notes and news, book reviews and correspondence. Some guidelines on the format and word length of contributions can be found at the bottom of this page.

Traditional open-air tanning methods in Sudan

Please contact the editor if you have something you would like to contribute:

newsletter contributions/enquiries

GUIDELINES for CONTRIBUTORS

(from Archaeological Leather Group Newsletter 15, Spring 2002)

Articles should be

up to 1500 words maximum including references

completely free of electronically embedded footnotes (end notes are fine, but please not embedded)

correctly referenced, observing current house style

submitted on paper or electronically in Word or RTF format

sent to the editor

Articles are subject to editorial control and are previewed by two other ALG members (not necessarily committee members). Writers may therefore be asked to revise their work before it is accepted for publication.

Contributions to our Notes and Correspondence column are free from editorial control provided they are not defamatory or likely to cause offence. These should be limited to a maximum of 500 words per piece including references.

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