In most cases, the time from submission to decision for articles submitted to the American Journal of Archaeology is from four to six months.
Submissions should not exceed 20,000 words, including abstract, article body, works cited, notes, and figure captions.
All submissions should follow the AJA Policy on the Publication and Citation of Unprovenanced Antiquities.
Author warranties, a permissions form template, checklists, and figure preparation guidelines are available in Supporting Material.
Ready to submit your manuscript? Go to the online manuscript submission site
Featured Author
John M. Marston is a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University, jointly appointed in the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World and the Environmental Change Initiative. He received his Ph.D. in archaeology from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2010. An environmental archaeologist, his research focuses on the long-term sustainability of agriculture and land use in the Mediterranean and western Asia. His recent articles appear in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Journal of Archaeological Science, and Journal of Arid Environments. His ongoing field projects include environmental and archaeological research at the Anatolian sites of Kerkenes and Kaymakçı, as well as Gordion.
