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Author Guide

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.

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Richard De Puma

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Richard D. De Puma is professor emeritus of classical art and archaeology at the University of Iowa, where he taught for 36 years. He earned his B.A. at Swarthmore College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in classical archaeology from Bryn Mawr College. A long-time lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America, De Puma was on the Advisory Board of the AJA and serves in that capacity for Etruscan Studies. He has done fieldwork in Italy, Turkey, and India, and recently codirected excavations at Crustumerium, outside Rome. He has authored 12 books on aspects of Etruscan and Roman art and archaeology and has published more than 70 articles, chapters, and book reviews. His book, Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, appeared in 2013 (New York).