Author Guide | American Journal of Archaeology

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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C. Brian Rose

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C. Brian Rose is the James B. Pritchard Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania and Peter C. Ferry Curator-in-Charge of the Mediterranean Section of the Penn Museum. He has served as the President of the Archaeological Institute of America (2007–2011) and currently serves as director for the Gordion (Turkey) excavations. From 2003 to 2007, he directed the Granicus River Valley Survey Project and served as head of post–Bronze Age excavations at Troy between 1988 and 2012. Rose received the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America in 2015.

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