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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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Joanna S. Smith

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Joanna S. Smith is an associate professional specialist in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. Her most recent books are Art and Society in Cyprus from the Bronze Age into the Iron Age (New York 2009) and Views from Phlamoudhi, Cyprus (Boston 2008). She has served as the Cesnola (2009) and the Norma and Rueben Kershaw (2004) Lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America. In 2008–2009, she was a member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. She is currently co-curating an exhibition, City of Gold: The Archaeology of Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus, for the Princeton University Art Museum (20 October 2012–6 January 2013).