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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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Alfredo Carannante

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Alfredo Carannante is Head of the Mediterranean Archaeology Department of the International Research Institute for Archaeology and Ethnology (IRIAE) in Italy. Archaeozoologist and geoarchaeologist, he is a specialist on the exploitation of marine resources in antiquity, evolution of the coastal landscapes, and ancient gastronomy. He is a member of numerous archaeological missions in Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Oman, and Japan, for which he oversaw the bioarchaeological and geoarchaeological analysis and directed teams of specialists. Dr. Carannante has taught anthropology, bioarchaeology, and geoarchaeology in several Italian universities, created and directed an academic laboratory of archaeological sciences, and chaired and organized several conferences.