How to format your references using the American Journal of Archaeology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for American Journal of Archaeology (AJA). For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Gewin, V. 2007. “Count on It.” Nature 445 (7130) (February 22):946–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Felsenfeld, G., and M. Groudine. 2003. “Controlling the Double Helix.” Nature 421 (6921) (January 23):448–53.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bonifacio, P., M. Limongi, and A. Chieffi. 2003. “Astrophysics: How Did the Metals in a Giant Star Originate?” Nature 422 (6934) (April 24):834.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Jo, Y., K. Jung, J. Kim, H. Woo, J. Han, H. Kim, J. Hong, J.-K. Lee, and H. Im. 2014. “Resistance Switching Mode Transformation in SrRuO3/Cr-Doped SrZrO3/Pt Frameworks via a Thermally Activated Ti out-Diffusion Process.” Scientific Reports 4 (December 8):7354.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Millon, T., and S. Grossman. 2007. Moderating Severe Personality Disorders. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Maffei, M., and E. Tuosto, eds. 2014. Trustworthy Global Computing: 9th International Symposium, TGC 2014, Rome, Italy, September 5-6, 2014. Revised Selected Papers. Vol. 8902. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Ding, L., C. Jin, J. Guan, S. Zhang, T. Cui, and W. Zhao. 2015. “New Related Key Attacks on the RAKAPOSHI Stream Cipher.” In Information Security Practice and Experience: 11th International Conference, ISPEC 2015, Beijing, China, May 5-8, 2015, Proceedings, edited by Javier Lopez and Yongdong Wu, 65–75. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for American Journal of Archaeology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. 2015. “How A Hacker Could Hijack A Plane From Their Seat.” IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/how-hacker-could-hijack-plane-their-seat/.

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office. 2009. High Speed Passenger Rail: Future Development Will Depend on Addressing Financial and Other Challenges and Establishing a Clear Federal Role. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Pigott, C. 2016. “School Resource Officers and the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Discovering Trends of Expulsions in Public Schools.” Doctoral dissertation, University of Louisiana.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

Schmidt, M.S., and M. Haberman. 2017. “Letter By Trump On Comey Ouster Informs Inquiry.” New York Times, September 1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	American Journal of Archaeology
ISSN (print)	0002-9114
ISSN (online)	1939-828X
Scope	Archaeology