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

Shi, P.-Y. 2014. “Structural Biology. Unraveling a Flavivirus Enigma.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 343 (6173) (February 21):849–50.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sato, M., and A.J. Sievers. 2004. “Direct Observation of the Discrete Character of Intrinsic Localized Modes in an Antiferromagnet.” Nature 432 (7016) (November 25):486–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Berkley, K.J., A.J. Rapkin, and R.E. Papka. 2005. “The Pains of Endometriosis.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 308 (5728) (June 10):1587–9.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Sakurai, Y., M. Itou, B. Barbiellini, P.E. Mijnarends, R.S. Markiewicz, S. Kaprzyk, J.-M. Gillet, et al. 2011. “Imaging Doped Holes in a Cuprate Superconductor with High-Resolution Compton Scattering.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 332 (6030) (May 6):698–702.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Battu, D. 2014. New Telecom Networks. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Dienstfrey, A.M., and R.F. Boisvert, eds. 2012. Uncertainty Quantification in Scientific Computing: 10th IFIP WG 2.5 Working Conference, WoCoUQ 2011, Boulder, CO, USA, August 1-4, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. Vol. 377. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Bretl, T., and Z. McCarthy. 2013. “Equilibrium Configurations of a Kirchhoff Elastic Rod under Quasi-Static Manipulation.” In Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics X: Proceedings of the Tenth Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics, edited by Emilio Frazzoli, Tomas Lozano-Perez, Nicholas Roy, and Daniela Rus, 71–87. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

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

Evans, K. 2017. “Tiny Robot Drones Developed To Help Declining Bees Pollinate Plants.” IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/tiny-robot-drones-developed-to-help-declining-bees-pollinate-plants/.

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. 1980. Policies on U.S. Citizens Studying Medicine Abroad Need Review and Reappraisal. 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

Sever, R.S. 2017. “A Quantitative Descriptive Study Using the Theoretical Domains Framework to Investigate and Compare the Psychotropic Medication Prescribing Behavior of Primary Care Prescribers.” Doctoral dissertation, Northcentral University.

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

Burghardt, L.F. 2006. “Nunley’s Carousel Comes Full Circle.” New York Times, January 8.

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