What does a American Antiquity reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in American Antiquity looks like this: Rivera, Maria, and David Chen. 2021. The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12(3):145–162. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.

How can I generate a American Antiquity citation?

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The same three sources formatted in American Antiquity — an author–date style: in-text citations name the author and year, and the reference list is alphabetized by author:

Journal article: Rivera, Maria, and David Chen. 2021. The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12(3):145–162. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.
Book: Okafor, Amara. 2019. The Craft of Research Writing. 2nd ed. University Press, Cambridge.
Website: Larsen, Sofie. 2023. How Peer Review Works. Open Science Digest. https://www.example.org/peer-review, accessed January 10, 2024.
In-text citation (for the journal article): (Rivera and Chen 2021)

About American Antiquity

Citation style for American Antiquity. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When to use American Antiquity: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the American Antiquity style. Common in: United States.

Subject areas: anthropology.

Formatting rules: American Antiquity follows the formatting of Society For American Archaeology, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this American Antiquity generator

Paste a DOI, a URL to a news article or webpage, or raw BibTeX into the box above. You can also search for a book by title or author and cite it by ISBN. Choose "American Antiquity" in the style dropdown (it's pre-selected on this page), then click "Generate citation." Copy the result into your reference list or bibliography. You can edit the generated entry (e.g. fix a title or add a date) before copying.

Frequently asked questions about American Antiquity

What is American Antiquity?: Citation style for American Antiquity. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use American Antiquity?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the American Antiquity style.
What does an in-text citation look like in American Antiquity?: American Antiquity is an author–date style: in-text citations name the author and year, and the reference list is alphabetized by author. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: (Rivera and Chen 2021)
What does a American Antiquity reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in American Antiquity looks like this: Rivera, Maria, and David Chen. 2021. The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication 12(3):145–162. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.
How can I generate a American Antiquity citation?: Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select American Antiquity as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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