Talk:Environmental archaeology

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 23 January 2019 and 8 May 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mvaba00.

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Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 June 2020 and 3 August 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Devonvietri. Peer reviewers: Matthew.konin.

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Some ideas for improvement & potential sources
The lead for this topic is a bit long - I think the ideas could be a bit more concise to make the beginning tighter. The section in the lead that mentions "related fields" to environmental archaeology could be moved down to a "See also" section or in the broader "Archaeology" history, disciplines, and sub-disciplines section at the bottom of the page.

Karl Butzer is briefly mentioned in the lead stating that he's been a notable pioneer to environmental archaeology, but there's no more detail to follow it up to tell the reader what he did. I would consider this part of the article underdeveloped. There is a "Notable contributers" subsection in the History section of the article and I think Butzer should be mentioned and expanded on here rather than in the lead.

I liked how the final "Significance" section mentioned the relevancy of environmental archaeology to everyday life, stating that the knowledge discovered through excavation and evaluation of past environmental conditions can help us predict future outcomes.

Potential sources we could use for missing/additional information:

If anyone wouldn't mind letting me know what they think, that'd be great. I will also submit any other useful sources I find to this Talk page as well to see if they're worth looking at. Thanks! Devonvietri (talk) 20:49, 5 July 2020 (UTC) --Devon V.