User:Cgpitt/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Bog Body
 * Article Evaluation: articles content seems to be relevant to the topic at hand and seems to be written in a neutral tone. On the talk page it is part of 4 wiki projects 3 of which are rated B class and one of which is rated C class. On the top page there seems to be some issues with Copyright infringement when it comes to the image that is presented. along the same lines there also seems to be a need for more images. Also there needs to be some clarification on certain facts that were cited and consistency with dates. Many of the claims I have links to other Wikipedia pages or are referenced in the bibliography. The bibliography includes six citations however I feel that there could be more.
 * Sources:
 * STUART McLEAN. (2011) BLACK GOO: Forceful Encounters with Matter in Europe's Muddy Margins. Cultural Anthropology 26:4, pages 589-619. Crossref
 * Henry Chapman (2015) The Landscape Archaeology of Bog Bodies, Journal of Wetland Archaeology, 15:1, 109-121, DOI: 10.1080/14732971.2015.1112592
 * STUART McLEAN. (2011) BLACK GOO: Forceful Encounters with Matter in Europe's Muddy Margins. Cultural Anthropology 26:4, pages 589-619. Crossref
 * Henry Chapman (2015) The Landscape Archaeology of Bog Bodies, Journal of Wetland Archaeology, 15:1, 109-121, DOI: 10.1080/14732971.2015.1112592

Option 2

 * Article title: Spirit Cave Mummy
 * Article Evaluation: this article is rated as start class and is of mid importance. Most of the articles content seems to be relevant to the topic of the spirit cave mummy however the article seems to be underdeveloped and also mentions the Wizards Beach Man which apparently was carbon dated to be around the same era. this seems like it doesn't necessarily belong in this sort of article. There is a reference list that has 20 references however it does not have a bibliography which can be seen in other Wikipedia article. When looking through the talk page the biggest issue with this article seems to be with what people this body belongs to (associates the body with two groups of people that were located on two opposite sides of the world). this article also needs images and overall needs some cleaning up and clarifying.
 * Sources
 * http://www.friendsofpast.org/spirit-cave/000726BLMDetermination.pdf
 * https://www.nature.com/news/polopoly_fs/1.21108!/menu/main/topColumns/topLeftColumn/pdf/540178a.pdf
 * Bryan Hockett & Emily Palus (2018) A Brief History and Perspective on Spirit Cave, Nevada, PaleoAmerica, 4:1, 1-7, DOI: 10.1080/20555563.2017.1412211
 * https://www.nature.com/news/polopoly_fs/1.21108!/menu/main/topColumns/topLeftColumn/pdf/540178a.pdf
 * Bryan Hockett & Emily Palus (2018) A Brief History and Perspective on Spirit Cave, Nevada, PaleoAmerica, 4:1, 1-7, DOI: 10.1080/20555563.2017.1412211

Option 3

 * Article title: Rock-cut tombs in ancient Israel
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Option 4

 * Article title: Tomb of the Red Queen
 * Article Evaluation: when looking at this article, it seems to have a really good layout of content in that it seems to be laid out in a chronological way. Each section has links to other Wikipedia pages however in the bibliography there is only one source that is cited. This makes me question the validity of the content of this article. This article is unrated on both the quality and importance scale. There have been no discussion entered on the talk page for this article. I think that one of the major issues of this article is the lack of citation and sources.
 * Sources:
 * Tiesler, V., et al. “Who Was the Red Queen? Identity of the Female Maya Dignitary from the Sarcophagus Tomb of Temple XIII, Palenque, Mexico.” HOMO, No Longer Published by Elsevier, 14 Nov. 2004, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018442X04000101.
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 * Tiesler, V., et al. “Who Was the Red Queen? Identity of the Female Maya Dignitary from the Sarcophagus Tomb of Temple XIII, Palenque, Mexico.” HOMO, No Longer Published by Elsevier, 14 Nov. 2004, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018442X04000101.

Tiesler, Vera, and Andrea Cucina, eds. Janaab'Pakal of Palenque: reconstructing the life and death of a Maya ruler. University of Arizona Press, 2006.

Option 5

 * Article title: Polomo Mummy
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