User:KnowledgeExplorer777/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Ethnoarchaeology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this Wiki article on ethnoarchaeology because it is a concept that I was interested in after learning about it in our course this semester. It involves ethnography but then combines it with the discipline of archaeology in order to find deeper meaning and understanding for artifacts and other findings. This sort of study that utilizes ethnography is interesting to me as I believe this is extremely useful when doing fieldwork or even when trying to discern the meaning of some artifact that you find at a field site or during an archaeological dig.

Evaluate the article
When taking a look at the lead section, it is well constructed and provided an excellent introduction to ethnoarchaeology but it could be better at providing a mention of all the topics that will be covered for readers to check if their topic will be be able to be found.

The content itself is also excellent although limited by its small amount of information. It could be more updated with recent examples of ethnoarchaeology in action. The tone/balance is written neutral and written in a professional manner that is informational to the reader. The sources are up to standard, and I would say the only way it could be improved is again by using recent literature in the field. The article is also well organizes and gets to the point very quickly for the reader to understand what ethnoarchaeology is.

The article does not include images or visuals of ethnoarchaeology which is certainly something that could be improved upon. There is only one major comment on the talk page discussion and it could benefit from additional editors.

Overall, it does a great job of introducing the reader or any students like myself a good grasp on what ethnoarchaeology is. The suggested changes above however, could make this article even better and help more students.