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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  Indigenous archaeology
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is not written like an encyclopedia entry, simply needs parts of it re-written to cut out bias and opinion


 * Sources
 * The article has lots of good sources, although there information is not cited enough in the body of the article.

Option 2

 * Article title Dump digging
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article cites no sources and the articles it references are limited.


 * Sources

Lobell, J. (2009). Trash Talk. Archaeology, 62(2), 20-25. Retrieved September 2, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41781237

Lu, D. (2016). From Trash to Treasure: Salvage Archaeology in the People's Republic of China, 1951-1976. Modern China, 42(4), 415-443. Retrieved September 2, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/24772245

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Lapita culture


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is missing citations and is of level 5 vital article. More information and more sources are required.


 * Sources

Sand, C. (2001). Evolutions in the Lapita Cultural Complex: A View from the Southern Lapita Province. Archaeology in Oceania, 36(2), 65-76. Retrieved September 3, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40387802

Spriggs, M. (2006). The Lapita Culture and Austronesian Prehistory in Oceania. In Bellwood P., Fox J., & Tryon D. (Eds.), The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (pp. 119-142). ANU Press. Retrieved September 3, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jbjx1.9

Shing, R., & Willie, E. (2019). Connecting with Lapita in Vanuatu: Festivals, sporting events and contemporary themes. In Bedford S. & Spriggs M. (Eds.), Debating Lapita: Distribution, Chronology, Society and Subsistence (pp. 471-482). Australia: ANU Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctvtxw3gm.28

Also the book: Vaka Moana

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Adze
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is minimal and could use some updating. There is also a lack of sources.


 * Sources

Ayers, W., & Mauricio, R. (1987). Stone Adzes from Pohnpeian, Micronesia. Archaeology in Oceania, 22(1), 27-31. Retrieved September 3, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40386766

Morse, D., & Goodyear, A. (1973). THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DALTON ADZ IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. Plains Anthropologist, 18(62), 316-322. Retrieved September 3, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25667169

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Processual archaeology


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is well written, however it could use more sources to fill/ round it out. Maybe even reference the other archaeological theories in separate headings


 * Sources
 * Hodder, I. (1985). Postprocessual Archaeology. Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, 8, 1-26. Retrieved September 3, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20170185

Earle, T., Preucel, R., Brumfiel, E., Carr, C., Limp, W., Chippindale, C.,. . . Zeitlin, R. (1987). Processual Archaeology and the Radical Critique [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology, 28(4), 501-538. Retrieved September 3, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2743487