Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication/archive1

TFA blurb review
Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication is a collection of essays edited by Douglas Vakoch and published by NASA. The book is focused on the role that the humanities and social sciences play in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. An e-book version has been available on NASA's website from May 2014. Its four sections explore the history of SETI as a field; archaeological comparisons for human-alien communication, such as the difficulties of translating ancient languages; the inferential gap between humans and aliens, and the consequences this would have for communication and trade; and the potential nature of alien intelligences. Upon its release, the book received widespread media coverage and generally positive reviews. It was at the center of controversy regarding misinterpretation of one of its essays: A quote about ancient terrestrial stone carvings, rhetorically stating that they "might have been made by aliens" for all that they were understood by modern anthropologists, was misreported by publications such as TheBlaze, The Huffington Post, and Artnet.

1,120 characters, including spaces.

As it seems likely that this article will be promoted to FA soon, I have written a draft TFA blurb for it, above. Thoughts, comments and edits from you or from anyone else interested are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:36, 4 July 2023 (UTC)