What kind of archaeology is it?
What kind of investigation is it?
What are the issue and the claim?
What is the argument?
What are the assumptions?
Is the writing clear?
Are (deceptive) rhetorical devices used?
Is there a fallacy in the reasoning?
Are there skeptical postmodern themes in the argument?
Are facts clearly distinguished from opinions and other claims?
How are the observations summarized?
Is there an inductive argument?
Is there a population estimate from a sample?
Is there a theory in my reading?
Which research program is my reading an example of?
Is an explanation offered?
Is there a causal argument?
Are deductively valid conclusions drawn?
Are concepts given archaeological interpretations?
Are the conclusions reasonable?
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Critically reading the theory and methods of archaeology : an introductory guide by Guy E. Gibbon. ISBN 9780759123410. Published by AltaMira Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
