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Article title: Aleš Hrdlička
Article Evaluation: Article is overall fair, but is missing possible media inclusions and needs reorganizing. Hrdlička is an important figure in museum anthropology as he was a part of the original Bering land bridge theory. He also was a part of some controversy pertaining to the treatment of native remains.
Sources
Feldman, Joseph. “‘Miserable San Damian—but What Treasures!’: The Life of Aleš Hrdlička's Peruvian Collection.” History and Anthropology, vol. 27, no. 2, 2016, pp. 230–250., https://doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2015.1130706. : Oppenheim, Robert. “Revisiting Hrdlička and Boas: Asymmetries of Race and Anti-Imperialism in Interwar Anthropology.” American Anthropologist, vol. 112, no. 1, 2010, pp. 92–103., https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1433.2009.01199.x. : Satake, Takashi. “VTH International Anthropological Congress of Aleš Hrdlička and Aleš Hrdlička.” Anthropological Science (Japanese Series), vol. 118, no. 1, 2010, pp. 37–46., https://doi.org/10.1537/asj.118.37.

Article title: Tomb of the Red Queen
Article Evaluation: The article is unrated in its categories, could benefit from restructuring and modernization, as well as possibly new media application.

Sources
Couoh, L. R. “Bioarchaeological Analysis of a Royal Burial from the Oldest Maya Tomb in Palenque, Mexico.” International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, vol. 25, no. 5, 2013, pp. 711–721., https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2338.
Manrique-Ortega, M.D., et al. “Spectroscopic Examination of Red Queen's Funerary Mask and Her Green Stone Offering from the Mayan Site of Palenque, Mexico.” Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, vol. 234, 2020, p. 118205., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2020.118205.
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, vol. 55, no. 1-2, 2004, pp. 65–76., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2004.01.003.

Article title Ushabti
Article Evaluation: Article is missing entries on museum interpretations. Overall a decent article but listed as C-class importance.
Sources: AMER, Islam I. “An Ushabti of the King Senkamanisken.” Shedet, vol. 5, no. 5, 2018, pp. 35–47., https://doi.org/10.21608/shedet.005.04.; Cassirer, Manfred. “A USHABTI with an Unusual Formula.” The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol. 42, 1956, p. 120., https://doi.org/10.2307/3855136.; Cerny, Jaroslav. “Organization of Ushabti-Figures.” The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, vol. 34, 1948, p. 121., https://doi.org/10.2307/3855369.

Article title Hopi Kachina figure
Article Evaluation: Well structured and organized, and talks at length about the acquisition of the figures by non-natives. Missing some museum interpretational sections.
Sources: Liebmann, Matthew. “The Mickey Mouse Kachina and Other ‘Double Objects’: Hybridity in the Material Culture of Colonial Encounters.” Journal of Social Archaeology, vol. 15, no. 3, 2015, pp. 319–341., https://doi.org/10.1177/1469605315574792.; Sayers, Robert. “Kachina Dolls: The Art of Hopi Carvers.:Kachina Dolls: The Art of Hopi Carvers.” Museum Anthropology, vol. 17, no. 1, 1993, pp. 85–85., https://doi.org/10.1525/mua.1993.17.1.85.; Zena Pearlstone. “Hopi Doll Look-Alikes: An Extended Definition of Inauthenticity.” American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, 2011, p. 579., https://doi.org/10.5250/amerindiquar.35.4.0579.

Article title Yup'ik masks
Article Evaluation: Article only has 1 picture, related articles provide many other examples of the masks, each of which very unique. Also missing links between western museums and their original provenance.
Sources: Geier, Katharina. “A Technical Study of Arctic Pigments and Paint on Two 19th-Centuryyup'ik Masks.” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, vol. 45, no. 1, 2006, pp. 17–30.,; https://doi.org/10.1179/019713606806082193.; Mossolova, Anna, and Drew Michael. “Yup’Ik Masks in the Precontact Past and the Contested Present.” World Archaeology, vol. 52, no. 5, 2020, pp. 667–684., https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2021.1993989. Mossolova, Anna, and Rick Knecht. “Bridging Past and Present: A Study of Precontact Yup’Ik Masks from the NUNALLEQ Site, Alaska.” Arctic Anthropology, vol. 56, no. 1, 2019, pp. 18–38., https://doi.org/10.3368/aa.56.1.18.