Evaluation of Reconstruction of The Appearance and Structural System of Trajan Bridge Paper

Article evaluation assignment: Mehrotra, Anjali, and Branko Glisic 2015. “Reconstruction of the appearance and structural system of Trajan’s Bridge,” Journal of Cultural Heritage 16.1, pages 65-72.Your essay should be a critical review (ca. 750-1000 words) of the article. Please make some connection to the class source Flavian to Trajanic PeriodsFile

Questions to consider:

• What is the primary argument or thesis of the article?
• What is the author’s (or authors’) approach to understanding ancient art and/orarchaeology?
• How does this article relate to class discussion and/or other course materials?
• Did you find the main argument convincing? Why or why not?

o Does the author make a clear distinction between what has been found and what the author believes must have existed, but hasn’t found?

o Does the author make it easy for you to distinguish between data, descriptions of data, and interpretations of data?

o Do you detect any biases and/or stereotypes? Support your points by citing specific examples in the article.