So I was talking with some dude known only as 'Niko' on the discord and he pointed out that dismantling components would be a lot more useful if it provided 'say, X% of that tech level's stuff'.
I kindof took this to mean if it provided X% of progress to every intervening tech level up to and including the final technology itself, that would make it a lot more useful. I personally wholeheartedly approve of this notion and felt the need to post it on the forums. Currently you are encouraged to wait until one tech level before the tech of the device, to maximize the research point gain. I think that some kind of boost of this nature would make archeology a significantly more fun mechanic in general as it would mean you want to dismantle whatever you find as soon as possible and would be rushing to obtain artifacts and ship them off for disassembly.
In example, a component offers 10% progress towards ion drive tech, and your empire is currently at nuclear thermal.
Currently:
10% progress towards improved nuclear thermal
Proposed:
10% progress towards improved nuclear thermal
10% progress towards nuclear pulse
10% progress towards improved nuclear pulse
10% progress towards ion engines