Reverse Stratigraphy Would Result from Which of the Following Situations

question 22

Multiple Choice

Reverse stratigraphy would result from which of the following situations?

• A) If a pithouse is constructed in 1000 BP, and in 500 BP another pithouse is constructed on top of the earlier pithouse, and in 300 BP a pueblo is constructed on top of both pithouses.
• B) If the construction of a pueblo in 500 BP unearths remains of a pithouse constructed in 1000 BP, and the older pithouse remains are brought to the surface.
• C) If rodent disturbance results in the fill of an earlier feature lying beneath the fill of a later feature.
• D) Any time natural or cultural disturbance processes act upon an archaeological site.

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