Curators at Museums Have Recently Experienced Problems with the Preservation

question 81

Multiple Choice

Curators at museums have recently experienced problems with the preservation of plastic objects, almost all of which disintegrate over time. The Smithsonian collection contains the first-ever plastic toothbrush, which soon will be nothing more than a pile of plastic particles. This problem is leading many historians to worry that we will lose the history of our

• A) symbolic culture.
• B) signs and gestures.
• C) linguistic relativity.
• D) material culture.

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