Historic Archaeology

question 57

Multiple Choice

Historic archaeology:

• A) deals with that vast segment of the human cultures that existed prior to written history.
• B) analyzes the first stone tools used by humans and infers about cultures based solely on this evidence.
• C) works to reconstruct the cultures of people who used writing and about whom records exist.
• D) is a form of applied anthropology in which archaeologists reconstruct cultures for museums.
• E) works to protect cultural resources.

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