Anthropologists Have Been Successful in Uncovering Evidence of Vast Trade

question 25

Multiple Choice

Anthropologists have been successful in uncovering evidence of vast trade networks,done entirely on foot,throughout the continent of North America that long preceded the arrival of Europeans.This movement and exchange of material goods and the ideas behind them-how they are made and what they are used for-supports the concept of

• A) stratification.
• B) diffusion.
• C) evolution.
• D) innovation.

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