A Village Flourishes, but Eventually Is Abandoned

question 21

Multiple Choice

A village flourishes, but eventually is abandoned. Later, another village is built at the same location; over many years this second village is replaced. In time, yet another village is built on the same spot. For archaeologists, the layers and artifacts that result from such change are an example of

• A) superposition.
• B) subassemblage.
• C) industry.
• D) cross-dating.

---

Definitions:

Semantics

Semantics is the study of meaning in language, including the analysis of words, phrases, signs, and symbols and their relation to what they stand for or represent.

Morphemes

The smallest grammatical units in a language that carry meaning. Morphemes can be full words (free morphemes) or elements that can't stand alone (bound morphemes).

Syntax

The set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, especially in terms of word order.

Telegraphic Speech

A form of communication observed in young children during language development, consisting of simple, two-word long sentences without grammatical markers.