At a Site in the American Southwest, You Find Only

question 33

Multiple Choice

At a site in the American Southwest, you find only a single ceramic pot in association with an individual within a burial.You can use the pot to date the burial based on

• A) biostratigraphic dating, because there may be animal remains inside the pot.
• B) cultural dating, since the pot must be specific to a known culture and time period.
• C) radiopotassium dating of the material used to make the pot.
• D) fission track dating of the pot itself.

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