WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which conclusion would an archaeologist come to if they found artifacts on the same strata archaeological dig?
A
The artifacts are from the same time period
B
Different people made the artifacts
C
The artifacts are from different periods of time
D
The artifacts were made by people with no technology
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Archaeologists wash, sort, catalog, and store recovered artifacts after bringing them back from the field. They analyze individual artifacts, but also may sort them into groups to see patterns. For example, they might weigh all the oyster shells together or count all the nails and consider them as one unit.

Detailed explanation-2: -Archaeological sources are only source of our pre-history which is 99% time period of mankind. Archaeological sources present true picture of the event as they are without any bias. While as literary sources are mostly biased and exaggerated. We can see clearly that both the sources are equally important.

Detailed explanation-3: -Objects from burials have long been central to how archaeologists have interpreted society at that time. They can give us insights into personal identity and prehistoric life, yet they also speak of the care shown to the dead by the living, and of people’s relationships with ‘things’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Archaeologists use artifacts and features to learn how people lived in specific times and places. They want to know what these people’s daily lives were like, how they were governed, how they interacted with each other, and what they believed and valued.

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