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Chapter 10: Portals to the Past Quiz
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Archaeologists typically rely upon ______________ to reconstruct the past.
history
fossil dinosaurs
material culture
almost exclusively written records
One problem with relying solely on written records is that
written records last longer than potsherds
writers often have an agenda
written records are always a better way of understanding the past than material culture
The application of scientific techniques to archaeological questions is called
archaeological science
humanities
history
material culture
Using modern-day recreations to understand the past is called
post-processual archaeology
post-modern archaeology
cultural relativity
experimental archaeology
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