The Bighorn Medicine Wheel today

a. is off limits to the general public.
b. remains a sacred site to many contemporary Indian people, where ceremonies are performed to this day.
c. has been abandoned by contemporary Indian people because it is overrun by large crowds of tourists.
d. has been completely looted and destroyed; sadly, nothing of the original site remains.
e. is the site of a major hospital.


b

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The spear thrower

A) increased both range of throw and force of impact B) was only effective at very close range, forcing hunters to stalk their prey more carefully than ever C) postdates Upper Paleolithic times, but was used by many modern hunting cultures D) decreased the range of a throw, but increased the spear's speed E) was less powerful than the bow and arrow

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