If an archaeologist is excavating in arbitrary levels,

a. he or she is following the natural breaks in the sediments (following the stratigraphy).
b. natural strata are probably lacking or difficult to recognize.
c. the natural strata may be less than 10 centimeters thick.
d. they are mindlessly shoving dirt into buckets to speed the task along
e. they are excavating in vertical, not horizontal units


b

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A. Attitudinal discrimination B. Genocide C. Forced assimilation D. Environmental racism E. Ethnocentrism

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Religious cosmologies provide all of the following EXCEPT:

A) create a more efficient economic system.
B) regulate standards of behavior.
C) provide a sense of identity.
D) provide a means for personal response to crisis.
E) establish a moral code.

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

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Measles became prevalent only with the emergence of larger urban centers, making it the "disease of civilization."

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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