If an archaeologist wishes to study community plans, he/she should

A. excavate many small and deep test pits.
B. cross-section a site with two narrow test trenches.
C. excavate a broad horizontal area that exposes features.
D. limit the excavations to tombs and burials.


C

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a. Upper Cave b. Zhoukoudian c. Lake Mungo d. Border Cave e. Ordos

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Homologies that appeared most recently and are therefore shared by a relatively small group of closely related taxa are called:

A. autapomorphic features B. shared derived features C. shared ancestral features D. shared archetypical features

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Supernatural sanctions can be a form of social control

a. True b. False

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What is one reason why cultural diffusion is a selective process?

A) Cultures may only allow certain traits to be borrowed by other groups. B) Technological traits diffuse easily, while ideological traits are much harder to borrow. C) The overt form of a trait determines how it will be received by other cultures. D) Diffusion is a slow process, so only a small fragment of cultural traits will be transmitted.

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