The differences between low-, middle-, and high-level theories are based on:
a. Increasing degrees of complexity and sophistication from low, to middle, to high.
b. Their functions in the process of archaeological inquiry.
c. Their plausibility; low-level theories are more likely to be false than high-level theories.
d. The order in which they were generated; low-level theories are the first to be thought up, followed by middle-level, and lastly by high-level.
e. Their levels of difficulty.
b
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