Why do archaeologists use flotation?

A. to recover very small remains like fish bones and seeds
B. to identify regional settlement patterns
C. to control for the location of artifacts in three-dimensional space
D. to establish relative chronologies
E. to study the processes of stratigraphy


Answer: A

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