By recording the provenience of all artifacts encountered in situ during Gatecliff's excavations, the archaeologists were trying to
a. document differences in artifact sequences through time.
b. obtain information that would allow them to reconstruct the activities that took place n discrete living floors.
c. determine the depth of time represented by the deposits in the rockshelter.
d. speed up the excavation process without losing important information.
e. clarify chronology.
b
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A) lonely B) independent C) social D) overcrowded