Formation processes are

a. processes by which cultural evolution is recognized in the archaeological record.
b. the ways in which natural depositional processes operate to produce the archaeological record.
c. the ways in which both human behaviors and natural actions operate to produce the archaeological record.
d. processes by which artifacts are transferred from systemic to archaeological contexts.
e. how artifacts enter the archaeological record but not how they are modified once they are there.


c

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