If you are conducting archaeological excavation in an area where houses were made in a way similar to that inhabited by Madagascar's Mikea, and you find a house structure that has very consistent post diameters (as determined by the post holes left behind, now filled with decayed wood), what could you infer about the house based on ethnoarchaeological research?
a. Wood resources were sparse.
b. It was used as a temporary foraging structure.
c. It was likely a permanent house.
d. It was a seasonal habitation.
e. The north wind blows cold.
c
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a. true b. false
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