What is the difference between prehistoric and historic archaeology?

a. Prehistoric archaeology is the study of peoples who had no writing system.
b. Historic archaeology is the study of people who had no writing system.
c. Prehistoric archaeology has an applied dimension and historic archaeology does not.
d. None of these; there is no significant difference between these fields of study.


a

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