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Which of the following is true regarding slash-and-burn?
 
  a. It was an ancient warfare technique used by the Mikea of Madagascar
  b. It is a method of heat-treating stone material.
  c. It is a horticultural method that returns nutrients to the ground and permits the land to be farmed for a limited number of years.
  d. It is a horticultural method that depletes the soil nutrients and is used primarily in temperate regions.
  e. It is a building technique for occupants of dense rainforests.

Question 2

The primary objective of ethnoarchaeology is to
 
  a. relate behavior to archaeologically observable phenomena.
  b. gather ethnographic data.
  c. enable the classification of a culture according to its settlement type.
  d. to study things that cannot be observed in action today.
  e. to prove that differences in artifacts reflect only differences in cultures.



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a



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