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MirandaLo

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Which of the following statements is true of the current state of Americanist archaeology?
 
  a. The New Archaeology of the 1960s has for the most part been uncritically accepted by nearly all Americanist archaeologists, and currently dominates archaeological thought.
  b. Americanist archaeology is today very diverse, representing many different theoretical perspectives; there is no single, defining, dominating trend.
  c. Whatever public interest and involvement that archaeology once experienced has dramatically diminished; archaeology as a discipline is at the risk of extinction.
  d. Archaeology today, as it was throughout the entire history of Americanist archaeology, is heavily dominated by white males, with virtually no involvement by woman and other minorities.
  e. A single defining trend dominates archaeology today.

Question 2

The New Archaeology of the 1960s did not:
 
  a. Insist on the contribution of archaeology to general anthropological theory.
  b. Advocate the importance of scientific methods.
  c. Argue that archaeologists should always work from representative samples.
  d. underscore the need to change from thinking about things to thinking from things.
  e. interpret material culture simplistically.



k.lashomb

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

e



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