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JMatthes

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The correct term for an object or act that by cultural convention stands for something else with which it has no necessary connection is a(n)
 
  a. symbol.
  b. sign.
  c. icon.
  d. artifact.
  e. representation.

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Which of the following is true of cognitive archaeology?
 
  a. It is appealing to cultural materialists who are less concerned with interpreting symbolic relationships than with reconstructing the material conditions of life.
  b. It is the study of all those aspects of ancient culture that are a product of the human mind.
  c. It is based more in the processual than in the postprocessual paradigm.
  d. Hypotheses generated within cognitive archaeology cannot be tested, and are therefore unscientific.
  e. It is the study of the origin of the universe.


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juliaf

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Reply #1 on: Jul 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jul 20, 2018
Wow, this really help

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