Author Question: Which of the following is true of archaeological types? a. Archaeological types are assigned with ... (Read 78 times)

Kthamas · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

Which of the following is true of archaeological types?

a. Archaeological types are assigned with the goal in mind of classifying objects in the same way that prehistoric populations would have classified them.
b. Archaeological types are abstractions; the same object could be classified in many different ways.
c. The most useful archaeological types are based on similarities in morphology.
d. The most useful archaeological types are based on similarities in function.
e. Characteristics are inherent in an artifact that make it belong to one and only one type.

Question 2

A class of archaeological artifacts defined by a consistent clustering of attributes is a(n)

a. type.
b. attribute.
c. component.
d. phase.
e. archaeological cluster