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berenicecastro

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The term deconstruction refers to:
 
  a. Postprocessual attempts at interpreting the past through multiple voices.
  b. Postmodern efforts to expose the assumptions behind the objective and systematic search for knowledge.
  c. An experimental archaeological technique in which archaeologists reconstruct the construction techniques of prehistoric populations.
  d. A tool used by cultural materialists to establish cultural evolutionary sequences.
  e. Scientifically disassemble the stone monuments erected by Maya rulers to record their history.

Question 2

The archaeological paradigm that takes an ideational rather than an adaptive view of culture is termed:
 
  a. Processual archaeology.
  b. Postprocessual archaeology.
  c. Cultural materialism.
  d. Processual-Plus archaeology.
  e. General systems theory



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b



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