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theo

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Which of the following would NOT be helpful in reconstruction the local paleoecological setting in which early hominins lived?
 
  a. animal bones washed into a stream bed
  b. a piece of pottery found within a storage pit
  c. an assortment of sharp stone tools next to a butchered carcass
  d. wood charcoal found within a hearth
  e. anatomical relationships between humans and contemporary nonhuman primates

Question 2

Taphonomy is defined as:
 
  a. the precise temporal and spatial relationship between artifacts and features
  b. the study of hominin locomotion
  c. the study of how bones and other materials become buried and preserved as part of the archaeological record
  d. the study of past environment
  e. establishing chronological relationships within a site



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Jossy

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c




theo

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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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