Author Question: The goal of middle-level theory is to a. determine whether modern cultures accurately reflect ... (Read 29 times)

mspears3 · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

The goal of middle-level theory is to

a. determine whether modern cultures accurately reflect prehistoric cultures.
b. identify gender through stone tool analysis.
c. help build secure inferences from archaeological remains.
d. identify the role of the individual in archaeological research.
e. study how natural processes contribute to the formation of the archaeological record.

Question 2

Inferring that prehistoric kivas had the same function as kivas used by Puebloan societies today is an example of

a. a formal analogy.
b. a relational analogy.
c. low-level theory interpretation.
d. both formal and relational analogies
e. taphonomy