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Instructions: Answer each question with a short paragraph, just two or three sentences to show me you understand what I am asking

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Answer each question with a short paragraph, just two or three sentences to show me you understand what I am asking. Do not copy and paste your answers from someone else's work! Write these in your own words.

All answers should be submitted via Canvas.

Questions:

1) Imagine two prehistoric societies: the first throws its trash away in a predefined refuse area while the second discards objects wherever they happen to lose their usefulness (essentially prehistoric littering). Which society’s archaeological record would better lend itself to reconstructing past behavior and why?

2) What is one example of a cultural site formation process (i.e., a process involving human behavior) and what would be its result?

3) How is the principle of uniformitarianism related to experimental archaeology?

4) What environmental conditions are the best for preserving fragile items of material culture like wood or bone artifacts?

5) How do geoarchaeologists help archaeologists understand the archaeological record?