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14 Apr 2021, 16:58
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Maybe I'm over-simplifying approach, but a lot of responses above seem to be very analytical (I'd argue over analyzing). I don't think you need to know a ton about trading patterns to get this right, but my approach:
My approach:
i. and ii. right off the bat appeared incorrect to me. For i., just finding a trade contract is not overwhelming evidence that village is in Kingdom G (after all, Kingdom G is in border area). For ii., again a drawing of a dwelling complex in a border area is not very strong supporting evidence (after all, as stimulus mentions, borders are constantly shifting the two kingdoms' hands).
I basically spent a lot of time thinking about iii. - v., but what i focused on was more just explicit meaning (some of responses above have tons of detail on trading assumptions, which I think can easily lead a test-taker astray):
iii. Initially looked like a solid choice, but in looking b/w iii. - v., the key word(s) that I used to eliminate the answer was "typical of." Just because the metal was typical of Kingdom F's mining sites does not mean those metals could not have been produced in Kingdom G.
iv. Initially looked like a solid choice (after all if created from materials only found in Kingdom G, then that seems like solid evidence), but in looking b/w iii. - v., the key word that I used to eliminate the answer was "some." What if we only found one fragment (that is still "some") across these sites. Not really strongest evidence.
v. Compared to other answers, this one provided the "path of least resistance" in terms of an answer. While yes, a bunch of people from the heart of a kingdom could have moved to outskirts, the likelihood seems lower.
My approach:
i. and ii. right off the bat appeared incorrect to me. For i., just finding a trade contract is not overwhelming evidence that village is in Kingdom G (after all, Kingdom G is in border area). For ii., again a drawing of a dwelling complex in a border area is not very strong supporting evidence (after all, as stimulus mentions, borders are constantly shifting the two kingdoms' hands).
I basically spent a lot of time thinking about iii. - v., but what i focused on was more just explicit meaning (some of responses above have tons of detail on trading assumptions, which I think can easily lead a test-taker astray):
iii. Initially looked like a solid choice, but in looking b/w iii. - v., the key word(s) that I used to eliminate the answer was "typical of." Just because the metal was typical of Kingdom F's mining sites does not mean those metals could not have been produced in Kingdom G.
iv. Initially looked like a solid choice (after all if created from materials only found in Kingdom G, then that seems like solid evidence), but in looking b/w iii. - v., the key word that I used to eliminate the answer was "some." What if we only found one fragment (that is still "some") across these sites. Not really strongest evidence.
v. Compared to other answers, this one provided the "path of least resistance" in terms of an answer. While yes, a bunch of people from the heart of a kingdom could have moved to outskirts, the likelihood seems lower.
14 Apr 2021, 22:20
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The beauty of such questions even though confusing and time consuming is that once the question is in the mind, then the answer becomes seemingly easy without any framework needed.
A) Tells us about a single contract that was found, it could have been brought over by someone from the neighboring kingdom, A's out.
B) A drawing - thats it? 1 drawing of a dwelling complex cannot possibly tell us which region the village belonged to.
C) Knives and other utensils.... - Supports our answer in a weak way, but lets move forward.
D) Some fragments..... - This is straight out saying that some things were found with materials made from some other things, numerous possibilities exist.
E) Numerous teeth... okay so this means people, now those people were similar in chemical signature to people who had grown up in the HEART of Kingdom F - that's what allows us to safely conclude that the region was actually in Kingdom F.
02 Jun 2021, 08:30
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I beg that I wont get any archeology-related questions on my exam. Have never gotten any of them correct. Archeologists must have a really tough work judging their evidence. Only boldface for me!
