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Information and Ideas practice question
An archaeologist claims that the field wall is medieval.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the archaeologist's claim?
- A. A coin of 1320 was found sealed in the mortar of the wall's foundation course, and the wall appears on a 1400 estate survey.Correct
- B. The wall is built of local stone.
- C. The wall is two metres high.
- D. Sheep graze the field.
Answer: A. A coin of 1320 was found sealed in the mortar of the wall's foundation course, and the wall appears on a 1400 estate survey.
A sealed 1320 coin and a 1400 record bracket the wall in the medieval period.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The wall is built of local stone.
- Local stone was used in every period.
- C. The wall is two metres high.
- Height doesn't date a wall.
- D. Sheep graze the field.
- Irrelevant.
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