#11 - Global Reference, Must Be True, Author's Perspective

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (D).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (E):

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

[younghoon27]

I'm having a bit of an issue looking for where the author might agree with outside support to agree with answer D. I thought C would suffice due to the Burial of human remains found near the horses.

[Rachael Wilkenfeld]

Hi Young,

I'm not sure where you found the support for answer choice (C). It's a very strongly worded answer choice, stating that ANY prehistoric culture that arranges bones in a complex way has a high degree of social organization. That requires very strong supporting evidence in the stimulus showing that it applies to every single instance of prehistoric bones arranged that way.

Answer choice (D) on the other hand is well supported. To interpret the finding of the bones, we had to use information we know about how wild horses behave. Males don't stick together if they are hunted, but families of horses do stick together. The passages uses information other than the bones to explain how the bones got there, drawing on information on horse behavior as well as information on how the people there would likely have used the horse.

Hope that helps!

[miriamson07]

I did choose answer choice D because it fits the best out of those given. However, I feel that it is an overstretch to say the author would be most likely to agree with the idea that the type of interpretation OFTEN requires a "consideration of facts beyond those that can be determined from the excavated remains alone." The reason is that although I understand that this is what Olsen did in the passage, I do not see any mention from the author that this is what needs to be done OFTEN. Your help would be greatly appreciated; thank you.

[Amber Thomas]

Hi Miriam!

I can understand your confusion with the use of the word "often" here. If the answer choice had stated that "the interpretation of archaeological finds at prehistoric sites ALWAYS requires a considerations of facts beyond those that can be determined from excavated remains alone," I would consider that a red flag, and a stretch from what is written in the passage. However, within the context of the passage, it doesn't seem unrealistic that additional context would oftentimes be necessary to interpret excavated findings, as there are likely numerous similar situations where excavated remains alone wouldn't provide the whole story.

I hope this helps!