Question

Working with modern pottery makers to learn pot-making and then using that information to make a hypothesis about how ancient populations might have fired clay pots is an example of

O ecofacts
O paleontology
O experimental archeology
• ethnoarcheology

Answer 1

Correct! The process described in the question is an example of experimental archaeology, which involves replicating or reconstructing ancient techniques and technologies to learn more about how they were used and developed in the past. Specifically, this example involves ethnoarchaeology, which is a form of experimental archaeology that involves studying modern cultures to gain insights into past ones.