PrepTest 130, Section 2, Question 4
Traditional sources of evidence about ancient history are(454 more words not shown)
The author intends the term(14 more words not shown)
- Aancient clay objects(14 more words not shown)
- Bhistorically significant pieces(9 more words not shown)
- Cthe oldest known(13 more words not shown)
- Dre-creations of looms(10 more words not shown)
- Eancient accounts of(14 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The first sentence defines the traditional sources: archaeological remains and surviving texts. We need the choice outside those two categories. Something can help us study the past without itself being a surviving piece of the past.
Working the answers
- A
These are ancient objects recovered by excavation. Not knowing their purpose doesn't stop them from being archaeological remains.
- B
Pieces of ancient cloth found during excavation are archaeological remains.
- C
The garment is also a surviving physical object, even though researchers identified it in a collection rather than directly at a dig.
- DCorrect
These looms are modern re-creations used to test ideas about ancient techniques. They aren't actual looms that survived from ancient times, and they aren't surviving written accounts. That puts them outside the two traditional source categories.
- E
An ancient written account is a surviving text. It belongs within the definition even though it isn't an archaeological object.
More Application questions
Learn the LSAT our way
Our platform drills Application questions at your level and adjusts as you improve.