What is the main challenge that social scientists face when studying the prehistoric era?

The artifacts from the period are too simple to understand.

There are no surviving artifacts from that time period.

There is a lack of written records to explain the context of artifacts.

Prehistoric languages are too difficult for modern scholars to translate.

Which statement best describes the relationship between a prehistoric artifact and a scientific hypothesis?

The artifact is a physical clue used to form and support the hypothesis.

The hypothesis is a written record that came with the original artifact.

The artifact is only important if it proves the first hypothesis is true.

The hypothesis is a guess made without looking at the artifact.

provide a full and complete picture of daily life.

can be sold for a lot of money to private collectors.

offer clues that require interpretation by scientists.

are usually found with written manuals explaining their exact purpose.

One of the archaeologists must have made an error in their research.

The artifact is probably a modern fake designed to confuse them.

Prehistoric evidence is often incomplete, allowing for multiple reasonable interpretations.

Ancient people usually left conflicting written records about their tools.