問題詳情

Back in the 1930’s and 1940’s, when building restoration was popular, historical archaeology was primarily a tool of architecturalreconstruction. The role of archaeologists was to find the foundations of historic buildings and then take a back seat to architects.The mania for reconstruction had largely subsided by the 1950’s and 1960’s. Most people entering historical archaeology during thisperiod came out of university anthropology departments, where they had studied prehistoric cultures. They were, by training, socialscientists, not historians, and their work tended to reflect this bias. The questions they framed and the techniques they used were designedto help them understand, as scientists, how people behaved. But because they were treading on historical ground for which there was oftenextensive written documentation, and because their own knowledge of these periods was usually limited, their contributions to Americanhistory remained circumscribed. Their reports, highly technical and sometimes poorly written, went unread.More recently, professional archaeologists have taken over. These researchers have sought to demonstrate that their work can be avaluable tool not only of science but also of history, providing fresh insights into the daily lives of ordinary people whose existences mightnot otherwise be so well documented. This newer emphasis on archaeology as social history has shown a great promise, and indeed workdone in this area has led to a reinterpretation of the United States past.In Kingston, New York, for example, evidence has been uncovered that indicates that English goods were being smuggled into that cityat a time when the Dutch supposedly controlled trading in the area. And in Sacramento an excavation at the site of a fashionablenineteenth-century hotel revealed that garbage had been stashed in the building’s basement despite sanitation laws to the contrary.
36. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) Why historical archaeology was first developed.
(B) How the methods and purpose of historical archaeology have changed.
(C) The contributions architects make to historical archaeology.
(D) The attitude of professional archaeologists toward historical archaeology.

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.627119
統計：A(3),B(37),C(11),D(5),E(0)

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