LSAT 104 | Section 2 | Reading Comprehension: Q26

RC Question 26 Explanation

DISCUSSION: The author thinks that the archaeological records can be useful for reconstructing history, but also dangerous.

Our evidence may not be complete, and so future archaeological evidence could disprove theories that currently seem correct (lines 51-53).

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1. Lines 51-53 contradict this. We can never be sure that available evidence is complete. Future evidence might contradict carefully constructed theories.
2. This is meaningless. The passage never mentions long term trends. And how would you figure out what long term trends, without using archaeological evidence?
3. We only have an example of one civilization: the classic Maya. We have no idea how the length of a civilization’s existance affects the archaeological record in general.
4. This goes too far. There are risks to using an incomplete archaeological records (lines 51-53), but that doesn’t mean we should never use that record. It might be very useful, in combination with other sources.
5. CORRECT. This is supported. The author thinks that Lowe’s explanation is possible (lines 24-25), but that it could disproven at any point by future evidence. (lines 51-53).