Question

12th grade pre - assessment
(15) in several caves in alabama and tennessee, mid - 19th - century inscriptions were written on cave walls in cherokee syllabary. this writing system was invented by the cherokee scholar sequoyah between 1800 and 1824 and was quickly adopted as the tribes primary means of written expression.
cherokee archaeologists, historians, and language experts have joined forces with non - native archaeologists like me to document and translate these cave writings. as it turns out, they refer to various important religious ceremonies and spiritual concepts that emphasize the sacred nature of caves, their isolation, and their connection to powerful spirits. these texts reflect similar religious ideas to those represented by graphic images in earlier, precontact time periods.
based on all the rediscoveries researchers have made since mud glyph cave was first explored more than four decades ago, cave art in the southeast was created over a long period of time. these artists worked in ancient times when ancestral native americans lived by foraging in the rich natural landscapes of the southeast all the way through to the historic period just before the forced removal of indigenous people east of the mississippi river in the 1830s.
as surveys continue, researchers uncover more dark cave sites every year - in fact, four new caves were found in the first half of 2021. with each new discovery, the tradition is beginning to approach the abundance and range of the paleolithic art of europe, where 350 sites are currently known. that archaeologists were incognizant of the dark - zone cave art of the american southeast even 40 years ago demonstrates the kinds of new discoveries that can be made even in regions that have been explored for centuries.
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question 19
how does the author develop the idea that cave art was important to ancient native americans?
a. by suggesting that cave art is still created today
b. by detailing what was recorded through cave art
c. by highlighting how difficult it was to create cave art
d. by explaining the processes by which cave art was created

Explanation:

The passage details what was recorded in cave art, such as important religious ceremonies and spiritual concepts which emphasize the significance of caves to ancient Native Americans. This shows the importance of cave art.

Answer:

B. by detailing what was recorded through cave art