Question

12th grade pre - assessment
retroglyphs are drawings incised directly into the limestone of the cave walls
pictographs are paintings, usually made with charcoal - based pigments, placed onto the cave walls.
some southeastern cave art is archaic. the oldest cave art sites date to some 6,500 years ago, during the archaic period (10,000 - 1000 bce). these early sites are rare and seem to be clustered on the modern kentucky - tennessee state line. the imagery was simple and often abstract, although representational pictures do exist.
cave art sites increase in number over time. the woodland period (1000 bce - 1000 ce) saw more common and more widespread art production. abstract art was still abundant and less worldly. probably more spiritual subject matter was common. during the woodland, conflations between humans and animals, like \bird - humans,\ made their first appearance
the mississippian period (1000 - 1500 ce) is the last precontact phase in the southeast before europeans arrived, and this was when much of the dark - zone cave art was produced. the subject matter is clearly religious and includes spirit people and animals that do not exist in the natural world. there is also strong evidence that mississippian art caves were compositions, with images organized through the cave passages in systematic ways to suggest stories or narratives told through their locations and relations.
cave art continued into the modern era
assessment questions
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15 out of 34 answered
question 16
what is the meaning of \archaic\ as it is used in paragraph 11?
a. abstract
b. ambiguous
c. anecdotal
d. ancient

Explanation:

The text mentions that the oldest cave - art sites date to some 6,500 years ago during the Archaic Period. The context implies that "archaic" refers to something ancient.

Answer:

D. ancient