Trying to move stones weighing several tons using only the tools and materials that the ancient Egyptians had available to them, with the goal of determining whether or not Egyptian technology was sufficiently sophisticated to produce monuments like the pyramids, is an example of:
A) experimental archaeology.
B) ethnoarchaeology.
C) analogy.
D) uniformitarianism.

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Experimental archaeology involves replicating ancient methods and technologies to understand how people in the past built structures, made tools, or lived their daily lives. In this case, attempting to move large stones with ancient Egyptian techniques directly applies.

Trying to Move Stones Weighing Several Tons Using Only the Tools