Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 3, Lesson 4: Interpreting Sources (pp. 80-83)
I. Evidence of Cultural Contact
B. Whenever different cultures come in contact, they exchange goods and ideas. This is known as cultural diffusion.
II. Evidence of Independent Invention
B. Similar developments can arise when people in different places work to solve similar problems.
C. New methods of evaluating and understanding evidence can change archaeologists' interpretations.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Clues about contact between ancient cultures are found in the archaeological record.
A. Different cultures can make similar developments without coming into contact with each other.
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