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Read the excerpt and then answer the question that follows. “Until the 1990s, almost every historian and archaeologist who studied Jamestown believed the fort’s location had been at the eastern edge of the settlement . . . .”
Written in Bone by Sally M. Walker
The word “archaeologist” comes from word roots archaeo-, meaning "ancient" and -logist, meaning “someone who studies”. From these word roots and the context in the excerpt above, what is the meaning of the word archaeologist?

A. a person who studies the past, present, and future
A. a person who studies the past, present, and future

B. an older person who has spent his or her entire life studying human remains
B. an older person who has spent his or her entire life studying human remains

C. a person who studies history by analyzing artifacts and physical remains
C. a person who studies history by analyzing artifacts and physical remains

D. a smart person who studies an unsolved mystery

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