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Which of the following artifacts would belong to a prehistoric people?Wall paintings at a burial site depicting a deityPrimitive coins showing the head of a leaderClay tablets with markings that indicate a quantity of traded goodsStone tools shaped for scraping and treating animal skins

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Which of the following artifacts would belong to a prehistoric people?Wall paintings at a burial site depicting a deityPrimitive coins showing the head of a leaderClay tablets with markings that indicate a quantity of traded goodsStone tools shaped for scraping and treating animal skins

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The artifact that would belong to a prehistoric people would be the "Stone tools shaped for scraping and treating animal skins".

Here's why:

  1. Prehistoric people refers to humans who lived before written records were kept. This period is known as the Prehistory which includes the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age.

  2. Wall paintings at a burial site depicting a deity: This could be from any time period, not necessarily prehistoric. Many ancient civilizations with written languages also made wall paintings.

  3. Primitive coins showing the head of a leader: Coins came into existence only after the concept of trade and economy was developed, which was after the prehistoric period.

  4. Clay tablets with markings that indicate a quantity of traded goods: This also indicates a form of written language or record keeping, which did not exist in prehistoric times.

  5. Stone tools shaped for scraping and treating animal skins: This is the most likely to be from prehistoric times. Early humans in the Stone Age used stone tools for various purposes including hunting and skinning animals.

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