<p>its definitely (B),"culture-bound by their own approach to knowledge" --this phraze emphesizes on their narrow mentality to follow their own conscience with pride instead of following the real evidence..............pardon me if i err</p>
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<p>I know this thread is a bit dated but I wanted to explain why I’m pretty sure A cannot be the correct answer.</p>
<p>The author portrays Western historians as…
A. oblivious to the value of archaeological research</p>
<p>In the passage:</p>
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<p>The author doesn’t portray the historians as oblivious to the value of archaeological research, the contrary in fact. The author says that historians only take archaeological evidence seriously, and doubt the reliability of oral histories, religious rituals, etc.</p>