In "Who Killed the Iceman?" the author implies that artifacts found with the Iceman can be used as clues for multiple theories. Which evidence from the text supports this conclusion?

Select all that apply.

1.But people performing a ritual might have left [the ax] for the Iceman’s use in the afterlife or as a tribute to the gods.

2.[B]reaking objects was a ceremonial practice in Neolithic Europe. This might explain the broken arrows lying near the mummy.

3.The Iceman’s copper ax—the oldest prehistoric ax in Europe with its bindings and handle intact—is also significant.

4.Though no arrow shaft protrudes from the wound and no blood marks the arrow’s entrance, it’s now clear that the Iceman was shot in the back.

expository writing is one of the most common types of writing.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

absolutism the political belief that one ruler should hold all of the power within the boundaries of a country.