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1. The primary purpose of the passage is to propose(B) a way to curb illegal digging while benefiting the archaeological profession.
The author suggests selling excavated artifacts on the open market as a means to provide funds for archaeology and reduce illegal excavation. The proposal aims to address the financial constraints faced by archaeologists and the problem of illegaldigging.

2. The author implies that all of the following statements about duplicate artifacts are true EXCEPT:(E) Such artifacts frequently exceed in quality those already catalogued in museum collections.
In the passage, the author discusses the abundance of duplicate artifacts, such as pottery vessels and ancient lamps. The author acknowledges their lack of unique artistic merit or scientific value. However, there is no mention of these duplicate artifacts frequently exceeding the quality of those already catalogued in museum collections. Therefore, option (E) is the correctanswer.

3. Which of the following
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