…The girl and two other children were left on a

mountaintop to succumb [fall victim] to the cold

as offerings to the gods, according to the

archaeologists who found the mummified

remains in Argentina in 1999….

— “Frozen Inca Mummy Goes On Display,”

National Geographic News,

September 11, 2007

This passage best illustrates the role of

archaeologists in

(1) interpreting evidence

(2) challenging customs

(3) classifying artifacts

(4) planning expeditions