Winding through the ice atop Norway’s Jotunheim Mountains is the Lendbreen pass, an ancient route that was used by hunters, farmers, traders, and travelers in the Middle Ages before eventually falling into disuse. Recently, archeologists have ______ knives, horseshoes, wool tunics, and thousands of other artifacts from the icy pass.

Question

Winding through the ice atop Norway’s Jotunheim Mountains is the Lendbreen pass, an ancient route that was used by hunters, farmers, traders, and travelers in the Middle Ages before eventually falling into disuse. Recently, archeologists have ______ knives, horseshoes, wool tunics, and thousands of other artifacts from the icy pass.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A)   unearthed— 
A
unearthed—
(Choice B)   unearthed: 
B
unearthed:
(Choice C)   unearthed, 
C
unearthed,
(Choice D, Checked)   unearthed 
D
unearthed

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The correct choice is:

(Choice A) unearthed—

This choice completes the sentence appropriately, indicating that archeologists have made notable finds in a past event. The em dash serves to lead into a list of the artifacts they discovered.