Critical Reasoning (CR) | Archaeologists hypothesize that an eleventh-century Byzantine church

Archaeologists hypothesize that an eleventh-century Byzantine church in what is now Turkey was constructed in two distinct sections, separated by decades. They analyzed pigments from frescoes painted on walls in the two sections and confirmed the presence of different mineral compounds in each section's pigments. Additionally, the relatively rare ultramarine violet appears in only one section.Which of the following would it be most useful to determine in evaluating the archaeologists' hypothesis?

A) Whether stylistic differences indicate that in any other Byzantine church two sections were painted by different painters

B) Whether the paint pigments found in the section of the church thought to have been built later were still in use one or more centuries after the time at which the church is thought to have been built

C) Whether ultramarine violet was commonly used in the region where the church is located

D) Whether the mineral compounds found in the pigments in the church occurred
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