The rejection by European thinkers of a local, native source for the complex societies of the mound builders as well as for the construction of Great Zimbabwe was based on:
A) archaeological evidence
B) historical records
C) oral traditions in those areas showing that the native people themselves believed that they had nothing to do with those cultures
D) racism

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The rejection was largely based on racist beliefs that indigenous peoples were not capable of creating such advanced structures and societies, rather than on concrete archaeological evidence, historical records, or oral traditions.

The Rejection by European Thinkers of a Local, Native Source