ANT 2100 Exam 2 Research Sites and
People Questions and Answers
Giza Pyramids - Answers -Egyptians used leveys and pullies to move stone block
(Lehner did his own experiment)
Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed - Answers -An area in northwest Nebraska, where the
remains of about 500 bison and 21 spear points were found in an area 1,000 m2.AMS
dates indicate the site is about 9,500 radiocarbon years old.Paleontologist Larry
Agenbroad was the first to dig at Hudson-Meng, in the 1970s.
Mikea of Madagascar houses - Answers -Mikea live in four major kinds of settlements
that differ in how long they are occupied.By recording variables (trash distribution,
number of postholes per house, etc. ), we could place a new settlement into one of the
four categories with a high degree of accuracy.
Villages (various, 10-40 meters, high)
Forest Hamlets (small, 4-9 meters, medium)
Seasonal Hamlets (small, 3-4 meters, medium-low)
Foraging camps (Lean-tos, if present, 1-2 meters, low)
Moro and Mesakin of Sudan symbolism - Answers -Moro men considered pig remains
to be foul, and Moro women take care to remove pig bones from the trash and dispose
of them separately. The Mesakin do not share the Moro's beliefs about women, and
they treat pig bones the same as any other animal remains.
Nunamiut Eskimos of Alaska activity areas - Answers -Binford went with them to hunting
trips
Peublo Indian kiva sites - Answers -American Southwest and in early Pueblo sites
Lewis Binford - Answers -If generalizations cannot cover contemporary behavior, then
they cannot be used to interpret the evidence of ancient behavior. To help solve this
inferential problem, Binford conducted ethnoarchaeological research in the 1970s
among the Nunamiut Eskimo of Alaska
Don Crabtree - Answers -Spent a lifetime experimenting with stone tool manufacturing
methods. One of his projects was to rediscover the techniques used to fabricate Folsom
spear points.
Ian Hodder - Answers -Conducted ethnoarchaeology research with the Moro and
Mesakin in Sudan .
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