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ANT 2100 Final Exam Chapter 7-13Questions and Answers
In geology, the principle of uniformitarianism asserts - Answers -that the processes now
operating to modify the earth's surface are the same as those of the geologic past.
Analogies justified on the basis of close cultural continuity between the archaeological
and ethnographic cases or similarity in general cultural form are known as - Answers -
relational analogies.
Analogies justified by similarities in the formal attributes of archaeological and
ethnographic objects and features are known as - Answers -formal analogies.
The goal of middle-level theory is to - Answers -help build secure inferences from
archaeological remains
Taphonomy is useful to archaeology because it - Answers -helps archaeologists
separate the effects of natural processes and human behavior on site formation
Exploring the possible ways to make a projectile point is an example of _________,
while observing the way a living group of people make projectile points is an example of
_________. - Answers -experimental archaeology; ethnoarchaeology
Taphonomic research at the Hudson-Meng bison bonebed in northwest Nebraska
showed that: - Answers -Natural processes such as incomplete burial and subsequent
exposure to sunlight could have caused the tops of the bison skulls to decompose.
Trying to move stones weighing several tons using only the tools and materials that the
ancient Egyptians had available to them, with the goal of determining whether or not
Egyptian technology was sufficiently sophisticated to produce monuments like the
pyramids, is an example of - Answers -experimental archaeology.
The primary objective of ethnoarchaeology is to - Answers -relate behavior to
archaeologically observable phenomena.
Regarding trash disposal, Kelly's research among the Mikea of Madagascar revealed -
Answers -that people deposited their trash further from their homes the longer the
settlement was occupied.
The main purpose of a zooarchaeological comparative collection is - Answers -to help
zooarchaeologists identify archaeofaunas.
, The first step in faunal analysis is to assign each specimen to _____________. -
Answers -element
When analyzing a faunal assemblage, zooarchaeologists attempt to identify a specimen
to all of the following except - Answers -date
Analysis of the archaeofauna from the site of Chavín de Huántar, Peru, indicates -
Answers -a change in diet through time, with increasing reliance on domesticated
llamas.
The NISP provides a measurement of - Answers -abundance and diversity of animals
represented at a site.
An archaeologist involved in analyzing and interpreting plant remains from
archaeological sites in order to understand past interactions between human
populations and plants would be a - Answers -paleoethnobotanist.
In reconstructing ancient environments, pollen is useful for all of the following reasons
except - Answers -it rarely fluctuates in quantity making it ideal for reconstructing
ancient environments
Neanderthal burials from Shanidar Cave, Iraq, associated with pollen indicate - Answers
-that archaeologists need to take formation processes into account when interpreting
the meaning of data from ecofacts.
Tiny silica particles contained in plants that can be used to indicate which plant species
were present at a site are - Answers -phytoliths.
Of the following, which is the best source of information about diet? - Answers -
coprolites
The best place for a bioarchaeologist to look to determine the sex of human skeletal
remains is: - Answers -the pelvis
How does the sciatic notch of females differ from that of males? - Answers -It is wider in
females and narrower in males.
What could a bioarchaeologist look at to determine the age at death of a mature human
skeleton (>30 years old)? - Answers -patterns of wear on the pubic symphysis
Harris lines and dental hypoplasias can be used by bioarchaeologists to make
inferences about - Answers -disease and malnourishment during infant-to-adolescent
growth periods.
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