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In geology, the principle of uniformitarianism asserts - Answers -That the process now
operating to modify the earth's surface are the same as those of geologic past
Analogies justified on the basis of close cultural continuity between the archaeological
and ethnographic cases of 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 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 bison skulls to decompose
Trying to move stones weighting 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 observed 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
, Kiva - Answers -A Pueblo ceremonial structure that is usually round (but may be square
or rectangular) and semi-subterranean. They appear in early Pueblo sites and perhaps
even in the earlier (pre-AD 700) pithouse villages.
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
Size classes categorize faunal remains to one of five categories based on body size.
Animals assigned to class 5 include - Answers -Giraffes, hippos, and elephants
What would the MNI be for the following hypothetical assemblage of adult bison bones:
4 left humeri, 2 left femora, 4 right femora, 5 skulls, and 6 left scapulae? - Answers -Six
The faunal assemblage from teh site of Cahvin de Huantar, Peru, contains an
abundance of leg bones with few cranial and foot bones. This pattern has been
explained by - Answers -Ch'arki trade: dried llama and alpaca meat on leg bones when
traded into the site from high-altitude herding communities
An archaeologist involved in analyzing and interpreting plant remains from archaelogical
sites in order to understand past interactions between human populations and plant
populations would be a - Answers -Paleoethnobotanist
Macrobotanical remains inlcude all of the following except - Answers -Camelid bones
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
What do fluctuations in pollen percentages in a pollen diagram indicate? - Answers -
Changes in local and regional plant densities
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
Palynology - Answers -The analysis of ancient plant pollen and spores
Phytoliths - Answers -"Plant stones" or microscopic plant opals occurring in various
grasses as well as in rushes, sedges, palms, conifers, and deciduous trees
Coprolites - Answers -(Greek word korpos for "dung" and lithikos "stone") are
desiccated, not fossilized, feces that provide source of information about prehistoric
diets
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