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In geology, the principle of uniformitarianism asserts ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔ Relational analogies
Analogies justified by similarities in the formal attributes of archaeological
and ethnographic objects and features are known as ANS✔✔ Formal
analogies
The goal of middle-level theory is to ANS✔✔ help build secure inferences
from archaeological remains
Taphonomy is useful to archaeology because it ANS✔✔ 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 ____. ANS✔✔ Experimental archaeology; ethnoarchaeology
Taphonomic research at the Hudson-Meng bison bonebed in Northwest
Nebraska showed that ANS✔✔ 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
ANS✔✔ Experimental archaeology
The primary objective of ethnoarchaeology is to ANS✔✔ Relate behavior to
archaeologically observed phenomena
Regarding trash disposal, Kelly's research among the Mikea of Madagascar
revealed ANS✔✔ That people deposited their trash further from their homes
the longer the settlement was occupied
Kiva ANS✔✔ 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 ANS✔✔
element
When analyzing a faunal assemblage, zooarchaeologists attempt to identify
a specimen to all of the following except ANS✔✔ date
Size classes categorize faunal remains to one of five categories based on
body size. Animals assigned to class 5 include ANS✔✔ Giraffes, hippos, and
elephants
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