ASB 222 Exam 2 UPDATED Questions and CORRECT Answers
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ASB 222
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ASB 222
ASB 222 Exam 2 UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
18th and 19th Century goals of studying human biological variation - CORRECT ANSWER-
• To find empirical data showing colonial races were superior to others (skull
measurements)
• Based on assumption that cultural races were biological...
ASB 222 Exam 2 UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
18th and 19th Century goals of studying human biological variation - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔• To find empirical data showing colonial races were superior to others (skull
measurements)
• Based on assumption that cultural races were biologically determined
• Justification for colonial conquest
How has the historical relationship between the United States and Native Americans created
distrust between archaeologists and descendent Native American communities? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔it has created distrust by allowing archaeologists take bodies and things that
bodies are buried with from their graves
How do many people from descendent Native American communities feel about
archaeologists, their practices, and their interpretations about the past? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔the feel almost as if archaeologists are grave robbers. they think that their
practices are destructive, and that their interpretations are wrong
What is NAGPRA and what does it do? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 1990
• Return human remains, associated funerary objects, and sacred objects
• Lineal descendants and culturally affiliated groups
What are the limitations of NAGPRA? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔• Only federally
recognized tribes can claim remains
• Only applicable on federal or tribal lands
• or if in museum collections that receive federal funding
What other countries have reburial regulations or laws comparable to NAGPRA? What are
they? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Australia
• Indigenous Repatriation Program supported by Australian government
Israel
• Must be immediately reported to Religious Services Ministry for reburial
,• United Kingdom
England
• Right of ownership does not exist for human remains
• British Museum Act - prohibits return of collections
• Human Tissue Act 2004 - return remains if the person died less than one thousand years
prior to 2004
What was the debate over 'Kennewick Man' about? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Wether or
not anthropologists allowed to study remains to answer questions of migration and human
origins
Have some sacred artifacts of Native American tribes also been repatriated? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Yes;
Zuni Ahayu:da (War Gods) Repatriation
How did the Nazis use archaeology as propaganda? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔• Support
for "pure" Germans to claim space and homeland
• Single interpretation justified and reinforced political ideologies
• Destruction or repression of alternative archaeological evidence
• Archaeologist roles:
• Supporters
• Bystanders
Did all German archaeologists support Nazi archaeological propaganda? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔no
Why did ISIS destroy archaeological sites in Syria? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔ISIS used
videos of destruction of archaeological materials as propaganda with the following goals:
• Recruit
• Separate communities
• Antagonize
, Who is our closest living relative? When was our last common ancestor? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Chimps; 6-8 mil years ago
Paleoanthropological Tool Kit - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Fossils, genetics, living
laboratory, material culture
Movement/Migration Out of Africa - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Moved out of Africa and
spread out over most of eurasia
Modern Humans - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔African based
Neanderthals - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Europe and russia
Denisovans - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Europe and russia
Homo Floresiensis - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Flores Island Indonesia, dwarf human
relative of uncertain affinity
What is your molecular fingerprint? What can it tell you? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Unique genomic signature
informs about:
•Identity
•Appearance
•Potential disease
•Ancestry
What is the current time limit of Ancient DNA? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔500,000 years
In addition to the paleoanthropological tool kit, what is another evidence source to understand
human migrations? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔molecular clock
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