What do anthropologists study? - Answers -Human Kind
The ability to accurately cross date tree rings within a limited region is based on the fact
that patterns in ring width is associated with - Answers -seasonal variation effecting all
trees in a given area
The field of anthropology strives to be a holistic discipline in that: - Answers -All aspects
of humanity are considered and studied
The Moundbuilders myth provides an example of - Answers -How the social, cultural
and political beliefs can influence archaeological theories
An artifacts provenience is - Answers -The artifacts location relative to a system of
spatial data collection (longitude and latitude)
The goal of ground reconnaissance survey is to - Answers -Find every site in the region
The difference between scientific accuracy and precision is that accuracy measures the
distance from a variable to a true value, while precision measures the repeatability of a
test to show the same result. When archaeologists use 2 standard deviations instead of
1: - Answers -accuracy increases while precision decreases
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are - Answers -Computer programs designed to
store, retrieve,analyze and display cartographic data
Genetically, modern humans today are extremely homogeneous. This is likely due to an
evolutionary bottleneck that occurred - Answers -200,000 years ago in Africa
Historically, the Speculative Approach to archaeology focused on: - Answers -Collecting
ancient relics for personal collections and display
What principles from Charles Darwin's 1859 publication of "On the Origin of Species"
challenged long held scientific beliefs? - Answers --species are organized in nature as a
branching tree
-species were not created in their present form, but evolved from ancestral species
-the mechanism of change was natural selection
The major limiting factors for archaeological research are - Answers -time, money, and
people
, The half life of Carbon-14 is - Answers -5,730 years
Charles Lyell's 1865 book "The Geological Evidence for the Antiquity of Man" was
important because - Answers -it argued for an extremely old age of the earth, via the
process of uniformitarianism
Traditional sampling strategies include - Answers -random sampling
In radiocarbon dating, the death of an organism essientially "zeroes the scale" because
it - Answers -ends the intake of Carbon-14
The time taken for half of the atoms of a radioactive isotope to decay is called its -
Answers -half life
A specialist from which of the four subfields of anthropology would be most likely to
study ritual, belief, kinship systems among the people in contemporary societies -
Answers -Cultural anthropology
Radiometric dating techniques are based on the principle that over time - Answers -
unstable isotopes decay into stable isotopes
CJ Thomsen's Three Age System (stone age-bronze age-iron age) in Europe
demonstrates the misapplication of Darwin's ideas through belief in - Answers -Uni
linear cultural evolution
The usefulness of aerial photography for archaeology - Answers -Lies in the fact that
aerial photographs can show features that are too indistinct or too large to discern from
the ground
The reason radiocarbon dating results must be calibrated (from BP to BC) is that,
contrary to what Libby assumed, - Answers -The concentration of carbon-14 in the
atmosphere has actually varied over time
What types of environment are most advantageous for preservation of organic
materials? - Answers -Cold temperatures, dry, or wet (anaerobic)
The law of superposition states that - Answers -The farther you go down, the older
things are
In order to obtain absolute dates from volcanic material in very early context, you would
probably choose to use - Answers -potassium-argon dating
The definition of artifacts is - Answers -object modified or made by people
The Classifactory period in archaeology is known for - Answers -creating regional
chronologies and describing regional change over time
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