ASB 222-Final Exam Questions with Correct
Answers
When an archaeologist attempts to find sites with a conservation goal in mind, s/he is
trying to identify the potential damage of a proposed project by finding any
archaeological sites in its path.
TRUE
Archaeological theories
Explain and describe the past, provide a broad explanatory framework for material evidence,
are based on existing evidence and research
Archaeological site is:
A cluster of artifacts, and a place where activities once took place
Four methods for chronometrically dating the past are...
Potassium-Argon dating, Radio Carbon dating, Historical documents, and Dendrochronology
The four types of human societies in order from smallest in size and least complex, to
the largest in size and most complex:
Bands, Tribes, Chiefdoms, States
Stratigraphy is a relative chronology method where objects are dated in relation to each
other by which layer they are associated.
TRUE
Archaeologists that live in other cultures to learn about how artifacts are made and
used are called:
, Ethno archaeologists
Archaeology without excavation
is called non-invasive archaeology
The goals of archaeology include:
Discovering evidence of the human past, reconstructing cultural history around the world,
and reconstructing past lives and societies
Archaeology is a historical science.
TRUE
Knapping is:
Hammering flakes off a stone core to create tools
__________is used in archaeology to compare ancient artifacts to modern ones to
reconstruct past activities.
Analogy
Biologically modern humans
Appear by about 200,000 years ago and are distinct from behaviorally modern humans
The last glaciation (during the Late Pleistocene) was marked by large continental ice
sheets, and a cool, dry climate, and drop in sea level.
TRUE
You are an archaeologist excavating a site and you find an artifact of a type you've
never seen before. Which method would NOT help you figure out what the artifact was
used for in the past?
Answers
When an archaeologist attempts to find sites with a conservation goal in mind, s/he is
trying to identify the potential damage of a proposed project by finding any
archaeological sites in its path.
TRUE
Archaeological theories
Explain and describe the past, provide a broad explanatory framework for material evidence,
are based on existing evidence and research
Archaeological site is:
A cluster of artifacts, and a place where activities once took place
Four methods for chronometrically dating the past are...
Potassium-Argon dating, Radio Carbon dating, Historical documents, and Dendrochronology
The four types of human societies in order from smallest in size and least complex, to
the largest in size and most complex:
Bands, Tribes, Chiefdoms, States
Stratigraphy is a relative chronology method where objects are dated in relation to each
other by which layer they are associated.
TRUE
Archaeologists that live in other cultures to learn about how artifacts are made and
used are called:
, Ethno archaeologists
Archaeology without excavation
is called non-invasive archaeology
The goals of archaeology include:
Discovering evidence of the human past, reconstructing cultural history around the world,
and reconstructing past lives and societies
Archaeology is a historical science.
TRUE
Knapping is:
Hammering flakes off a stone core to create tools
__________is used in archaeology to compare ancient artifacts to modern ones to
reconstruct past activities.
Analogy
Biologically modern humans
Appear by about 200,000 years ago and are distinct from behaviorally modern humans
The last glaciation (during the Late Pleistocene) was marked by large continental ice
sheets, and a cool, dry climate, and drop in sea level.
TRUE
You are an archaeologist excavating a site and you find an artifact of a type you've
never seen before. Which method would NOT help you figure out what the artifact was
used for in the past?
