ASB 222 Exam 2 Questions with Correct Answers
Question 1:
18th and 19th Century goals of studying human biological variation
data showing colonial races were superior to others (skull measurements)
Based on assumption that cultural races were biologically determined
Answer:
To find empirical
Question 2:
How has the historical relationship between the United States and Native Americans
Answer:
Justification for colonial conquest
Question 3:
created distrust between archaeologists and descendent Native American communities?
Answer:
it has created distrust by allowing archaeologists take bodies and things
Question 4:
How do many people from descendent Native American communities feel about
Answer:
that bodies are buried with from their graves
Question 5:
archaeologists, their practices, and their interpretations about the past?
Answer:
the feel almost
Question 6:
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? Repatriation Act 1990
Return human remains, associated funerary objects, and sacred objects
,Answer:
Native American Graves Protection and
Question 7:
Lineal descendants and culturally affiliated groups What are the limitations of NAGPRA?
remainsOnly applicable on federal or tribal lands
Answer:
Only federally recognized tribes can claim
Question 8:
What are the limitations of NAGPRA? remains
Only applicable on federal or tribal lands
Answer:
Only federally recognized tribes can claim
Question 9:
What other countries have reburial regulations or laws comparable to NAGPRA? What
Answer:
or if in museum collections that receive federal funding
Question 10:
are they?
Indigenous Repatriation Program supported by Australian government Israel
Must be immediately reported to Religious Services Ministry for reburial
United Kingdom England
Answer:
Australia
Question 11:
Right of ownership does not exist for human remains British Museum Act
Answer:
prohibits return of collections
, Question 12:
Human Tissue Act 2004
Answer:
return remains if the person died less than one thousand years prior to 2004
Question 13:
What was the debate over 'Kennewick Man' about?
Answer:
Wether or not anthropologists
Question 14:
allowed to study remains to answer questions of migration and human origins Have some
sacred artifacts of Native American tribes also been repatriated?
Answer:
Yes;Zuni Ahayu:da (War Gods) Repatriation
Question 15:
How did the Nazis use archaeology as propaganda? claim space and homeland
Single interpretation justified and reinforced political ideologies
Destruction or repression of alternative archaeological evidence
Archaeologist roles:
Supporters
Answer:
Support for "pure" Germans to
Bystanders
Question 16:
Did all German archaeologists support Nazi archaeological propaganda?
Answer:
no
Question 17:
Why did ISIS destroy archaeological sites in Syria?
archaeological materials as propaganda with the following goals:
Question 1:
18th and 19th Century goals of studying human biological variation
data showing colonial races were superior to others (skull measurements)
Based on assumption that cultural races were biologically determined
Answer:
To find empirical
Question 2:
How has the historical relationship between the United States and Native Americans
Answer:
Justification for colonial conquest
Question 3:
created distrust between archaeologists and descendent Native American communities?
Answer:
it has created distrust by allowing archaeologists take bodies and things
Question 4:
How do many people from descendent Native American communities feel about
Answer:
that bodies are buried with from their graves
Question 5:
archaeologists, their practices, and their interpretations about the past?
Answer:
the feel almost
Question 6:
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? Repatriation Act 1990
Return human remains, associated funerary objects, and sacred objects
,Answer:
Native American Graves Protection and
Question 7:
Lineal descendants and culturally affiliated groups What are the limitations of NAGPRA?
remainsOnly applicable on federal or tribal lands
Answer:
Only federally recognized tribes can claim
Question 8:
What are the limitations of NAGPRA? remains
Only applicable on federal or tribal lands
Answer:
Only federally recognized tribes can claim
Question 9:
What other countries have reburial regulations or laws comparable to NAGPRA? What
Answer:
or if in museum collections that receive federal funding
Question 10:
are they?
Indigenous Repatriation Program supported by Australian government Israel
Must be immediately reported to Religious Services Ministry for reburial
United Kingdom England
Answer:
Australia
Question 11:
Right of ownership does not exist for human remains British Museum Act
Answer:
prohibits return of collections
, Question 12:
Human Tissue Act 2004
Answer:
return remains if the person died less than one thousand years prior to 2004
Question 13:
What was the debate over 'Kennewick Man' about?
Answer:
Wether or not anthropologists
Question 14:
allowed to study remains to answer questions of migration and human origins Have some
sacred artifacts of Native American tribes also been repatriated?
Answer:
Yes;Zuni Ahayu:da (War Gods) Repatriation
Question 15:
How did the Nazis use archaeology as propaganda? claim space and homeland
Single interpretation justified and reinforced political ideologies
Destruction or repression of alternative archaeological evidence
Archaeologist roles:
Supporters
Answer:
Support for "pure" Germans to
Bystanders
Question 16:
Did all German archaeologists support Nazi archaeological propaganda?
Answer:
no
Question 17:
Why did ISIS destroy archaeological sites in Syria?
archaeological materials as propaganda with the following goals:
