ANT 2100 Final Exam Questions and
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In geology, the principle of uniformitarianism asserts - ✔✔that the
processes now operating to modify the earth's surface are the same as
those of the geologic past
Analogies justified on the basis of close cultural continuity between the
archaeological and ethnographic cases or similarity in general cultural form
are known as - ✔✔relational analogies
Analogies justified by similarities in the formal attributes of archaeological
and ethnographic objects and features are known as - ✔✔formal analogies
The goal of middle-level theory is to - ✔✔help build secure inferences from
archaeological remains
Taphonomy is useful to archaeology because it - ✔✔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 the way a living group of people make
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, projectile points is an example of _________ - ✔✔experimental
archaeology; ethnoarchaeology
Taphonomic research at the Hudson-Meng bison bonebed in northwest
Nebraska showed that: - ✔✔Natural processes such as incomplete burial
and subsequent exposure to sunlight could have caused the tops of the
bison skulls to decompose
Trying to move stones weighing 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 -
✔✔experimental archaeology
The primary objective of ethnoarchaeology is to - ✔✔relate behavior to
archaeologically observable phenomena
Regarding trash disposal, Kelly's research among the Mikea of
Madagascar revealed - ✔✔that people deposited their trash further from
their homes the longer the settlement was occupied
The first step in faunal analysis is to assign each specimen to
_____________ - ✔✔element
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Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
In geology, the principle of uniformitarianism asserts - ✔✔that the
processes now operating to modify the earth's surface are the same as
those of the geologic past
Analogies justified on the basis of close cultural continuity between the
archaeological and ethnographic cases or similarity in general cultural form
are known as - ✔✔relational analogies
Analogies justified by similarities in the formal attributes of archaeological
and ethnographic objects and features are known as - ✔✔formal analogies
The goal of middle-level theory is to - ✔✔help build secure inferences from
archaeological remains
Taphonomy is useful to archaeology because it - ✔✔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 the way a living group of people make
1
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, projectile points is an example of _________ - ✔✔experimental
archaeology; ethnoarchaeology
Taphonomic research at the Hudson-Meng bison bonebed in northwest
Nebraska showed that: - ✔✔Natural processes such as incomplete burial
and subsequent exposure to sunlight could have caused the tops of the
bison skulls to decompose
Trying to move stones weighing 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 -
✔✔experimental archaeology
The primary objective of ethnoarchaeology is to - ✔✔relate behavior to
archaeologically observable phenomena
Regarding trash disposal, Kelly's research among the Mikea of
Madagascar revealed - ✔✔that people deposited their trash further from
their homes the longer the settlement was occupied
The first step in faunal analysis is to assign each specimen to
_____________ - ✔✔element
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