ANT 2100 Final Exam Chapter 7-13
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
In geology, the principle of uniformitarianism asserts - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT
ANSWER - relational analogies.
Analogies justified by similarities in the formal attributes of archaeological and ethnographic
objects and features are known as - CORRECT ANSWER - formal analogies.
The goal of middle-level theory is to - CORRECT ANSWER - help build secure
inferences from archaeological remains
Taphonomy is useful to archaeology because it - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 projectile points is an example of _________. -
CORRECT ANSWER - experimental archaeology; ethnoarchaeology
Taphonomic research at the Hudson-Meng bison bonebed in northwest Nebraska showed that: -
CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - experimental archaeology.
The primary objective of ethnoarchaeology is to - CORRECT ANSWER - relate behavior
to archaeologically observable phenomena.
Regarding trash disposal, Kelly's research among the Mikea of Madagascar revealed -
CORRECT ANSWER - that people deposited their trash further from their homes the
longer the settlement was occupied.
The main purpose of a zooarchaeological comparative collection is - CORRECT
ANSWER - to help zooarchaeologists identify archaeofaunas.
The first step in faunal analysis is to assign each specimen to _____________. - CORRECT
ANSWER - element
When analyzing a faunal assemblage, zooarchaeologists attempt to identify a specimen to all of
the following except - CORRECT ANSWER - date
Analysis of the archaeofauna from the site of Chavín de Huántar, Peru, indicates - CORRECT
ANSWER - a change in diet through time, with increasing reliance on domesticated
llamas.
The NISP provides a measurement of - CORRECT ANSWER - abundance and diversity of
animals represented at a site.
An archaeologist involved in analyzing and interpreting plant remains from archaeological sites
in order to understand past interactions between human populations and plants would be a -
CORRECT ANSWER - paleoethnobotanist.
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
In geology, the principle of uniformitarianism asserts - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT
ANSWER - relational analogies.
Analogies justified by similarities in the formal attributes of archaeological and ethnographic
objects and features are known as - CORRECT ANSWER - formal analogies.
The goal of middle-level theory is to - CORRECT ANSWER - help build secure
inferences from archaeological remains
Taphonomy is useful to archaeology because it - CORRECT ANSWER - 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 projectile points is an example of _________. -
CORRECT ANSWER - experimental archaeology; ethnoarchaeology
Taphonomic research at the Hudson-Meng bison bonebed in northwest Nebraska showed that: -
CORRECT ANSWER - 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - experimental archaeology.
The primary objective of ethnoarchaeology is to - CORRECT ANSWER - relate behavior
to archaeologically observable phenomena.
Regarding trash disposal, Kelly's research among the Mikea of Madagascar revealed -
CORRECT ANSWER - that people deposited their trash further from their homes the
longer the settlement was occupied.
The main purpose of a zooarchaeological comparative collection is - CORRECT
ANSWER - to help zooarchaeologists identify archaeofaunas.
The first step in faunal analysis is to assign each specimen to _____________. - CORRECT
ANSWER - element
When analyzing a faunal assemblage, zooarchaeologists attempt to identify a specimen to all of
the following except - CORRECT ANSWER - date
Analysis of the archaeofauna from the site of Chavín de Huántar, Peru, indicates - CORRECT
ANSWER - a change in diet through time, with increasing reliance on domesticated
llamas.
The NISP provides a measurement of - CORRECT ANSWER - abundance and diversity of
animals represented at a site.
An archaeologist involved in analyzing and interpreting plant remains from archaeological sites
in order to understand past interactions between human populations and plants would be a -
CORRECT ANSWER - paleoethnobotanist.
