UNC Anth 250 Exam 2 || WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS!!
Cahokia correct answers AD 700-1400
Coles Creek/Feltus correct answers AD 700-1200, time of significant advancement
in culture in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. More flat-topped mounds, more
complex political institutions, mix of hunting and agri. Feltus: mississippi, 700-1000
Moundville correct answers 100-1450 AD, but rose to prominence around 1150AD.
In Alabama
Chaco Canyon correct answers New Mexico, 850-1150. Origin of Pueblo. Massive,
multi-story buildings, built along celestial alignments.
Hohokam correct answers Arizona culture, established Snaketown. 1150-1450
Snaketown correct answers Hohokam civilization, major trading post. 300BC-
AD1050
Poverty Point correct answers hella
Teosinte correct answers mexican grass, precursor to maize
Posole correct answers soup w/hominy and meat
Chicha correct answers fermented alcoholic beverage
Paleoethnobotany correct answers study of relationships between people and plants
using archaeological record.
Mississippian Standard Jar correct answers used for slow, long term boiling.
Globular shape with handles
"Three Sisters" correct answers 3 main crops: winter squash, maize, and climbing
beans. Often used as trade goods.
Eastern Agriculture Complex correct answers 1 of 10 independent centers of plant
domestication. goosefoot, sunflower, marshelder, squash
Chenopodium correct answers another name for goosefoot
Marsh Elder/Sumpweed correct answers early domesticated food, but bad odor and
severe potential allergies led to it being abandoned for maize
Kiva correct answers room used by pueblo for religious rituals and political meetings
SOLUTIONS!!
Cahokia correct answers AD 700-1400
Coles Creek/Feltus correct answers AD 700-1200, time of significant advancement
in culture in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. More flat-topped mounds, more
complex political institutions, mix of hunting and agri. Feltus: mississippi, 700-1000
Moundville correct answers 100-1450 AD, but rose to prominence around 1150AD.
In Alabama
Chaco Canyon correct answers New Mexico, 850-1150. Origin of Pueblo. Massive,
multi-story buildings, built along celestial alignments.
Hohokam correct answers Arizona culture, established Snaketown. 1150-1450
Snaketown correct answers Hohokam civilization, major trading post. 300BC-
AD1050
Poverty Point correct answers hella
Teosinte correct answers mexican grass, precursor to maize
Posole correct answers soup w/hominy and meat
Chicha correct answers fermented alcoholic beverage
Paleoethnobotany correct answers study of relationships between people and plants
using archaeological record.
Mississippian Standard Jar correct answers used for slow, long term boiling.
Globular shape with handles
"Three Sisters" correct answers 3 main crops: winter squash, maize, and climbing
beans. Often used as trade goods.
Eastern Agriculture Complex correct answers 1 of 10 independent centers of plant
domestication. goosefoot, sunflower, marshelder, squash
Chenopodium correct answers another name for goosefoot
Marsh Elder/Sumpweed correct answers early domesticated food, but bad odor and
severe potential allergies led to it being abandoned for maize
Kiva correct answers room used by pueblo for religious rituals and political meetings
