ASB 222 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
Absolute Dating correct answer Determines actual age. fossil's near by rock
contains radioactive elements that break down (decay) into different elements
over time. half life of these elements means the time it takes for half of the atoms
to decay they compare how much of the radioactive element is in the sample and
the amount of the new element, then calculate the age.
Agamemnon correct answer Son of Atreus, brother of Menelaus, husband of
Clytemnestra, and king of Mycenae. Elected commander in chief of the Greeks in
the Trojan War. When war was over, he sailed home where he was murdered by
Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. Odysseus speaks to his spirit in Hades.
Archaeological Context correct answer Once artifacts enter the ground, they
become part of the archaeological context, can be affected by human action and
natural processes
Where exactly an artifact is found and how it fits with things found around it
(association)
Archeology correct answer The study of ancient cultures based on artifacts and
other remains
79 AD Vesuvius buries surrounding cities
1736 King Charles sends explorer (Venuta) down a well, finds a theater, king sends
slaves to cut treasures from rock
Artifact correct answer An object made by humans, often refers to a primitive tool
or other relic from an earlier period with archaeological significance
, Assyria correct answer A Southwest Asian Kingdom that controlled a large empire
from about 850 to 612 B.C.
Ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
Assyriology correct answer 1. Archaeological, historical, linguistic study of ancient
Mesopotamia and cultures that used cuneiform writing
2. Misnomer. Covers not just Assyria but also Sumer and Babylonia.
Austen Henry Layard correct answer Expeditions to Nimrud and Nineveh in
northern Iraq. took massive monoliths and reliefs, such as human-headed bulls,
(1840-50) and took them to British Museum (now also in Louvre and America).
Babylonia correct answer Ancient Near Eastern empire, located in southern
Mesopotamia, which dominated Judah in the later seventh and sixth centuries
B.C.
Extended throughout the Fertile Crescent in the 1700s B.C., reached its peak
during the reign of Hammurabi
Battleship Curve correct answer A technique used to visually demonstrate
frequency based Seriation. It uses a diagram displaying the popularity of items
over their lifetimes in correlation to other similar items that existed before or
after it, or at the same time. The data bells/curves out on the diagram, looking
somewhat like a battleship
Often used to depict ceramic styles
Before Present (BP) correct answer A time scale used mainly in geology, and other
scientific disciplines to specify when events in the past occurred. Because the
"present" time changes, standard practice is to use 1 January 1950 as the origin of
Absolute Dating correct answer Determines actual age. fossil's near by rock
contains radioactive elements that break down (decay) into different elements
over time. half life of these elements means the time it takes for half of the atoms
to decay they compare how much of the radioactive element is in the sample and
the amount of the new element, then calculate the age.
Agamemnon correct answer Son of Atreus, brother of Menelaus, husband of
Clytemnestra, and king of Mycenae. Elected commander in chief of the Greeks in
the Trojan War. When war was over, he sailed home where he was murdered by
Aegisthus and Clytemnestra. Odysseus speaks to his spirit in Hades.
Archaeological Context correct answer Once artifacts enter the ground, they
become part of the archaeological context, can be affected by human action and
natural processes
Where exactly an artifact is found and how it fits with things found around it
(association)
Archeology correct answer The study of ancient cultures based on artifacts and
other remains
79 AD Vesuvius buries surrounding cities
1736 King Charles sends explorer (Venuta) down a well, finds a theater, king sends
slaves to cut treasures from rock
Artifact correct answer An object made by humans, often refers to a primitive tool
or other relic from an earlier period with archaeological significance
, Assyria correct answer A Southwest Asian Kingdom that controlled a large empire
from about 850 to 612 B.C.
Ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
Assyriology correct answer 1. Archaeological, historical, linguistic study of ancient
Mesopotamia and cultures that used cuneiform writing
2. Misnomer. Covers not just Assyria but also Sumer and Babylonia.
Austen Henry Layard correct answer Expeditions to Nimrud and Nineveh in
northern Iraq. took massive monoliths and reliefs, such as human-headed bulls,
(1840-50) and took them to British Museum (now also in Louvre and America).
Babylonia correct answer Ancient Near Eastern empire, located in southern
Mesopotamia, which dominated Judah in the later seventh and sixth centuries
B.C.
Extended throughout the Fertile Crescent in the 1700s B.C., reached its peak
during the reign of Hammurabi
Battleship Curve correct answer A technique used to visually demonstrate
frequency based Seriation. It uses a diagram displaying the popularity of items
over their lifetimes in correlation to other similar items that existed before or
after it, or at the same time. The data bells/curves out on the diagram, looking
somewhat like a battleship
Often used to depict ceramic styles
Before Present (BP) correct answer A time scale used mainly in geology, and other
scientific disciplines to specify when events in the past occurred. Because the
"present" time changes, standard practice is to use 1 January 1950 as the origin of
