ASB 222 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers

ASB 222 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers


Question 1:
In an ideal world archeology...
Answer:
reflects the past perfectly



Question 2:
Pompeii people.
high speeds; what really killed people
Answer:
-Ash fell up to 6 inches an hour and made buildings collapse; Covered
buildings and people acting as a mold, ultimately preserving the forms of the perished
- Pyroclastic surge: pieces of volcanic debris that rolled down the mountain at extremely
Erupted August 25th



Question 3:
Archeological Record
Answer:
study of past behavior and formation processes (how archeological records are formed)



Question 4:
Dynamic and Archeological Context
Answer:
Dynamic: actively being used in time period



Question 5:
Archeological: things we are looking at now from the past Formation Processes
Transform the material remnants of past behavior
They can:
Modify objects
Move objects around
Dissociate objects that were used together
Answer:
When dynamic context switches to archeological context

, Question 6:
Decrease/increase quantities of objects
Answer:
- Can create spurious association between unrelated objects



Question 7:
Depositional Processes
Answer:
Transforms material remnants from dynamic to archeological context



Question 8:
Cultural Disturbance processes itself
Answer:
Change the materials within the archeological record- EX: looting



Question 9:
Preservation Processes
Answer:
Affect the survival of material remains in archeological context



Question 10:
Natural Disturbance Processes
Answer:
Change the materials within the archeological record itself



Question 11:
Archeological DataArtifacts: are cultural, moveable objectsEcofacts: plant or animal
remainsComposite:with artifacts
Answer:
Minimal:Features: are non-portable object modified; in whole or in part; by human
activityBurial: are features that contain human (or animal) remains. Sometimes associatedSites:
are places where artifacts, ecofacts, or features have been found