ASB 222 EXAM LATEST UPDATED 2026/2027 A
COMPLETE SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS GET IT 100%
CORRECT VERIFIED BEST GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS
In an ideal world archeology...
reflects the past perfectly
Pompeii
-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 people.
- Pyroclastic surge: pieces of volcanic debris that rolled down the
mountain at extremely high speeds; what really killed people
○ Erupted August 25th
Archeological Record
study of past behavior and formation processes (how archeological
records are formed)
Dynamic and Archeological Context
- Dynamic: actively being used in time period
- Archeological: things we are looking at now from the past
Formation Processes
- When dynamic context switches to archeological context
- Transform the material remnants of past behavior
- They can:
- Modify objects
- Move objects around
- Dissociate objects that were used together
, - Can create spurious association between unrelated objects
Decrease/increase quantities of objects
Depositional Processes
Transforms material remnants from dynamic to archeological context
Cultural Disturbance processes
Change the materials within the archeological record itself
- EX: looting
Preservation Processes
Affect the survival of material remains in archeological context
Natural Disturbance Processes
Change the materials within the archeological record itself
Archeological Data
- Minimal:
- Artifacts: are cultural, moveable objects
- Ecofacts: plant or animal remains
- Features: are non-portable object modified; in whole or in part; by
human activity
- Composite:
- Burial: are features that contain human (or animal) remains. Sometimes
associated with artifacts
- Sites: are places where artifacts, ecofacts, or features have been found
Thomas Jefferson
○ brought American archeology into more of a profession
○ Conducted the first archeological expedition
○ Grave Creek Mound, West Virginia = in his backyard; decided to build a
trench across it; found that the mounds were actually burials from NA
tribes
Paleontologists
COMPLETE SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS GET IT 100%
CORRECT VERIFIED BEST GRADED A+ FOR SUCCESS
In an ideal world archeology...
reflects the past perfectly
Pompeii
-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 people.
- Pyroclastic surge: pieces of volcanic debris that rolled down the
mountain at extremely high speeds; what really killed people
○ Erupted August 25th
Archeological Record
study of past behavior and formation processes (how archeological
records are formed)
Dynamic and Archeological Context
- Dynamic: actively being used in time period
- Archeological: things we are looking at now from the past
Formation Processes
- When dynamic context switches to archeological context
- Transform the material remnants of past behavior
- They can:
- Modify objects
- Move objects around
- Dissociate objects that were used together
, - Can create spurious association between unrelated objects
Decrease/increase quantities of objects
Depositional Processes
Transforms material remnants from dynamic to archeological context
Cultural Disturbance processes
Change the materials within the archeological record itself
- EX: looting
Preservation Processes
Affect the survival of material remains in archeological context
Natural Disturbance Processes
Change the materials within the archeological record itself
Archeological Data
- Minimal:
- Artifacts: are cultural, moveable objects
- Ecofacts: plant or animal remains
- Features: are non-portable object modified; in whole or in part; by
human activity
- Composite:
- Burial: are features that contain human (or animal) remains. Sometimes
associated with artifacts
- Sites: are places where artifacts, ecofacts, or features have been found
Thomas Jefferson
○ brought American archeology into more of a profession
○ Conducted the first archeological expedition
○ Grave Creek Mound, West Virginia = in his backyard; decided to build a
trench across it; found that the mounds were actually burials from NA
tribes
Paleontologists
