ANT2100 Exam Set Questions &
Revised Correct Detailed Answers
1. A "midden" is: - ANSWER A refuse deposit resulting from human
activities.
2. "Stratigraphy" is: - ANSWER A site's physical structure produced by the
deposition of geological and/or cultural sediments into layers.
3. A. V. Kidder (1886-1963) demonstrated that potsherds are archaeologically
important because they can provide evidence of: - ANSWER Cultural
relationships among various prehistoric groups.
4. The term "New Archaeology" refers to: - ANSWER An approach to
archaeology emphasizing the understanding of underlying cultural processes
and the use of the scientific method.
5. True or False? Jens J. A. Worsaae devised the well-known typological scheme
of Stone age, Bronze age, and Iron age, not his mentor. - ANSWER False.
6. Petrarch is considered perhaps the most influential individual of the early
Renaissance because he: - ANSWER Considered the remote past an ideal
of perfection, and argued that moral philosophy could be found within ancient
classical civilizations.
, 7. True or False? "Culture history" documents how material culture changed
over time and space. - ANSWER True.
8. The discovery of Gatecliff Shelter in Nevada was in part a result of: - ANSWER
Old-fashioned "gumshoe survey."
9. A stratified random sample: - ANSWER Takes the sample universe and
divides it into sub-universes.
10. The search for the ruins of Mission Santa Catalina de Guale on St. Catherine's
Island illustrates: - ANSWER How archaeological survey can be effective
even in densely vegetated areas where little is known about the landscape.
11. Remote sensing is: - ANSWER The use of methods that employ some
form of electromagnetic energy to detect and measure characteristics of an
archaeological site.
12. Which of the following techniques was used by NASA in the 1980s to help
identify the vast network of Chacoan roads in the southwestern United States? -
ANSWER Thermal infrared multispectral scanning (TIMS)
13. TIMS (Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner) can locate subsurface
structures by: - ANSWER Tracking how subsurface structures affect surface
thermal radiation.
14. 1What's true about the ancient Chacoan road system? - ANSWER It was
an elaborate and extensive network of roads, covering more than 250,000 square
kilometers within New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah.
Revised Correct Detailed Answers
1. A "midden" is: - ANSWER A refuse deposit resulting from human
activities.
2. "Stratigraphy" is: - ANSWER A site's physical structure produced by the
deposition of geological and/or cultural sediments into layers.
3. A. V. Kidder (1886-1963) demonstrated that potsherds are archaeologically
important because they can provide evidence of: - ANSWER Cultural
relationships among various prehistoric groups.
4. The term "New Archaeology" refers to: - ANSWER An approach to
archaeology emphasizing the understanding of underlying cultural processes
and the use of the scientific method.
5. True or False? Jens J. A. Worsaae devised the well-known typological scheme
of Stone age, Bronze age, and Iron age, not his mentor. - ANSWER False.
6. Petrarch is considered perhaps the most influential individual of the early
Renaissance because he: - ANSWER Considered the remote past an ideal
of perfection, and argued that moral philosophy could be found within ancient
classical civilizations.
, 7. True or False? "Culture history" documents how material culture changed
over time and space. - ANSWER True.
8. The discovery of Gatecliff Shelter in Nevada was in part a result of: - ANSWER
Old-fashioned "gumshoe survey."
9. A stratified random sample: - ANSWER Takes the sample universe and
divides it into sub-universes.
10. The search for the ruins of Mission Santa Catalina de Guale on St. Catherine's
Island illustrates: - ANSWER How archaeological survey can be effective
even in densely vegetated areas where little is known about the landscape.
11. Remote sensing is: - ANSWER The use of methods that employ some
form of electromagnetic energy to detect and measure characteristics of an
archaeological site.
12. Which of the following techniques was used by NASA in the 1980s to help
identify the vast network of Chacoan roads in the southwestern United States? -
ANSWER Thermal infrared multispectral scanning (TIMS)
13. TIMS (Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner) can locate subsurface
structures by: - ANSWER Tracking how subsurface structures affect surface
thermal radiation.
14. 1What's true about the ancient Chacoan road system? - ANSWER It was
an elaborate and extensive network of roads, covering more than 250,000 square
kilometers within New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah.
