Ant 2100 FSU Mehta - Archaeology
Exam Set Questions & Revised
Correct Detailed Answers
1. *What are the anthropology subfields? (Chp 1) - ANSWER 1.
biological/physical anthropology
2. cultural anthropology/ethnology
3. archaeology
4. linguistic anthropology
5. applied anthropology
2. *What are the Goals of Anthropology? (Chp 1) - ANSWER 1. When did
humans live in the past?
2. Where did humans live in the past?
3. How did humans live in the past?
4. Why did changes take place in past human societies?
5. Why are some sites/artifacts preserved and not others? How did a site come to
be?
6. Preserve the past for the future.
3. *Types of Archaeology (Chp 1) - ANSWER 1. Classical Archaeology
2. Prehistoric Archaeology
3. Historic Archaeology
,4. *1. Classical Archaeology (Chp 1) - ANSWER -Greek
-Roman
-Mediterranean World
-Western Asia
-Egypt
-Europe
5. *2. Prehistoric Archaeology (Chp 1) - ANSWER Typically cultures that did
not have written records - The New World and Old World (Paleolithic to the
Bronze Age)
6. *3. Historical Archaeology (Chp 1) - ANSWER Study of cultures that have
written record
7. Contact Period Archaeology (Chp 1) - ANSWER -in some places the period
when Europeans were arriving and impacting/interacting with native peoples
-time of European contact until Revolutionary War (ca. 1492-1775)
8. Maya Ritual in Xibalba (Chp 1) - ANSWER -Hunahpu and Xbalanque, Hero
twins from The PopulVuh
-Caves as portals to the Underworld - Xibalba
-Ehecatl (Chaac), the rain god, also lived in Xibalba, and tributes to the rain god
brought rain.
-In times of drought, Maya people ventured deeper in search of water.
-Solar alignments, astronomical alignments
, 9. Catastrophism - Georges Cuiver (Chp 1) - ANSWER The idea that the Earth
went through a series of violent and sudden catastrophic destructions and
subsequent creations with fossils in each layer bounded by these processes
10. Uniformitarianism - Hutton (Chp 1) - ANSWER The same gradual
geological processes we observe today were operating in the past
11. Principles of Geology published between 1830 and 1833 - Lyell (Chp 1) -
ANSWER Earth incredibly older than the biblical chronology
12. Charles Darwin (Chp 1) - ANSWER Theory of Natural Selection
13. Three age system (Chp 1) - ANSWER 1. Stone Age
2. Bronze Age
3. Iron Age
14. Stone Age (Chp 1) - ANSWER 1. Paleolithic
2. Neolithic
15. Biblical Chronology was disproven... (Chp 1) - ANSWER ...with the
establishment of basic geologic principles, evolutionary theory, and the final blow
- human tools found with extinct animal bones
16. *Moundville 1000 AD to 1450 AD (Chp 1) - ANSWER Mississippian
culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County, near the city of Tuscaloosa,
Alabama. The site was the political and ceremonial center of a regionally
organized Mississippian culture chiefdom polity between the 11th and 16th
Exam Set Questions & Revised
Correct Detailed Answers
1. *What are the anthropology subfields? (Chp 1) - ANSWER 1.
biological/physical anthropology
2. cultural anthropology/ethnology
3. archaeology
4. linguistic anthropology
5. applied anthropology
2. *What are the Goals of Anthropology? (Chp 1) - ANSWER 1. When did
humans live in the past?
2. Where did humans live in the past?
3. How did humans live in the past?
4. Why did changes take place in past human societies?
5. Why are some sites/artifacts preserved and not others? How did a site come to
be?
6. Preserve the past for the future.
3. *Types of Archaeology (Chp 1) - ANSWER 1. Classical Archaeology
2. Prehistoric Archaeology
3. Historic Archaeology
,4. *1. Classical Archaeology (Chp 1) - ANSWER -Greek
-Roman
-Mediterranean World
-Western Asia
-Egypt
-Europe
5. *2. Prehistoric Archaeology (Chp 1) - ANSWER Typically cultures that did
not have written records - The New World and Old World (Paleolithic to the
Bronze Age)
6. *3. Historical Archaeology (Chp 1) - ANSWER Study of cultures that have
written record
7. Contact Period Archaeology (Chp 1) - ANSWER -in some places the period
when Europeans were arriving and impacting/interacting with native peoples
-time of European contact until Revolutionary War (ca. 1492-1775)
8. Maya Ritual in Xibalba (Chp 1) - ANSWER -Hunahpu and Xbalanque, Hero
twins from The PopulVuh
-Caves as portals to the Underworld - Xibalba
-Ehecatl (Chaac), the rain god, also lived in Xibalba, and tributes to the rain god
brought rain.
-In times of drought, Maya people ventured deeper in search of water.
-Solar alignments, astronomical alignments
, 9. Catastrophism - Georges Cuiver (Chp 1) - ANSWER The idea that the Earth
went through a series of violent and sudden catastrophic destructions and
subsequent creations with fossils in each layer bounded by these processes
10. Uniformitarianism - Hutton (Chp 1) - ANSWER The same gradual
geological processes we observe today were operating in the past
11. Principles of Geology published between 1830 and 1833 - Lyell (Chp 1) -
ANSWER Earth incredibly older than the biblical chronology
12. Charles Darwin (Chp 1) - ANSWER Theory of Natural Selection
13. Three age system (Chp 1) - ANSWER 1. Stone Age
2. Bronze Age
3. Iron Age
14. Stone Age (Chp 1) - ANSWER 1. Paleolithic
2. Neolithic
15. Biblical Chronology was disproven... (Chp 1) - ANSWER ...with the
establishment of basic geologic principles, evolutionary theory, and the final blow
- human tools found with extinct animal bones
16. *Moundville 1000 AD to 1450 AD (Chp 1) - ANSWER Mississippian
culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County, near the city of Tuscaloosa,
Alabama. The site was the political and ceremonial center of a regionally
organized Mississippian culture chiefdom polity between the 11th and 16th
