ASB 222 — Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
Radiocarbon dating can date things that lived up to 500,000 years ago. - ANSWER✔️✔️-False
Cultural evolution is the process by which people progress to better ways of life. -
ANSWER✔️✔️-False
For archaeologists, the definition of an archaeological site is: - ANSWER✔️✔️-(1) A cluster of
artifacts (2) A place where activities once took place
Cultural items, features, ecofacts, and human remains are types of: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Artifacts
Four methods of chronometrically dating the past are Potassium-Argon dating, Radio Carbon
dating, Historical documents, and ________ - ANSWER✔️✔️-Dendochronology
An object's provenience is its location in a horizontal and vertical space. - ANSWER✔️✔️-True
The archaeological remains of bands and tribes are generally more difficult to find than that of
chiefdoms and states. - ANSWER✔️✔️-True
Excavation reveals: - ANSWER✔️✔️-(1) The three dimensional patterning of the site (2) The
temporal and spatial relationship among artifacts in three dimensional space
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, Which of the following places the four types of human societies in order from smallest in size and
least complex, to the largest in size and most complex? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Bands, Tribes,
Chiefdoms, States
Which of the following is NOT a goal of archaeology? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Examining human
biological evolution
Cultural evolution is a form of progress and improvement in the lives of humans. -
ANSWER✔️✔️-False
The second human diaspora, when humans colonized much of the planet, including Australia, and
the Americas, occurred when? - ANSWER✔️✔️-~10-50 kya
Knapping is ________ - ANSWER✔️✔️-Hammering flakes off a stone core to create tools
The hominins that exited Africa during the first out of Africa migration were anatomically modern
humans. - ANSWER✔️✔️-False
Biologically modern humans - ANSWER✔️✔️-(1) Appear about 200,000 years ago (2) Are distinct
from behaviorally modern humans
________ is the location of an artifact in an archaeological site. - ANSWER✔️✔️-Provenience
The development of complex language helps separate modern humans from our earlier ancestors. -
ANSWER✔️✔️-True
What tool tradition, featuring standardized bifaces, was produced by Homo erectus? -
ANSWER✔️✔️-Acheulean
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Answers
Radiocarbon dating can date things that lived up to 500,000 years ago. - ANSWER✔️✔️-False
Cultural evolution is the process by which people progress to better ways of life. -
ANSWER✔️✔️-False
For archaeologists, the definition of an archaeological site is: - ANSWER✔️✔️-(1) A cluster of
artifacts (2) A place where activities once took place
Cultural items, features, ecofacts, and human remains are types of: - ANSWER✔️✔️-Artifacts
Four methods of chronometrically dating the past are Potassium-Argon dating, Radio Carbon
dating, Historical documents, and ________ - ANSWER✔️✔️-Dendochronology
An object's provenience is its location in a horizontal and vertical space. - ANSWER✔️✔️-True
The archaeological remains of bands and tribes are generally more difficult to find than that of
chiefdoms and states. - ANSWER✔️✔️-True
Excavation reveals: - ANSWER✔️✔️-(1) The three dimensional patterning of the site (2) The
temporal and spatial relationship among artifacts in three dimensional space
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, Which of the following places the four types of human societies in order from smallest in size and
least complex, to the largest in size and most complex? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Bands, Tribes,
Chiefdoms, States
Which of the following is NOT a goal of archaeology? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Examining human
biological evolution
Cultural evolution is a form of progress and improvement in the lives of humans. -
ANSWER✔️✔️-False
The second human diaspora, when humans colonized much of the planet, including Australia, and
the Americas, occurred when? - ANSWER✔️✔️-~10-50 kya
Knapping is ________ - ANSWER✔️✔️-Hammering flakes off a stone core to create tools
The hominins that exited Africa during the first out of Africa migration were anatomically modern
humans. - ANSWER✔️✔️-False
Biologically modern humans - ANSWER✔️✔️-(1) Appear about 200,000 years ago (2) Are distinct
from behaviorally modern humans
________ is the location of an artifact in an archaeological site. - ANSWER✔️✔️-Provenience
The development of complex language helps separate modern humans from our earlier ancestors. -
ANSWER✔️✔️-True
What tool tradition, featuring standardized bifaces, was produced by Homo erectus? -
ANSWER✔️✔️-Acheulean
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