ANTH 108 - Introduction to Archaeology
Scholars began to study and collect the relics of Greece and Rome
a. During the Renaissance
b. After the publication of radiocarbon dating
c. After the publication of John Lloyd Stephen's travel accounts
d. After WW1 - correct answer a. During the Renaissance
A key breakthrough in the use of scientific methods to date archaeological remains was Willard
Libby's 1949 invention of
a. Neutron activation analysis
b. Dendrochronology
c. trace-element analysis
d. radiocarbon dating - correct answer d. radiocarbon dating
The study of the arrangement of superimposed layers of rocks or soil is called
a. Stratigraphy
b. Processualism
c. Cultural ecology
d. The three age system - correct answer a. Stratigraphy
The central concern of the "classificatory-historical period" of archaeological thought, which
lasted until 1960, was
a. Processualism
b. the use of scientific dating methods
c. the incorporation of alternative interpretations of the past
d. Chronology - correct answer d. Chronology
,"Rescue archaeology," and "cultural resource management" are terms that are used to describe
various countries' legal frameworks for public archaeology.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
The efforts of marginalized groups in the territory of former European colonies to have more of
an influence on the management of their heritage has resulted in the development of
a. Indigenous archaeologies
b. the cultural-historical approach
c. the New archaeology
d. Archaeobotany - correct answer a. Indigenous archaeologies
Many aspects of archaeology at the start of the new millennium emphasize the importance of
the past for the contemporary world.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
Although it was less applicable in places where bronze or iron were not used, the Three Age
System was conceptually significant to the study of the prehistory of
a. Mesoamerica
b. Europe
c. Africa
d. North America - correct answer b. Europe
Darwin's work on evolution did not have a large or immediate impact on archaeologists.
a. True
b. False - correct answer b. False
, Whose work at Pecos Ruin, New Mexico was largely responsible for putting the archaeology of
the Southwest on the map?
a. Alfred Kidder
b. Max Uhle
c. Flinders Petrie
d. Leonard Woolley - correct answer a. Alfred Kidder
Stone tools typically survive very poorly in the archaeological record, and stone artifacts rarely
date from before 5000 years ago.
a. True
b. False - correct answer b. False
Features, essentially non-portable artifacts, include such things as
a. animal bones, plant remains, and other ecofacts
b. hammers, chisels, and arrowheads
c. small villages, houses, and palaces
d. postholes, hearths, and storage ditches - correct answer d. postholes, hearths, and storage
ditches
Natural formation processes include such activities as plowing, building structures, or making
tools.
a. True
b. False - correct answer b. False
The material immediately surrounding an artifact, usually some sediment such as gravel, sand,
or clay, is known as the
a. Matrix
b. Find spot
Scholars began to study and collect the relics of Greece and Rome
a. During the Renaissance
b. After the publication of radiocarbon dating
c. After the publication of John Lloyd Stephen's travel accounts
d. After WW1 - correct answer a. During the Renaissance
A key breakthrough in the use of scientific methods to date archaeological remains was Willard
Libby's 1949 invention of
a. Neutron activation analysis
b. Dendrochronology
c. trace-element analysis
d. radiocarbon dating - correct answer d. radiocarbon dating
The study of the arrangement of superimposed layers of rocks or soil is called
a. Stratigraphy
b. Processualism
c. Cultural ecology
d. The three age system - correct answer a. Stratigraphy
The central concern of the "classificatory-historical period" of archaeological thought, which
lasted until 1960, was
a. Processualism
b. the use of scientific dating methods
c. the incorporation of alternative interpretations of the past
d. Chronology - correct answer d. Chronology
,"Rescue archaeology," and "cultural resource management" are terms that are used to describe
various countries' legal frameworks for public archaeology.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
The efforts of marginalized groups in the territory of former European colonies to have more of
an influence on the management of their heritage has resulted in the development of
a. Indigenous archaeologies
b. the cultural-historical approach
c. the New archaeology
d. Archaeobotany - correct answer a. Indigenous archaeologies
Many aspects of archaeology at the start of the new millennium emphasize the importance of
the past for the contemporary world.
a. True
b. False - correct answer a. True
Although it was less applicable in places where bronze or iron were not used, the Three Age
System was conceptually significant to the study of the prehistory of
a. Mesoamerica
b. Europe
c. Africa
d. North America - correct answer b. Europe
Darwin's work on evolution did not have a large or immediate impact on archaeologists.
a. True
b. False - correct answer b. False
, Whose work at Pecos Ruin, New Mexico was largely responsible for putting the archaeology of
the Southwest on the map?
a. Alfred Kidder
b. Max Uhle
c. Flinders Petrie
d. Leonard Woolley - correct answer a. Alfred Kidder
Stone tools typically survive very poorly in the archaeological record, and stone artifacts rarely
date from before 5000 years ago.
a. True
b. False - correct answer b. False
Features, essentially non-portable artifacts, include such things as
a. animal bones, plant remains, and other ecofacts
b. hammers, chisels, and arrowheads
c. small villages, houses, and palaces
d. postholes, hearths, and storage ditches - correct answer d. postholes, hearths, and storage
ditches
Natural formation processes include such activities as plowing, building structures, or making
tools.
a. True
b. False - correct answer b. False
The material immediately surrounding an artifact, usually some sediment such as gravel, sand,
or clay, is known as the
a. Matrix
b. Find spot
