ARCH 112 STUDY GUIDE
trace fossils - Answer -evidence preserved in rock that records the presence of
organisms
Anthropology - Answer -the study of human kind
4 subfields of anthropology - Answer -Archeology, cultural anthropology, linguistic
anthropology and biological anthropology
cultural anthropology - Answer -the study of contemporary or modern- day cultures
what are the two subfields of cultural anthropology and describe them - Answer -
ethnography: you study humans and their culture by living with then and observing the
behaviours about these people
ethnology: the comparative study of culture
linguistic anthropology - Answer -study of language
archeology - Answer -the study of human past through analysis of material remains that
people leave behind
who studies humans and human ancestors? - Answer -archeologist and
paleoanthropologists
specialties of Archaeology - Answer -prehistoric archeology: these archeologist focus of
the period before written records
Historical archeology: these arheologist makes interpretations of what they find based
on a combination of materials collected and documentary sources
Biological Anthropology - Answer -takes the biological perspective in the approach to
the study of humans and the nonhuman primates, emphasis on the interaction between
biology and culture
Specialities within biological anthropology - Answer -paleoanthropology,
bioarchaeology and primatogolgy
Paleoanthropology - Answer -the study of human evolution
Bioarchaeology - Answer -the study of human remains from archaeological sites
primatology - Answer -the study of non human primates
, important factors that have led to the development of archeology - Answer -1. the
establishment of the antiquity of the earth
2. establishment of the antiquity of humankind
3. the development of the theory of biological evolution
antiquarian - Answer -was someone interested in the past and digs up antiques
unscientifically
problems with antiquarians - Answer -they would loot archaeological remains and since
there was no scientific approach to this all of these artificats can not be organized
Christian Jurgensen Thomsen - Answer -developed three age system
- iron age
- bronze age
- stone age
this helped organize the artifacts that were placed in museums with no organization
the development of the 3 age system demonstrates the - Answer -beginning of a more
systematic study of the human past
Archbishop James Ussher - Answer -he analyzed the bible and determine the earth
was created in 4004 B.C
(6000 years old)
Georges Cuvier - Answer -introduced the concept of extinction and accounted for the
extinctions to be caused by catastrophism
Catastrophism - Answer -cuvier suggested thet a quick series of catastrophes
accounted for the changes in the earth and the fossil records
James Hutton - Answer -advanced the theory of uniformitarianism
- he recognized that process such as erosion and deposition are responsible for the
formation of earths features
Charles Lyell - Answer -father of modern geology
- he built on the ideas of that Hutton had he recognized that the slow acting processes
proccess occur to produce geological change and because of this the earth must be
way older then 600 years old
John Frere - Answer -found hand axes below layers that contained bones of extinct
animals showing the antiquity of humankind
- use stratigraphic layers to determine they were old er the the extinct animals
Jacques Bocher de Perthes - Answer -considered the father of prehistory
- published archeological evidence that humans had association with extinct animals
trace fossils - Answer -evidence preserved in rock that records the presence of
organisms
Anthropology - Answer -the study of human kind
4 subfields of anthropology - Answer -Archeology, cultural anthropology, linguistic
anthropology and biological anthropology
cultural anthropology - Answer -the study of contemporary or modern- day cultures
what are the two subfields of cultural anthropology and describe them - Answer -
ethnography: you study humans and their culture by living with then and observing the
behaviours about these people
ethnology: the comparative study of culture
linguistic anthropology - Answer -study of language
archeology - Answer -the study of human past through analysis of material remains that
people leave behind
who studies humans and human ancestors? - Answer -archeologist and
paleoanthropologists
specialties of Archaeology - Answer -prehistoric archeology: these archeologist focus of
the period before written records
Historical archeology: these arheologist makes interpretations of what they find based
on a combination of materials collected and documentary sources
Biological Anthropology - Answer -takes the biological perspective in the approach to
the study of humans and the nonhuman primates, emphasis on the interaction between
biology and culture
Specialities within biological anthropology - Answer -paleoanthropology,
bioarchaeology and primatogolgy
Paleoanthropology - Answer -the study of human evolution
Bioarchaeology - Answer -the study of human remains from archaeological sites
primatology - Answer -the study of non human primates
, important factors that have led to the development of archeology - Answer -1. the
establishment of the antiquity of the earth
2. establishment of the antiquity of humankind
3. the development of the theory of biological evolution
antiquarian - Answer -was someone interested in the past and digs up antiques
unscientifically
problems with antiquarians - Answer -they would loot archaeological remains and since
there was no scientific approach to this all of these artificats can not be organized
Christian Jurgensen Thomsen - Answer -developed three age system
- iron age
- bronze age
- stone age
this helped organize the artifacts that were placed in museums with no organization
the development of the 3 age system demonstrates the - Answer -beginning of a more
systematic study of the human past
Archbishop James Ussher - Answer -he analyzed the bible and determine the earth
was created in 4004 B.C
(6000 years old)
Georges Cuvier - Answer -introduced the concept of extinction and accounted for the
extinctions to be caused by catastrophism
Catastrophism - Answer -cuvier suggested thet a quick series of catastrophes
accounted for the changes in the earth and the fossil records
James Hutton - Answer -advanced the theory of uniformitarianism
- he recognized that process such as erosion and deposition are responsible for the
formation of earths features
Charles Lyell - Answer -father of modern geology
- he built on the ideas of that Hutton had he recognized that the slow acting processes
proccess occur to produce geological change and because of this the earth must be
way older then 600 years old
John Frere - Answer -found hand axes below layers that contained bones of extinct
animals showing the antiquity of humankind
- use stratigraphic layers to determine they were old er the the extinct animals
Jacques Bocher de Perthes - Answer -considered the father of prehistory
- published archeological evidence that humans had association with extinct animals
