ANT2100 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
what do anthropologists study? - CORRECT ANSWER - human kind
Seasonal Variation Effect - CORRECT ANSWER - the ability to accurately cross date tree
rings within a limited region
What does the Mound-builder myth prove? - CORRECT ANSWER - That social, political,
and cultural beliefs can influence archaeological theories
Artifact's provenience is - CORRECT ANSWER - its horizontal and vertical positions in
the surrounding site matrix
What is goal of a ground reconnaissance survey? - CORRECT ANSWER - to find every
site in the region
Tell - CORRECT ANSWER - site humans have occupied over long periods of time
(1,000's of years)
artifact - CORRECT ANSWER - objects used, modified, or made by people
ecofact - CORRECT ANSWER - organic and environmental remains
features - CORRECT ANSWER - non-portable artifacts (hearths, postholes, floors, etc.)
typology - CORRECT ANSWER - systematic organization of artifacts into types on basis
of physical attributes
, taphonomy - CORRECT ANSWER - study of site formation processes (includes cultural
and natural formation)
cultural formation - CORRECT ANSWER - deliberate or accidental activity of human
beings
natural formation - CORRECT ANSWER - natural processes that effect the burial and
survival of archaeological remains
experimental archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of past behavioral processes
through experimental reconstruction undder carefully controlled scientific conditions
Burial of the dead - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. people do not bury themselves
2. artifacts are placed in burials intentionally
3. artifacts can tell us what others thought about the person buried (a person's grave will
represent that person's status)
Kebara, Israel - CORRECT ANSWER - 60 kya burial, most complete Neanderthal
skeleton known
Lake Mungo 3, Australia - CORRECT ANSWER - 60 - 40 kya? burial of modern
individual, covered in ochre -----> early art and ritual?
Sungir, Russia - CORRECT ANSWER - 28 kya, elaborate burial of 60-y-o man wearing
jewelry and fancy tunic
Dolne Vestonice, Czech Republic - CORRECT ANSWER - 28-25 kya, important Upper
Paleolithic site with many cultural elements, art, burial, huts with some type of kiln
Arene Candide, Italy - CORRECT ANSWER - 20 kya, burials become more numerous and
elaborate
Questions and CORRECT Answers
what do anthropologists study? - CORRECT ANSWER - human kind
Seasonal Variation Effect - CORRECT ANSWER - the ability to accurately cross date tree
rings within a limited region
What does the Mound-builder myth prove? - CORRECT ANSWER - That social, political,
and cultural beliefs can influence archaeological theories
Artifact's provenience is - CORRECT ANSWER - its horizontal and vertical positions in
the surrounding site matrix
What is goal of a ground reconnaissance survey? - CORRECT ANSWER - to find every
site in the region
Tell - CORRECT ANSWER - site humans have occupied over long periods of time
(1,000's of years)
artifact - CORRECT ANSWER - objects used, modified, or made by people
ecofact - CORRECT ANSWER - organic and environmental remains
features - CORRECT ANSWER - non-portable artifacts (hearths, postholes, floors, etc.)
typology - CORRECT ANSWER - systematic organization of artifacts into types on basis
of physical attributes
, taphonomy - CORRECT ANSWER - study of site formation processes (includes cultural
and natural formation)
cultural formation - CORRECT ANSWER - deliberate or accidental activity of human
beings
natural formation - CORRECT ANSWER - natural processes that effect the burial and
survival of archaeological remains
experimental archaeology - CORRECT ANSWER - study of past behavioral processes
through experimental reconstruction undder carefully controlled scientific conditions
Burial of the dead - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. people do not bury themselves
2. artifacts are placed in burials intentionally
3. artifacts can tell us what others thought about the person buried (a person's grave will
represent that person's status)
Kebara, Israel - CORRECT ANSWER - 60 kya burial, most complete Neanderthal
skeleton known
Lake Mungo 3, Australia - CORRECT ANSWER - 60 - 40 kya? burial of modern
individual, covered in ochre -----> early art and ritual?
Sungir, Russia - CORRECT ANSWER - 28 kya, elaborate burial of 60-y-o man wearing
jewelry and fancy tunic
Dolne Vestonice, Czech Republic - CORRECT ANSWER - 28-25 kya, important Upper
Paleolithic site with many cultural elements, art, burial, huts with some type of kiln
Arene Candide, Italy - CORRECT ANSWER - 20 kya, burials become more numerous and
elaborate
