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ANT 2100 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS
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The cause of the metabolic disorder known as rickets is due to a lack of? - ✔✔Vitamin D
What is the primary resource used by scientist to examine large scale world wide climatic shifts? -
✔✔Oxygen isotope stages
What system was most likely involved in with obsidian being traded throughout central and eastern
Turkey? - ✔✔Down the line trade systems
The process of clay being kneaded and mixed with water in order to remove air bubbles helps what? -
✔✔To prevent cracking during the firing process
What is not a trait affiliated with the domestication animals? - ✔✔The animals appear as they would in
the wild
What was the primary observation which at Moundville researches determined the society practiced
ascribed ranking? - ✔✔The presence of children with high burial status
What is one of the most defining characteristics at state level societies? - ✔✔A writing system
What does no play a part in the sexing of on an adult based on pelvis morphology? - ✔✔Erosion of the
pubic smyphysis
What is malignant bone cancer know as? - ✔✔Osteosarcoma
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What is the primary reason that the site of Catalhoyuk is believed to be a site of a tribal level society? -
✔✔The site is made up of houses that show no difference in social status
What is not a characteristic of a village head? - ✔✔It is an ascribed position
What does the osteological paradox refer to? - ✔✔That the sickest skeletons may not exhibit any skeletal
indicators of disease
What is paylnology? - ✔✔The study of plant pollen, spores, and certain microscopic plankton organism
Why is the Uluburun shipwreck is considered one of the best examples of prehistoric trade and
exchange? - ✔✔The ten tons of copper came from Cyprus, the ship was found off the coast of Turkey, and
recovered tools and weapons came from Egypt and the Levant
What is the period of non-use known as when referring to Swidden horticulture? - ✔✔Fallowing
Where is the most likely location of clay sources utilized by potters? - ✔✔Relatively close by
Petrography - ✔✔Examination and analysis of the internal mineral composition of ceramics
Why is it believed that syphilis to be may have originated in the new world? - ✔✔The outbreak of
syphilis in Europe after 1494 AD, genetic similarities between syphilis and yaws
What is the organic component of the bone which makes living tissue? - ✔✔Collagen
Spina Bifida - ✔✔is a developmental birth defect, is the incomplete closure of the sacrum, is frequently
found in Irish populations
Why are human teeth the most often best preserved part of the human body? - ✔✔Enamel is the hardest
substance in the human body
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Emily Charlene
Lead Athor
©All Rights Reserved, 2025
ANT 2100 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | REVIEWED
The cause of the metabolic disorder known as rickets is due to a lack of? - ✔✔Vitamin D
What is the primary resource used by scientist to examine large scale world wide climatic shifts? -
✔✔Oxygen isotope stages
What system was most likely involved in with obsidian being traded throughout central and eastern
Turkey? - ✔✔Down the line trade systems
The process of clay being kneaded and mixed with water in order to remove air bubbles helps what? -
✔✔To prevent cracking during the firing process
What is not a trait affiliated with the domestication animals? - ✔✔The animals appear as they would in
the wild
What was the primary observation which at Moundville researches determined the society practiced
ascribed ranking? - ✔✔The presence of children with high burial status
What is one of the most defining characteristics at state level societies? - ✔✔A writing system
What does no play a part in the sexing of on an adult based on pelvis morphology? - ✔✔Erosion of the
pubic smyphysis
What is malignant bone cancer know as? - ✔✔Osteosarcoma
X
Emily Charlene
Lead Athor
©All Rights Reserved, 2025
, 2|Page
What is the primary reason that the site of Catalhoyuk is believed to be a site of a tribal level society? -
✔✔The site is made up of houses that show no difference in social status
What is not a characteristic of a village head? - ✔✔It is an ascribed position
What does the osteological paradox refer to? - ✔✔That the sickest skeletons may not exhibit any skeletal
indicators of disease
What is paylnology? - ✔✔The study of plant pollen, spores, and certain microscopic plankton organism
Why is the Uluburun shipwreck is considered one of the best examples of prehistoric trade and
exchange? - ✔✔The ten tons of copper came from Cyprus, the ship was found off the coast of Turkey, and
recovered tools and weapons came from Egypt and the Levant
What is the period of non-use known as when referring to Swidden horticulture? - ✔✔Fallowing
Where is the most likely location of clay sources utilized by potters? - ✔✔Relatively close by
Petrography - ✔✔Examination and analysis of the internal mineral composition of ceramics
Why is it believed that syphilis to be may have originated in the new world? - ✔✔The outbreak of
syphilis in Europe after 1494 AD, genetic similarities between syphilis and yaws
What is the organic component of the bone which makes living tissue? - ✔✔Collagen
Spina Bifida - ✔✔is a developmental birth defect, is the incomplete closure of the sacrum, is frequently
found in Irish populations
Why are human teeth the most often best preserved part of the human body? - ✔✔Enamel is the hardest
substance in the human body
X
Emily Charlene
Lead Athor
©All Rights Reserved, 2025
