ANT 2100 Final Exam Questions
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In geology, the principle of uniformitarianism asserts - ✔✔that the processes now operating to modify
the earth's surface are the same as those of the geologic past
Analogies justified on the basis of close cultural continuity between the archaeological and ethnographic
cases or similarity in general cultural form are known as - ✔✔relational analogies
Analogies justified by similarities in the formal attributes of archaeological and ethnographic objects and
features are known as - ✔✔formal analogies
The goal of middle-level theory is to - ✔✔help build secure inferences from archaeological remains
Taphonomy is useful to archaeology because it - ✔✔helps archaeologists separate the effects of natural
processes and human behavior on site formation
Exploring the possible ways to make a projectile point is an example of _________, while observing the
way a living group of people make projectile points is an example of _________ - ✔✔experimental
archaeology; ethnoarchaeology
Taphonomic research at the Hudson-Meng bison bonebed in northwest Nebraska showed that: -
✔✔Natural processes such as incomplete burial and subsequent exposure to sunlight could have caused
the tops of the bison skulls to decompose
Trying to move stones weighing several tons using only the tools and materials that the ancient
Egyptians had available to them, with the goal of determining whether or not Egyptian technology was
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, sufficiently sophisticated to produce monuments like the pyramids, is an example of - ✔✔experimental
archaeology
The primary objective of ethnoarchaeology is to - ✔✔relate behavior to archaeologically observable
phenomena
Regarding trash disposal, Kelly's research among the Mikea of Madagascar revealed - ✔✔that people
deposited their trash further from their homes the longer the settlement was occupied
The first step in faunal analysis is to assign each specimen to _____________ - ✔✔element
When analyzing a faunal assemblage, zooarchaeologists attempt to identify a specimen to all of the
following except - ✔✔date
Size classes categorize faunal remains to one of five categories based on body size. Animals assigned to
class 5 include - ✔✔giraffes, hippos, and elephants
What would the MNI be for the following hypothetical assemblage of adult bison bones: 4 left humeri, 2
left femura, 4 right femura, 5 skulls, and 6 left scapulae - ✔✔6
The faunal assemblage from the site of Chavín de Huántar, Peru, contains an abundance of leg bones
with few cranial and foot bones. This pattern has been explained by - ✔✔ch'arki trade; dried llama and
alpaca meat on leg bones was traded into the site from high-altitude herding communities
An archaeologist involved in analyzing and interpreting plant remains from archaeological sites in order
to understand past interactions between human populations and plants would be a -
✔✔paleoethnobotanist
Macrobotanical remains include all of the following except - ✔✔camelid bones
In reconstructing ancient environments, pollen is useful for all of the following reasons except - ✔✔it
rarely fluctuates in quantity making it ideal for reconstructing ancient environments
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In geology, the principle of uniformitarianism asserts - ✔✔that the processes now operating to modify
the earth's surface are the same as those of the geologic past
Analogies justified on the basis of close cultural continuity between the archaeological and ethnographic
cases or similarity in general cultural form are known as - ✔✔relational analogies
Analogies justified by similarities in the formal attributes of archaeological and ethnographic objects and
features are known as - ✔✔formal analogies
The goal of middle-level theory is to - ✔✔help build secure inferences from archaeological remains
Taphonomy is useful to archaeology because it - ✔✔helps archaeologists separate the effects of natural
processes and human behavior on site formation
Exploring the possible ways to make a projectile point is an example of _________, while observing the
way a living group of people make projectile points is an example of _________ - ✔✔experimental
archaeology; ethnoarchaeology
Taphonomic research at the Hudson-Meng bison bonebed in northwest Nebraska showed that: -
✔✔Natural processes such as incomplete burial and subsequent exposure to sunlight could have caused
the tops of the bison skulls to decompose
Trying to move stones weighing several tons using only the tools and materials that the ancient
Egyptians had available to them, with the goal of determining whether or not Egyptian technology was
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, sufficiently sophisticated to produce monuments like the pyramids, is an example of - ✔✔experimental
archaeology
The primary objective of ethnoarchaeology is to - ✔✔relate behavior to archaeologically observable
phenomena
Regarding trash disposal, Kelly's research among the Mikea of Madagascar revealed - ✔✔that people
deposited their trash further from their homes the longer the settlement was occupied
The first step in faunal analysis is to assign each specimen to _____________ - ✔✔element
When analyzing a faunal assemblage, zooarchaeologists attempt to identify a specimen to all of the
following except - ✔✔date
Size classes categorize faunal remains to one of five categories based on body size. Animals assigned to
class 5 include - ✔✔giraffes, hippos, and elephants
What would the MNI be for the following hypothetical assemblage of adult bison bones: 4 left humeri, 2
left femura, 4 right femura, 5 skulls, and 6 left scapulae - ✔✔6
The faunal assemblage from the site of Chavín de Huántar, Peru, contains an abundance of leg bones
with few cranial and foot bones. This pattern has been explained by - ✔✔ch'arki trade; dried llama and
alpaca meat on leg bones was traded into the site from high-altitude herding communities
An archaeologist involved in analyzing and interpreting plant remains from archaeological sites in order
to understand past interactions between human populations and plants would be a -
✔✔paleoethnobotanist
Macrobotanical remains include all of the following except - ✔✔camelid bones
In reconstructing ancient environments, pollen is useful for all of the following reasons except - ✔✔it
rarely fluctuates in quantity making it ideal for reconstructing ancient environments
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