ANT 2100 Final Exam Chapter 7-13
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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
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, 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 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 main purpose of a zooarchaeological comparative collection is - ✔✔to help
zooarchaeologists identify archaeofaunas.
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
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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
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, 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 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 main purpose of a zooarchaeological comparative collection is - ✔✔to help
zooarchaeologists identify archaeofaunas.
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
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