ANT 2100 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The cause of the metabolic disorder known as rickets is due to a lack of? - Answers -
Vitamin D
What is the primary resource used by scientist to examine large scale world wide
climatic shifts? - Answers - Oxygen isotope stages
What system was most likely involved in with obsidian being traded throughout central
and eastern Turkey? - Answers - Down the line trade systems
The process of clay being kneaded and mixed with water in order to remove air bubbles
helps what? - Answers - To prevent cracking during the firing process
What is not a trait affiliated with the domestication animals? - Answers - The animals
appear as they would in the wild
What was the primary observation which at Moundville researches determined the
society practiced ascribed ranking? - Answers - The presence of children with high
burial status
What is one of the most defining characteristics at state level societies? - Answers - A
writing system
What does no play a part in the sexing of on an adult based on pelvis morphology? -
Answers - Erosion of the pubic smyphysis
What is malignant bone cancer know as? - Answers - Osteosarcoma
What is the primary reason that the site of Catalhoyuk is believed to be a site of a tribal
level society? - Answers - The site is made up of houses that show no difference in
social status
What is not a characteristic of a village head? - Answers - It is an ascribed position
What does the osteological paradox refer to? - Answers - That the sickest skeletons
may not exhibit any skeletal indicators of disease
What is the period of non-use known as when referring to Swidden horticulture? -
Answers - Fallowing
Where is the most likely location of clay sources utilized by potters? - Answers -
Relatively close by
Petrography - Answers - Examination and analysis of the internal mineral composition of
ceramics
The cause of the metabolic disorder known as rickets is due to a lack of? - Answers -
Vitamin D
What is the primary resource used by scientist to examine large scale world wide
climatic shifts? - Answers - Oxygen isotope stages
What system was most likely involved in with obsidian being traded throughout central
and eastern Turkey? - Answers - Down the line trade systems
The process of clay being kneaded and mixed with water in order to remove air bubbles
helps what? - Answers - To prevent cracking during the firing process
What is not a trait affiliated with the domestication animals? - Answers - The animals
appear as they would in the wild
What was the primary observation which at Moundville researches determined the
society practiced ascribed ranking? - Answers - The presence of children with high
burial status
What is one of the most defining characteristics at state level societies? - Answers - A
writing system
What does no play a part in the sexing of on an adult based on pelvis morphology? -
Answers - Erosion of the pubic smyphysis
What is malignant bone cancer know as? - Answers - Osteosarcoma
What is the primary reason that the site of Catalhoyuk is believed to be a site of a tribal
level society? - Answers - The site is made up of houses that show no difference in
social status
What is not a characteristic of a village head? - Answers - It is an ascribed position
What does the osteological paradox refer to? - Answers - That the sickest skeletons
may not exhibit any skeletal indicators of disease
What is the period of non-use known as when referring to Swidden horticulture? -
Answers - Fallowing
Where is the most likely location of clay sources utilized by potters? - Answers -
Relatively close by
Petrography - Answers - Examination and analysis of the internal mineral composition of
ceramics
