ANT 107 – Final Exam Question Bank With Verified
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Answers on Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, and Human
Remains Analysis
Description: This document provides the complete final exam set for ANT 107,
including verified answers on archaeology, bioarchaeology, classification,
paleopathology, and skeletal analysis. It covers essential archaeological concepts
such as burial populations, faunal analysis, paleoethnobotany, and DNA
applications in archaeology. A well-structured exam resource designed to support
students in mastering anthropology and archaeology fundamentals.
Assemblage - answer✔✔a collection of artifacts of one or several classes of
materials that comes from a defined context, such as a site, feature, or stratum
attribute - answer✔✔an individual characteristic that distinguishes one artifact
from another on the basis of its size, surface texture, form, material, method of
manufacture, or design pattern bioarchaeology - answer✔✔the study of the
human biological component evident in the archaeological record biomass -
answer✔✔A measure of the total dry mass of organisms within a particular
region; how much meat would be provided by the bone assemblage? bundle burial -
, answer✔✔burial of a person's bones, bundled together, after the flesh has been
removed or allowed to decay off the bones burial population - answer✔✔a set of
Page | 2 human burials that come from a limited region and a limited time period. the more
limited the region and the time period, the more accurate will be inferences drawn
from analysis of the burials caries - answer✔✔cavities classification -
answer✔✔The process of grouping things based on their similarities coprolite -
answer✔✔Desiccated feces, often containing macrobotanical remains, pollen, and
the remains of small animals. cranial sutures - answer✔✔Form where adjacent
bones fuse during development. cribra orbitalia - answer✔✔A symptom of iron
deficiency anemia in which the bone of the upper eye sockets takes on a spongy
appearance. emic - answer✔✔describing culture from an insider's perspective
enamel hypoplasias - answer✔✔horizontal linear defects in tooth enamel
indicating episodes of physiological stress epiphyses - answer✔✔the ends of
bones that fuse to the main shaft or portion of bone at various ages. most bones are
fused by age 25; this fact can be used to age skeletons of younger individuals etic -
answer✔✔outsider's perspective on behavior faunal analysis -
answer✔✔identification and interpretation of animal remains from an
archaeological site faunal assemblage - answer✔✔the animal remains recovered
from an archaeological site flotation - answer✔✔The use of fluid suspension to
recover tiny burned plant remains and bone fragments from archaeological sites.
ford-spaulding debate - answer✔✔Albert Spaulding vs James Ford. Spaulding
Page | 1
Answers on Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, and Human
Remains Analysis
Description: This document provides the complete final exam set for ANT 107,
including verified answers on archaeology, bioarchaeology, classification,
paleopathology, and skeletal analysis. It covers essential archaeological concepts
such as burial populations, faunal analysis, paleoethnobotany, and DNA
applications in archaeology. A well-structured exam resource designed to support
students in mastering anthropology and archaeology fundamentals.
Assemblage - answer✔✔a collection of artifacts of one or several classes of
materials that comes from a defined context, such as a site, feature, or stratum
attribute - answer✔✔an individual characteristic that distinguishes one artifact
from another on the basis of its size, surface texture, form, material, method of
manufacture, or design pattern bioarchaeology - answer✔✔the study of the
human biological component evident in the archaeological record biomass -
answer✔✔A measure of the total dry mass of organisms within a particular
region; how much meat would be provided by the bone assemblage? bundle burial -
, answer✔✔burial of a person's bones, bundled together, after the flesh has been
removed or allowed to decay off the bones burial population - answer✔✔a set of
Page | 2 human burials that come from a limited region and a limited time period. the more
limited the region and the time period, the more accurate will be inferences drawn
from analysis of the burials caries - answer✔✔cavities classification -
answer✔✔The process of grouping things based on their similarities coprolite -
answer✔✔Desiccated feces, often containing macrobotanical remains, pollen, and
the remains of small animals. cranial sutures - answer✔✔Form where adjacent
bones fuse during development. cribra orbitalia - answer✔✔A symptom of iron
deficiency anemia in which the bone of the upper eye sockets takes on a spongy
appearance. emic - answer✔✔describing culture from an insider's perspective
enamel hypoplasias - answer✔✔horizontal linear defects in tooth enamel
indicating episodes of physiological stress epiphyses - answer✔✔the ends of
bones that fuse to the main shaft or portion of bone at various ages. most bones are
fused by age 25; this fact can be used to age skeletons of younger individuals etic -
answer✔✔outsider's perspective on behavior faunal analysis -
answer✔✔identification and interpretation of animal remains from an
archaeological site faunal assemblage - answer✔✔the animal remains recovered
from an archaeological site flotation - answer✔✔The use of fluid suspension to
recover tiny burned plant remains and bone fragments from archaeological sites.
ford-spaulding debate - answer✔✔Albert Spaulding vs James Ford. Spaulding
