ANTH-1210 quiz 6 questions well
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Archaeological features are:
a.non-artifactual organic remains.
b.portable objects that are made or modified by people.
c.non-portable artifacts.
d.None of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔c.non-portable artifacts.
The term hominin means:
a.a group of Old World monkeys.
b.Tarsiers and New World monkeys.
c.gorillas, chimpanzees, humans.
d.None of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔d.None of these choices.
Archaeology's main goals are to:
a.reconstruct past human events across space and through time.
b.reconstruct past human lifeways.
c.explain how and why the human past happened as it did.
d.All of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔d.All of these choices.
Which of the following is not a chronometric dating method?
a.Seriation
, b.Paleomagnetism
c.Radiocarbon dating
d.Dendrochronology - correct answer ✔✔a.Seriation
Ethnoarchaeologists:
a.study contemporary societies to gain insights into past human behavior.
b.conduct ethnographic research among living human groups to answer questions
about modern human behavior.
c.replicate ancient technologies to learn about past human activities.
d.None of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔a.study contemporary societies to
gain insights into past human behavior.
Fluorine analysis can only be used to date:
a.volcanic rocks.
b.bone.
c.wood.
d.sedimentary rocks. - correct answer ✔✔b.bone.
The study of ancient human settlements and how and why they changed over
time is called paleoanthropology.
True False - correct answer ✔✔False
Taphonomy is the study of how bones and other materials came to be buried in
the earth and preserved as fossils.
True False - correct answer ✔✔True
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Archaeological features are:
a.non-artifactual organic remains.
b.portable objects that are made or modified by people.
c.non-portable artifacts.
d.None of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔c.non-portable artifacts.
The term hominin means:
a.a group of Old World monkeys.
b.Tarsiers and New World monkeys.
c.gorillas, chimpanzees, humans.
d.None of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔d.None of these choices.
Archaeology's main goals are to:
a.reconstruct past human events across space and through time.
b.reconstruct past human lifeways.
c.explain how and why the human past happened as it did.
d.All of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔d.All of these choices.
Which of the following is not a chronometric dating method?
a.Seriation
, b.Paleomagnetism
c.Radiocarbon dating
d.Dendrochronology - correct answer ✔✔a.Seriation
Ethnoarchaeologists:
a.study contemporary societies to gain insights into past human behavior.
b.conduct ethnographic research among living human groups to answer questions
about modern human behavior.
c.replicate ancient technologies to learn about past human activities.
d.None of these choices. - correct answer ✔✔a.study contemporary societies to
gain insights into past human behavior.
Fluorine analysis can only be used to date:
a.volcanic rocks.
b.bone.
c.wood.
d.sedimentary rocks. - correct answer ✔✔b.bone.
The study of ancient human settlements and how and why they changed over
time is called paleoanthropology.
True False - correct answer ✔✔False
Taphonomy is the study of how bones and other materials came to be buried in
the earth and preserved as fossils.
True False - correct answer ✔✔True
