Archaeology

If ceramic vessels are grouped together based on the fact they were all used as storage containers, ...

If ceramic vessels are grouped together based on the fact they were all used as storage containers, ...

If ceramic vessels are grouped together based on the fact they were all used as storage containers, in spite of the fact that design elements indicate they are from different time periods, they have been grouped according to
 
 

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Ry60003333

Archaeology 103

Archaeology 103

William Paca, Maryland colonist, designed his garden with carefully arranged perspectives and terraces to give visitors and passerbys a sense of power and prestige.

True or false

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bio_man

Which of the following statements about moieties is not true?

Which of the following statements about moieties is not true?

Which of the following statements about moieties is not true?
 
  a. They are clusters of clans.
  b. Members of moieties perform reciprocal ceremonial obligations for one another.
  c. They often intermarry.

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Lizzy Lee

An example of a formation process in the systemic context is

An example of a formation process in the systemic context is

An example of a formation process in the systemic context is
 
  a. a broken pot is left at an abandoned camp.
  b. disturbance of material within a site by rodent activity.
  c. the roots of a fallen tree mov

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Myesha Ahmed

A. V. Kidder (1886-1963) demonstrated that potsherds are archaeologically important because they can ...

A. V. Kidder (1886-1963) demonstrated that potsherds are archaeologically important because they can ...

A. V. Kidder (1886-1963) demonstrated that potsherds are archaeologically important because they can provide evidence of:
 
  a. Cultural relationships among various prehistoric groups.
  b. The types of food contained

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Madeleine Schlader

Zooarchaeological research has important implications for wildlife management policy because

Zooarchaeological research has important implications for wildlife management policy because

Zooarchaeological research has important implications for wildlife management policy because
 
  a. it demonstrates the ways past human predation and landscape alteration affected animal populations.
  b. it demonstrate

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Elizabeth Lee

Kathleen A. Deagan provides an example of the coming of age of Americanist archaeology because of ...

Kathleen A. Deagan provides an example of the coming of age of Americanist archaeology because of ...

Kathleen A. Deagan provides an example of the coming of age of Americanist archaeology because of all, except which of the following?:
 
  a. She is actively involved in bringing archaeology to the public.
  b. She is c

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Rein Admirals

Why did Rathje resort to rooting through peoples' garbage rather than simply asking them questions ...

Why did Rathje resort to rooting through peoples' garbage rather than simply asking them questions ...

Why did Rathje resort to rooting through peoples' garbage rather than simply asking them questions about their consumption behavior?
 
  a. Because people do not always answer questionnaires accurately and honestly.
  b

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Larissa Climo

How does American colonial Georgian material culture not differ from the material culture of the ...

How does American colonial Georgian material culture not differ from the material culture of the ...

How does American colonial Georgian material culture not differ from the material culture of the colonial medieval mindset that preceded it?
 
  a. Whereas medieval houses had only one or two rooms, Georgian houses were functiona

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Ken Sooy

The Maya often depicted themselves on all of the following except

The Maya often depicted themselves on all of the following except

The Maya often depicted themselves on all of the following except
 
  a. stone stelae.
  b. polychrome pottery.
  c. in paintings and carvings on lintels inside temples and tombs.
  d. copper
&n

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RENZO TABOADA

The postprocessual paradigm that emphasizes the importance of archaeologists' understanding of the ...

The postprocessual paradigm that emphasizes the importance of archaeologists' understanding of the ...

The postprocessual paradigm that emphasizes the importance of archaeologists' understanding of the specific contexts within which they work, and of the notion that knowledge is situated within a cultural framework and can consequently serve special i

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Larissa Climo

To reconstruct human behavior at Agate Basin, Hill needed to search for meaningful patterns in bone ...

To reconstruct human behavior at Agate Basin, Hill needed to search for meaningful patterns in bone ...

To reconstruct human behavior at Agate Basin, Hill needed to search for meaningful patterns in bone data, and this required he count the bones.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Gabby Banks

Archaeologists refer to the common set of symbols found in the Midwestern United States between 200 ...

Archaeologists refer to the common set of symbols found in the Midwestern United States between 200 ...

Archaeologists refer to the common set of symbols found in the Midwestern United States between 200 BC and AD 400 as the
 
  a. Mississippian Interaction Sphere.
  b. Hopewell Interaction Sphere.
  c. Midweste

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Angel Magallanes

A charnel house is an underground crevice that was used by eastern Native American tribes to ...

A charnel house is an underground crevice that was used by eastern Native American tribes to ...

A charnel house is an underground crevice that was used by eastern Native American tribes to permanently inter their dead.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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RENZO TABOADA

Dorothy Lippert, a Native American archaeologist at the Smithsonian Museum, believes that

Dorothy Lippert, a Native American archaeologist at the Smithsonian Museum, believes that

Dorothy Lippert, a Native American archaeologist at the Smithsonian Museum, believes that
 
  a. Native Americans must give up their heritage if they become archaeologists.
  b. through archaeology we come to know and r

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Larissa Climo

Hodder's research is important because

Hodder's research is important because

Hodder's research is important because
 
  a. it demonstrates that the principle of uniformitarianism is easy to implement in ethnoarchaeology.
  b. it demonstrates that archaeologists need to consider the symbolic mean

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RENZO TABOADA

Which of the following statements regarding the characteristics of middle-level theory is not true? ...

Which of the following statements regarding the characteristics of middle-level theory is not true? ...

Which of the following statements regarding the characteristics of middle-level theory is not true?
 
  a. The principle of uniformitarianism is essential to the power of inference of middle-level theory.
  b. It combin

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Stephanie Welch

In reconstructing ancient environments, pollen is useful for all of the following reasons except ...

In reconstructing ancient environments, pollen is useful for all of the following reasons except ...

In reconstructing ancient environments, pollen is useful for all of the following reasons except
 
  a. it preserves well over a long period of time.
  b. large amounts of pollen are trapped in sediment over time.

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Larissa Climo

Broken bison and antelope metapodials and phalanges within the Folsom component at the Agate Basin ...

Broken bison and antelope metapodials and phalanges within the Folsom component at the Agate Basin ...

Broken bison and antelope metapodials and phalanges within the Folsom component at the Agate Basin site have been interpreted as evidence of
 
  a. Folsom hunters taking advantage of the abundant meat associated with these skelet

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Kristina.S

Ethnoarchaeological research among the Mikea suggests that the more permanent a settlement is,

Ethnoarchaeological research among the Mikea suggests that the more permanent a settlement is,

Ethnoarchaeological research among the Mikea suggests that the more permanent a settlement is,
 
  a. the greater range of features it will contain.
  b. the closer trash dumps will be to habitations structures.
&n

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naruto232

In geology, the principle of uniformitarianism asserts

In geology, the principle of uniformitarianism asserts

In geology, the principle of uniformitarianism asserts
 
  a. that the processes that modified the earth's surface in the past are unknowable because they cannot be directly observed.
  b. that the processes now operati

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Larissa Climo

The morphological projectile point types defined at Gatecliff became temporal types when

The morphological projectile point types defined at Gatecliff became temporal types when

The morphological projectile point types defined at Gatecliff became temporal types when
 
  a. surface projectile point finds corresponded to point types found in stratified deposits.
  b. a series of radiocarbon dates

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Larissa Climo

Marginal (Edge) Zone, Oasis, and Natural Habitat are

Marginal (Edge) Zone, Oasis, and Natural Habitat are

Marginal (Edge) Zone, Oasis, and Natural Habitat are
 
  A. varieties of environment at Olduvai.
  B. hypotheses about the origins of agriculture.
  C. locations where Homo erectus bands hunted large mammals.

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AlexanderBlakeW

Point types are named by the archaeologists who create them. The first name generally refers to the ...

Point types are named by the archaeologists who create them. The first name generally refers to the ...

Point types are named by the archaeologists who create them. The first name generally refers to the site or region and the name describes some morphological character. What is Thomas's Rosegate a combination of?
 
  a. Rosegarden

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Zejren

What was revolutionary about Nelson's 1914 excavation methodology at San Cristobal Pueblo in ...

What was revolutionary about Nelson's 1914 excavation methodology at San Cristobal Pueblo in ...

What was revolutionary about Nelson's 1914 excavation methodology at San Cristobal Pueblo in Mexico?
 
  a. Nelson was aware of the effect of screen mesh size on artifact recovery, and adjusted his screening methods accordingly.

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Zachary Jones

After excavating a hearth feature, you submit organic material from the hearth for a conventional ...

After excavating a hearth feature, you submit organic material from the hearth for a conventional ...

After excavating a hearth feature, you submit organic material from the hearth for a conventional radiocarbon date. The result comes back as follows: Beta-33003, 3500+/- 100 radiocarbon years BP. You know everything except
 
  a.

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naruto232

Cryoturbation results in all of the following EXCEPT

Cryoturbation results in all of the following EXCEPT

Cryoturbation results in all of the following EXCEPT
 
  a. larger artifacts being pushed to the surface of a site.
  b. vertically size-sorted artifacts.
  c. the long axis of buried artifacts being oriented

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Zejren

Dendrochronology provides a(n) _________ measure of time, while the law of superposition allows for ...

Dendrochronology provides a(n) _________ measure of time, while the law of superposition allows for ...

Dendrochronology provides a(n) _________ measure of time, while the law of superposition allows for a(n) ________ measure of time.
 
  a. relative/absolute
  b. calibrated/corrected
  c. long-term/exact

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Larissa Climo

Which of the following were Thomas and Kelly NOT interested in plotting at Gatecliff excavation? ...

Which of the following were Thomas and Kelly NOT interested in plotting at Gatecliff excavation? ...

Which of the following were Thomas and Kelly NOT interested in plotting at Gatecliff excavation?
 
  a. The location of any artifacts found in situ.
  b. The location of any features, such as hearths.
  c. The

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Larissa Climo

Which of the following statements is true of the current state of Americanist archaeology?

Which of the following statements is true of the current state of Americanist archaeology?

Which of the following statements is true of the current state of Americanist archaeology?
 
  a. The New Archaeology of the 1960s has for the most part been uncritically accepted by nearly all Americanist archaeologists, and cur

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Shananigans C

The degree of electrical resistance of soils is affected by all of the following EXCEPT

The degree of electrical resistance of soils is affected by all of the following EXCEPT

The degree of electrical resistance of soils is affected by all of the following EXCEPT
 
  a. the degree of compaction of the soil.
  b. the amount of water retained in the soil.
  c. the presence of foundat

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naruto232

GIS helped to determine which of the following about Chacoan roads?

GIS helped to determine which of the following about Chacoan roads?

GIS helped to determine which of the following about Chacoan roads?
 
  a. They follow the path of least resistance, supporting the hypothesis that the roads were primarily used to move goods across the landscape.
  b.

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Nicole Garrow

What are the key elements of modern archaeology?

What are the key elements of modern archaeology?

What are the key elements of modern archaeology?
 
  a. It does not include the scientific method but an interpretive approach.
  b. It is linked to the larger field of anthropology, interested in the people behind the

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Giodahvanni

The majority of field archaeologists are currently employed in educational institutions. (True or false?)

The majority of field archaeologists are currently employed in educational institutions. (True or false?)

The majority of field archaeologists are currently employed in educational institutions.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Sean Higgins

Which of the following laws apply to archaeological resources on private land in the U.S.?

Which of the following laws apply to archaeological resources on private land in the U.S.?

Which of the following laws apply to archaeological resources on private land in the U.S.?
 
  a. Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA)
  b. Antiquities Act
  c. National Historic Preservation Act

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darkbasturd

Cultural patrimony refers to (Multiple Choice)

Cultural patrimony refers to (Multiple Choice)

Cultural patrimony refers to
 
  a. objects that have ongoing cultural importance to a tribe and that were inalienable at the time they left the tribe's possession.
  b. cultural objects belonging to patrilineal societi

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Giodahvanni

Archaeological phases are the same across large geographic regions and large spans of time. ...

Archaeological phases are the same across large geographic regions and large spans of time. ...

Archaeological phases are the same across large geographic regions and large spans of time.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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gillink

The archaeology at Mulberry Row answered questions about

The archaeology at Mulberry Row answered questions about

The archaeology at Mulberry Row answered questions about
 
  a. historical documents.
  b. African burial grounds.
  c. slavery in Old New York.
  d. the battle of Little Bighorn.
  e. arch

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Giodahvanni

How has Lewis-Williams explained the cave paintings at Lascaux?

How has Lewis-Williams explained the cave paintings at Lascaux?

How has Lewis-Williams explained the cave paintings at Lascaux?
 
  a. The paintings represented totems, from which lineages or clans believed themselves to be descended.
  b. The paintings were left by hunters seeking

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Giodahvanni

A key domesticated animal at Mehrgarh after 6000 B.C. was the

A key domesticated animal at Mehrgarh after 6000 B.C. was the

A key domesticated animal at Mehrgarh after 6000 B.C. was the
 
  A. gazelle.
  B. elephant.
  C. horse.
  D. cow.

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Jomari Delapaz