Archaeology

6 years ago

Archaeology can be used to further the political interests of particular groups of people. Nazi ...

Archaeology can be used to further the political interests of particular groups of people. Nazi archaeologists, for example, argued that agriculture, music and writing systems first appeared in northern Germany and spread throughout the world from th

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6 years ago

Research clearly demonstrates that the Bighorn Medicine Wheel in northern Wyoming was intentionally ...

Research clearly demonstrates that the Bighorn Medicine Wheel in northern Wyoming was intentionally designed as an astronomical observatory, specifically to mark the summer and winter solstices.

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6 years ago

Archaeologists are playing an increasingly important role in the investigation of human rights ...

Archaeologists are playing an increasingly important role in the investigation of human rights abuses; for instance, professional archaeologists have been involved in excavating mass graves in Rwanda and Iraq.

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6 years ago

If the past is a reliable guide, forensic archaeology will be increasingly more common in the ...

If the past is a reliable guide, forensic archaeology will be increasingly more common in the future.

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6 years ago

When Garbage Project workers investigated alcohol consumption in a sample of Tucson households, they ...

When Garbage Project workers investigated alcohol consumption in a sample of Tucson households, they found that the amount of beer people reported drinking and the amount of beer that they actually drank were quite different.

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6 years ago

If we consider what the American public thinks about their landfills we would say that people think ...

If we consider what the American public thinks about their landfills we would say that people think disposable diapers are one item that takes up the most space. The public's response would be a correct assessment of the landfill.

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6 years ago

Although archaeology can provide important information about what has happened in the past, the ...

Although archaeology can provide important information about what has happened in the past, the usefulness of archaeology is limited to largely intellectual pursuits; practical applications of archaeology that actual benefit the modern world are extr

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6 years ago

NAGPRA does not say what happens to remains or objects that cannot be affiliated; for the time ...

NAGPRA does not say what happens to remains or objects that cannot be affiliated; for the time being, they are in limbo, often remaining in museums.

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6 years ago

NAGPRA is fairly straightforward to implement because all Native American tribes want culturally ...

NAGPRA is fairly straightforward to implement because all Native American tribes want culturally affiliated skeletal material and grave goods to be repatriated to them so that they can rebury them.

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6 years ago

NAGPRA requires institutions receiving federal funds to inventory and attempt to affiliate and, if ...

NAGPRA requires institutions receiving federal funds to inventory and attempt to affiliate and, if asked, repatriate human skeletal remains and associated grave goods to existing federally-recognized tribes.

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6 years ago

The Native American Graves Repatriation Act covers the protection and repatriation of Native ...

The Native American Graves Repatriation Act covers the protection and repatriation of Native American graves and grave goods.

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6 years ago

The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 establishes an ongoing National Register of Historic ...

The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 establishes an ongoing National Register of Historic Places of significant' archaeological and historic sites.

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6 years ago

The Antiquities Act, passed in 1906, set firm penalties for the looting of archaeological sites, ...

The Antiquities Act, passed in 1906, set firm penalties for the looting of archaeological sites, even by today's standards; because this law has worked so well to discourage looting, no additional acts have been necessary.

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6 years ago

Archaeological data has concluded the site of the Bighorn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming is

Archaeological data has concluded the site of the Bighorn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming is

a. an astronomical observatory used to record the summer and winter solstices.
b. a boundary marker.
c. a depictio

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6 years ago

In an attempt to stop the global traffic in illegally acquired antiquities, many nations, including ...

In an attempt to stop the global traffic in illegally acquired antiquities, many nations, including the United States, signed the

a. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
b. UNESCO Conve

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6 years ago

Repatriation is seen by (Multiple Choice)

Repatriation is seen by

a. archaeologists and other scientists as a tragedy that will only lead to the destruction of irreplaceable scientific materials.
b. Native Americans as social justice; reburial is the only

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6 years ago

Nazi archaeology provides an example of

Nazi archaeology provides an example of

a. the insight into prehistory that can be gained when a single group appropriates complete control over the past.
b. the misinterpretation and outright fabrication of prehi

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6 years ago

While prehistory was largely ignored in Germany prior to Hitler's rise to power, archaeological ...

While prehistory was largely ignored in Germany prior to Hitler's rise to power, archaeological research flourished under Hitler's control. Nazi archaeology

a. provided Europe with some of the best archaeological research tha

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6 years ago

The Bighorn Medicine Wheel today

The Bighorn Medicine Wheel today

a. is off limits to the general public.
b. remains a sacred site to many contemporary Indian people, where ceremonies are performed to this day.
c. has been abandoned

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6 years ago

The ethnohistoric record suggests that the Bighorn Medicine Wheel was

The ethnohistoric record suggests that the Bighorn Medicine Wheel was

a. a site for vision quests.
b. an astronomical observatory.
c. a two-dimensional imitation of the 28-raftered lodge built as part

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6 years ago

Archaeological evidence has shown that the Bighorn Medicine Wheel in the past was used as

Archaeological evidence has shown that the Bighorn Medicine Wheel in the past was used as

a. an astronomical observatory.
b. a directional aid for travelers.
c. a burial ground; the rock cairns were gr

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6 years ago

Wyoming's Bighorn Medicine Wheel site consists of

Wyoming's Bighorn Medicine Wheel site consists of

a. a rock art panel depicting what is thought to represent a medicine wheel along with abstract representations of bighorn sheep.
b. a stone circle, or wheel, near

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6 years ago

An artificial mound of stones, deliberately constructed in order to aid navigation, as a memorial, ...

An artificial mound of stones, deliberately constructed in order to aid navigation, as a memorial, or to mark the location of a grave is a

a. medicine wheel.
b. trail marker.
c. cairn.
d. s

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6 years ago

It is important that archaeologists devote attention to public education because

It is important that archaeologists devote attention to public education because

a. it is ultimately the public that financially supports archaeological research.
b. members of an educated public are far less like

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6 years ago

At Home St. Jean in Rwanda, forensic archaeologists concluded that a mass grave site was part of a ...

At Home St. Jean in Rwanda, forensic archaeologists concluded that a mass grave site was part of a program of genocide because of all of the following except

a. cut marks on bones showed that many individuals were killed by m

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6 years ago

The September 11, 2001 incident proved lucrative in that

The September 11, 2001 incident proved lucrative in that

a. forensic archaeologists learned not to ever ask the FBI if they need assistance.
b. no one would respond to an informal call for archaeological assistanc

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6 years ago

What types of archaeological knowledge could be useful for law enforcement personnel?

What types of archaeological knowledge could be useful for law enforcement personnel?

a. Knowing how to draw human and animal bones.
b. Knowing how to pick the location of police stations.
c. Knowing h

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6 years ago

The application of archaeological and bioarchaeological knowledge for legal purposes is

The application of archaeological and bioarchaeological knowledge for legal purposes is

a. bioarchaeology.
b. applied science.
c. forensic archaeology.
d. forensic science.
e. c

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6 years ago

The Garbage Project demonstrated which of the following about America's landfills?

The Garbage Project demonstrated which of the following about America's landfills?

a. Thanks to the recent public focus on recycling, only about 1 of our landfills' space is taken up by paper products.
b. Disposa

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If all landfills exemplified those studied in the Garbage Project, the bulk of American landfills ...

If all landfills exemplified those studied in the Garbage Project, the bulk of American landfills could be said to be comprised of

a. plastic.
b. paper.
c. construction materials.
d. alumin

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6 years ago

The Garbage Project was started in Tucson, Arizona in 1973 by

The Garbage Project was started in Tucson, Arizona in 1973 by

a. Emil Haury.
b. William Rathje.
c. Wilson Hughes.
d. Clea Koff.
e. Theodore Roosevelt.

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6 years ago

Applied archaeology does not (Multiple Choice)

Applied archaeology does not

a. bring the techniques of archaeology to non-traditional venues.
b. apply our knowledge of the human past to concrete economic or social problems.
c. make archaeology rele

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6 years ago

The difference between pure science and applied science is

The difference between pure science and applied science is

a. pure science is research to acquire the knowledge necessary to solve a specific, recognized problem, while applied science is systematic research directed toward a

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6 years ago

The courts ruled in the Kennewick Man case that the 9400-year-old human skeleton

The courts ruled in the Kennewick Man case that the 9400-year-old human skeleton

a. was most likely a lineal descendant of the Umatilla, and should therefore be repatriated to the tribe for reburial.
b. was not Na

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6 years ago

Cultural affiliation under NAGPRA is determined by all of the following except

Cultural affiliation under NAGPRA is determined by all of the following except

a. anthropological evidence.
b. folklore and oral tradition.
c. geographical and historical evidence.
d. archa

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Under NAGPRA, how is ownership of human skeletal remains and other covered items determined?

Under NAGPRA, how is ownership of human skeletal remains and other covered items determined?

a. First, ownership resides with any lineal descendants, followed by the tribe on whose land the remains or objects were found, foll

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6 years ago

NAGPRA requires the repatriation of human skeletal remains, but not

NAGPRA requires the repatriation of human skeletal remains, but not

a. funerary objects, objects placed with a human body as part of a death rite or ceremony or made to contain human remains at the time of burial.

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6 years ago

NAGPRA (Multiple Choice)

NAGPRA

a. allows scientists to study Native American skeletal material and associated grave goods for a specific amount of time before repatriating the material to a culturally affiliated tribe.
b. allows tribes t

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6 years ago

NAGPRA refers to the (Multiple Choice)

NAGPRA refers to the

a. North Atlantic Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
b. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
c. North American Graves Production and Redistribution Act.

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