Archaeology

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

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 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

The Bronze Age barrows contain

The Bronze Age barrows contain

The Bronze Age barrows contain
 
  A. the graves of elite individuals.
  B. refuse and midden material.
  C. time capsules, preserved for thousands of years.
  D. metallurgical equipment.

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pau.salazar0616

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

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

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

In faunal analysis, what does NISP stand for?

In faunal analysis, what does NISP stand for?

In faunal analysis, what does NISP stand for?
 
  a. number of individual species present
  b. number of identified species
  c. number of identifiable specimens
  d. no identifiable species present

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darkbasturd

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

Total length, axial length, maximum width, basal width, maximum thickness, midsection thickness, ...

Total length, axial length, maximum width, basal width, maximum thickness, midsection thickness, ...

Total length, axial length, maximum width, basal width, maximum thickness, midsection thickness, proximal shoulder angle, notch opening, and neck width are examples of projectile point _____________.
 
  a. phases.
  b.

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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

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

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

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

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

Oldowan artifacts include all of the following types except:

Oldowan artifacts include all of the following types except:

Oldowan artifacts include all of the following types except:
 
  A. pebble tools.
  B. flakes.
  C. manuports.
  D. spearthrowers

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Nermein Dankha

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

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

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

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

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

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

Studying how a large animal carcass decomposes on an African savannah to determine how long it takes ...

Studying how a large animal carcass decomposes on an African savannah to determine how long it takes ...

Studying how a large animal carcass decomposes on an African savannah to determine how long it takes the carcass to disarticulate in different seasons and which bones are carried away by carnivores is an example of
 
  a. ethnoar

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kdjawdwakjadw

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

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

During the period from A.D. 950-1160, the most powerful city in central Mexico was

During the period from A.D. 950-1160, the most powerful city in central Mexico was

During the period from A.D. 950-1160, the most powerful city in central Mexico was
 
  A. Teotihuacn.
  B. Tula.
  C. Cuicuilco.
  D. Tikal.

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Nick Bushinger

The primary method for reconstructing male and female activities from the archaeological record ...

The primary method for reconstructing male and female activities from the archaeological record ...

The primary method for reconstructing male and female activities from the archaeological record comes from
 
  a. ceramic analysis.
  b. lithic (including groundstone) analysis.
  c. ethnographic analogy.

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Giodahvanni

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

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

Humans do not belong in the following category in the animal kingdom:

Humans do not belong in the following category in the animal kingdom:

Humans do not belong in the following category in the animal kingdom:
 
  A. primate
  B. hominoidea
  C. equus
  D. sapiens

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ngois819

Besides participating in the production of food for the subsistence of his kin group, adults had to ...

Besides participating in the production of food for the subsistence of his kin group, adults had to ...

Besides participating in the production of food for the subsistence of his kin group, adults had to perform a certain amount of labor for the Moche state. The labor tribute was called the
 
  A. mit'a.
  B. bulla.

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ErikC

The Aztec practiced human sacrifice

The Aztec practiced human sacrifice

The Aztec practiced human sacrifice
 
  A. in order to obtain much needed protein.
  B. because hearts and blood were needed to maintain the order of the Universe.
  C. because they were ordered to by Tlaloc,

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ErikC

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

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

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

Which of the following is true regarding slash-and-burn?

Which of the following is true regarding slash-and-burn?

Which of the following is true regarding slash-and-burn?
 
  a. It was an ancient warfare technique used by the Mikea of Madagascar
  b. It is a method of heat-treating stone material.
  c. It is a horticultur

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Jovanie_

Famous Scriptures & artists.

Famous Scriptures & artists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture

https://www.learnodo-newtonic.com/famous-sculptors

The Famous sculptures created by Famous sculptures artists will be part of archaeology heritage for the respective countries?

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bio_man

Which of the following Great Basin projectile point series are arranged in the correct chronological ...

Which of the following Great Basin projectile point series are arranged in the correct chronological ...

Which of the following Great Basin projectile point series are arranged in the correct chronological order from youngest to oldest?
 
  a. Desert Side-notched, Rosegate series, Elko Corner-notched, Gatecliff Contracting Stem

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Bob Corn

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

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