ANT 2100 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Seriation of artifacts is - Answer- based on principle that things change over time. It determines relative date of artifacts and their chronological relationship to eachother
2 types of dating techniques: - Answer- 1. relative - based on com...
Seriation of artifacts is - Answer- based on principle that things change over time. It
determines relative date of artifacts and their chronological relationship to eachother
2 types of dating techniques: - Answer- 1. relative - based on comparisons, does not
give precise age
2. absolute: dates calibrated and measured
biostratigraphic dating uses faunal correlations because - Answer- presence/absence of
species or species abundance my indicate a specific period/phase/date. Need to use
key species tat show changes in their origins, terminations, and ranges
dendrochronology - Answer- method of dating which makes use of annual nature of tree
growth
radiocarbon dating - Answer- developed by Willard F. Libby, 1949.
Potassium-Argon dating - Answer- used on volcanic materials older than 100,000 and
up to 5 million years old
luminescence dating best used for: - Answer- clay-fired pottery and flint tools that have
been burnt
fission track dating useful for: - Answer- micas, tekites, matural and synthetic glass
electron spin resonance - Answer- used to date minerals
Australopithecines - Answer- small brained (chimp sized), small bodied, bipedal, Lucy,
lived in E + S Africa
Homo habilis - Answer- earliest tools 2.6 mya, probably first tool makers, small bodied
but brains are bigger than australopitheines
homo erectus - Answer- larger brained, larger bodied, expanded tool use, used fire,
more reliant on meat in diet
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