ASB 222 EXAM 1 (ACTUAL EXAM)
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Most sites are discovered through... - ANSWERS-- systematic means:
documentary sources, ground survey, aerial survey
Documentary Sources - ANSWERS-- L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland Canada
- Sections of the saga of Eric the Red
- City of Troy
- Heinrich Schliemann
Ground Survey - ANSWERS-- means looking for sites by walking around
- Ex: Tibetan Plateau: 1.5 million km^2, Qinghai Lake Basin, Tibet
- archeologist's use the metric system: Alaska, US, and some part of middle east
do not use this
, - can be unsystematic or systematic
Aerial Survey - ANSWERS-- oblique image, better for pictorial effect and
perspective, better for making maps and plans, and vertical image
- LIDAR (laser and radar)
Dynamic and Archeological Context - ANSWERS-- Dynamic: actively being used in
time period
- Archeological: things we are looking at now from the past
Formation Processes - ANSWERS-- When dynamic context switches to
archeological context
- Transform the material remnants of past behavior
- They can:
- Modify objects
- Move objects around
- Dissociate objects that were used together
- Can create spurious association between unrelated objects
Decrease/increase quantities of objects
Depositional Processes - ANSWERS-Transforms material remnants from dynamic
to archeological context
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