ASB 222 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED
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ASB 222
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ASB 222
ASB 222 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIEDASB 222 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIEDASB 222 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED
Archaeology - ANSWER-The study of human past through material culture
When the archaeological record begins - ANSWER-Roughly 3.3 million years a...
ASB 222 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED
Archaeology - ANSWER-The study of human past through material culture
When the archaeological record begins - ANSWER-Roughly 3.3 million years ago when
the earliest stone tools appear
Paleontology vs. Archaeology - ANSWER-P uses the fossil record as its source of
information while A uses material objects
Prehistory - ANSWER-Everything before writing (Roughly 5.4 kya)
History - ANSWER-After the advent of writing
How can archaeology complement history? - ANSWER-Archeology can reduce the
biases in the historical record, that often does not represent minorities well
What is the difference between science and history? - ANSWER-History focuses on
particular past events, Science tends to focus on regularities across a class of events.
How archaeology is history - ANSWER-Able to focus their excavations on a specific
point in time.
How archaeology is science - ANSWER-Looking for regularities within the areas being
studied. Use of the scientific method.
Examples of historical goals - ANSWER-Being able to reconstruct the history of human
populations (what, when, where)
Examples of scientific goals - ANSWER-Explaining the history (Why)
Horizontal excavation: what it is, why conducting horizontal excavation? - ANSWER-
More careful and it allows you to stay within a similar time frame since you are just
searching horizontally. Pompeii. Pincevent, France.
Vertical excavation: what and why - ANSWER-Digging straight down. Allows you to
search for objects in different time periods. Crepeele, Manitoba.
The law of superposition and layer-cake stratigraphy - ANSWER-Each layer of
sediments is younger than the layer beneath it
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