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ANT2100 FSU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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ANT2100 FSU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
Absolute dating - Answers -Knowing the exact year something was created. EX. 2001,
1600-1605
Aerial Photography - Answers -Photography taken from a bird's eye view
Anthropology - Answers -Specific and humanistic study of the human species and
immediate ancestors
The study of human diversity in time and space
Antiquarianism - Answers -The study of antiques and artifacts
Arbitrary level - Answers -the basic vertical subdivision of an EU
EX. 10cm, 20cm
This is prescribed when Stratification layers are lacking
Archaeological context - Answers -The time and space setting of an artifact
Archaeology - Answers -Branch of Anthropology that studies past humans behavior and
cultural patterns by studying cultural remains.
Archaeomagnetism - Answers -A method of dating objects that contain magnetic
materials
Argon/Argon and Potassium-Argon - Answers -A type of radioactive dating that
measures how much Argon/ Potassium is left in a sample.
Argon/Argon is used to date volcanic ash
Argon/Potassium is used to date lava flows
Potassium decays into Argon
Artifact - Answers -Any item created/ affected by humans that can be carried. EX
pottery, stone tool, deer bones sharpened into spears.
Assemblage - Answers -A group of objects of different or similar types found in close
association with each other and thus considered to be the product of one people from
one period of time.
, Association - Answers -The co-occurrence of two or more objects sharing the same
general location and stratigraphic level and that are thought to have been deposited at
approximately the same time. Items that appear at the same time.
Attribute - Answers -A distinct, individual characteristic of an artifact that cannot be
further subdivided and distinguishes it from another. EX color, shape, size
Belzoni, Giovanni - Answers -Italian excavator of Egyptian sites, who is known as a
picturesque and unscrupulous collector of Egyptian antiques as well as a pioneer in
Egyptology.
Biological/Physical Anthropology - Answers -The branch of Anthropology that studies
human biology diversity in time and space. Works on understanding different cultures,
evolution, etc.
Block excavation - Answers -The excavation of an area of a site without leaving
intervening walls or pillars, which exposes contiguous areas of floors better than the
balk method.
Calibration - Answers -A method used to obtain the most accurate dating, especially
with radiocarbon dating. The term refers to the adjustment of dates in radiocarbon years
by means of the dendrochronological (tree age) data so that a date in calendar years is
achieved. Fluctuations in the amount of carbon 14 in the atmosphere mean that
radiocarbon dating is not completely accurate.
Caton-Thompson - Answers -A British archaeologist who worked in Egypt, northern
Transvaal, and the Arabian peninsula. She showed that the Great Zimbabwe site was of
African construction.
Carson Desert - Answers -
Chaco - Answers -An alluvium-filled 20-km stretch of canyon in northwest New Mexico,
occupied by the Anasazi during Pueblo I and II, c 850-1150 AD. They found masonry.
Classical Archaeology - Answers -A field within historical archaeology specializing in the
study of Old World Greek and Roman civilizations, their antecedents and
contemporaries.
Classification (Culture History) - Answers -Putting things with similar features and styles
together. First step of analysis.
Context - Answers -The time and space setting of an artifact
Cultural Anthropology - Answers -Branch of anthropology that studies human society
and culture. Describes and explains cultural similarities and differences.
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