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ANT2100 FSU EXAM 1 Questions With Complete Solutions Archaeology Branch of Anthropology that studies past humans behavior and cultural patterns by studying cultural remains. Archaeomagnetism A method of dating objects that contain magnetic materials Argon/Argon and Potassium-Argon A type of ...

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Archaeology Branch of Anthropology that studies past humans behavior and cultural

patterns by studying cultural remains.




Archaeomagnetism A method of dating objects that contain magnetic materials




Argon/Argon and Potassium-Argon 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 Any item created/ affected by humans that can be carried. EX pottery, stone tool,

deer bones sharpened into spears.




Assemblage 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.

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Association 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 A distinct, individual characteristic of an artifact that cannot be further

subdivided and distinguishes it from another. EX color, shape, size




Belzoni, Giovanni 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 The branch of Anthropology that studies human

biology diversity in time and space. Works on understanding different cultures, evolution, etc.




Block excavation 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 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

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the amount of carbon 14 in the atmosphere mean that radiocarbon dating is not completely

accurate.




Caton-Thompson 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




Chaco 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 A field within historical archaeology specializing in the study of

Old World Greek and Roman civilizations, their antecedents and contemporaries.




Classification (Culture History) Putting things with similar features and styles together.

First step of analysis.




Context The time and space setting of an artifact

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