ANT 2100 exam 1 with complete
solutions
what do anthropologists study? - Answers -human kind
Seasonal Variation Effect - Answers -the ability to accurately cross date tree rings within
a limited region
What does the Mound-builder myth prove? - Answers -That social, political, and cultural
beliefs can influence archaeological theories
Artifact's provenience is - Answers -its horizontal and vertical positions in the
surrounding site matrix
What is goal of a ground reconnaissance survey? - Answers -to find every site in the
region
Tell - Answers -site humans have occupied over long periods of time (1,000's of years)
artifact - Answers -objects used, modified, or made by people
ecofact - Answers -organic and environmental remains
features - Answers -non-portable artifacts (hearths, postholes, floors, etc.)
typology - Answers -systematic organization of artifacts into types on basis of physical
attributes
taphonomy - Answers -study of site formation processes (includes cultural and natural
formation)
cultural formation - Answers -deliberate or accidental activity of human beings
natural formation - Answers -natural processes that effect the burial and survival of
archaeological remains
experimental archaeology - Answers -study of past behavioral processes through
experimental reconstruction undder carefully controlled scientific conditions
Burial of the dead - Answers -1. people do not bury themselves
2. artifacts are placed in burials intentionally
solutions
what do anthropologists study? - Answers -human kind
Seasonal Variation Effect - Answers -the ability to accurately cross date tree rings within
a limited region
What does the Mound-builder myth prove? - Answers -That social, political, and cultural
beliefs can influence archaeological theories
Artifact's provenience is - Answers -its horizontal and vertical positions in the
surrounding site matrix
What is goal of a ground reconnaissance survey? - Answers -to find every site in the
region
Tell - Answers -site humans have occupied over long periods of time (1,000's of years)
artifact - Answers -objects used, modified, or made by people
ecofact - Answers -organic and environmental remains
features - Answers -non-portable artifacts (hearths, postholes, floors, etc.)
typology - Answers -systematic organization of artifacts into types on basis of physical
attributes
taphonomy - Answers -study of site formation processes (includes cultural and natural
formation)
cultural formation - Answers -deliberate or accidental activity of human beings
natural formation - Answers -natural processes that effect the burial and survival of
archaeological remains
experimental archaeology - Answers -study of past behavioral processes through
experimental reconstruction undder carefully controlled scientific conditions
Burial of the dead - Answers -1. people do not bury themselves
2. artifacts are placed in burials intentionally
