Chapter 8 Practice Quiz

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. The systematic uncovering of archaeological remains through removal of the deposits of soil and other material covering and accompanying them is known as _______.

survey correct incorrect

looting correct incorrect

excavation correct incorrect

stratigraphy correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT one of the goals and methods of processual archaeology?

The use of statistics to analyze distribution of artifacts at a site correct incorrect

To analyze the symbolic aspects of social structures and social relations correct incorrect

To analyze the transformation of artifact usage over time correct incorrect

To analyze human religious thought over time correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. _______ is NOT a method used for survey archaeology.

Ground-penetrating radar correct incorrect

Assemblage correct incorrect

Aerial photographs for crop marks correct incorrect

Historical record review correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. When surveys or excavations at several sites turn up in the same assemblages, archaeologists refer to them as a(n) _______.

subsistence strategy correct incorrect

cosmopolitan culture correct incorrect

archaeological culture correct incorrect

cultural niche correct incorrect

happy coincidence correct incorrect

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. Cultural resources management (CRM) refers to _______.

the destruction of the human past as a consequence of land development, agriculture, and looting correct incorrect

the ways in which ethnic and cultural communities ensure that no one knows about their practices correct incorrect

the archaeological specialty whose practitioners record, evaluate, and protect, or, if necessary, salvage cultural resources correct incorrect

methods for ensuring that Justin Bieber recordings are preserved correct incorrect

methods for eradicating all trace of human culture in the ground correct incorrect

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. Which of the following characterizes the culture historical approach in archaeological theory?

Assumes that culture disperses evenly correct incorrect

Assumes that a large culture dispersal means a greater age of the culture correct incorrect

Reliance on relative chronologies correct incorrect

Emphasis on classification correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. If an archaeologist uncovers a dark circle in their square and determine that this is a post-hole that was filled in long ago, they have found a _______.

ecofact correct incorrect

artifact correct incorrect

provenience correct incorrect

feature correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true about contemporary archaeological practice?

Most of the work of archaeology is in the field digging correct incorrect

Artifacts should be cleaned off all traces for best display correct incorrect

Archaeologists should minimize note-taking to save time correct incorrect

Engagement with communities, particularly Indigenous ones, is often a requirement correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. What of the following falls under a cosmopolitan orientation to archaeology?

Having a complex stewardship approach correct incorrect

Not getting involved in legal and political debates about cultural heritage correct incorrect

Focusing on one cultural setting to improve efficiency correct incorrect

Having a standard approach to heritage management correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. When an archaeologist interprets a site using empirical methods to reconstruct human adaptation to the natural environment alone they are following which approach?

Culture historical approach correct incorrect

Processual approach correct incorrect

Post-Processual approach correct incorrect

Gender archaeology approach correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Archaeologists should always preserve material culture left by others.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Archaeologists who focus on symbolic reconstruction do not need to assess subsistence strategies for archaeological sites.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Archaeology is about the present as well as the past.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Archaeological cultures are a good proxy for specific ethnic cultures in the past.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The style of excavation depends on the kind of site being excavated.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Material remains can tell archaeologists much about how a culture's members lived.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Research problems in archaeology are always solved by a trip to the field.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Extreme climates can help artifact preservation.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Contemporary cultures that use similar tools to the past can serve as providers of clues about past lifeways.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The provenience locates an artifact into the matrix of an archaeological site.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect