Question 1

William Spencer discovered the Agate Basin site

Accepted Answer

A)  similar to the way George McJunkin found the Folsom site in New Mexico. 
B)  using aerial reconnaissance. 
C)  using random sampling. 
D)  through happenchance excavation. 
A)  similar to the way George McJunkin found the Folsom site in New Mexico. 
B)  using aerial reconnaissance. 
C)  using random sampling. 
D)  through happenchance excavation.

Question 2

Organic substances such as fats, oils, and waxes that resist mixing with water and are found in both plant and animal tissues are called:

Accepted Answer

A)  lipids. 
B)  coprolites. 
C)  phytoliths. 
D)  bioderms. 
A)  lipids. 
B)  coprolites. 
C)  phytoliths. 
D)  bioderms.

Question 3

Although the analysis of plant remains from archaeological sites can provide important information about the economies of prehistoric populations, a drawback of plant remains is that they cannot be used to infer ritual significance or ideology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The faunal assemblage from the site of Chavín de Huántar, Peru, contains an abundance of leg bones with few cranial and foot bones. This pattern has been explained by:

Accepted Answer

A)  large animal disturbance; cranial and foot bone were preferentially carried away from the site by carnivores, while leg bones were left behind. 
B)  taphonomic processes; bone preservation at high altitude sites is notoriously poor. 
C)  Ch'arki trade; dried llama and alpaca meat on leg bones was traded into the site from high-altitude herding communities. 
D)  decreasing reliance on camelid meat by residents of the site through time. 
A)  large animal disturbance; cranial and foot bone were preferentially carried away from the site by carnivores, while leg bones were left behind. 
B)  taphonomic processes; bone preservation at high altitude sites is notoriously poor. 
C)  Ch'arki trade; dried llama and alpaca meat on leg bones was traded into the site from high-altitude herding communities. 
D)  decreasing reliance on camelid meat by residents of the site through time.

Question 5

The main purpose of a zooarchaeological comparative collection is to:

Accepted Answer

A)  help zooarchaeologists identify archaeofaunas. 
B)  determine whether cutmarks on animal bones were made historically or prehistorically. 
C)  distinguish between natural carnivore tooth marks and cutmarks made by humans. 
D)  identify the types of fauna living at and around a site at the time it was occupied prehistorically. 
A)  help zooarchaeologists identify archaeofaunas. 
B)  determine whether cutmarks on animal bones were made historically or prehistorically. 
C)  distinguish between natural carnivore tooth marks and cutmarks made by humans. 
D)  identify the types of fauna living at and around a site at the time it was occupied prehistorically.

Question 6

What did Hill suggest accounted for the comparative abundance of bison limb bones relative to other bison bones at the Agate Basin site?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bison long bones contain little in the way of meat and marrow, making them undesirable for transport back to camp. 
B)  Bison are large animals that would be extremely difficult to carry whole; long bones would be preferentially transported because of their high-utility (meat and marrow). 
C)  Carnivore activity resulted in the natural accumulation of limb bones at the site; limbs are the easiest part of the skeleton for carnivores to remove. 
D)  The limb bones were the only bones to remain after carnivores scavenged the rest of the axial and appendicular skeletons. 
A)  Bison long bones contain little in the way of meat and marrow, making them undesirable for transport back to camp. 
B)  Bison are large animals that would be extremely difficult to carry whole; long bones would be preferentially transported because of their high-utility (meat and marrow). 
C)  Carnivore activity resulted in the natural accumulation of limb bones at the site; limbs are the easiest part of the skeleton for carnivores to remove. 
D)  The limb bones were the only bones to remain after carnivores scavenged the rest of the axial and appendicular skeletons.

Question 7

A faunal assemblage consists of the plant remains recovered from an archaeological site.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The appendicular skeleton refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  head, mandibles. 
B)  vertebrae, ribs. 
C)  sacrum. 
D)  everything else other than head, mandibles, vertebrae, ribs, and sacrum. 
A)  head, mandibles. 
B)  vertebrae, ribs. 
C)  sacrum. 
D)  everything else other than head, mandibles, vertebrae, ribs, and sacrum.

Question 9

An archaeologist involved in analyzing and interpreting plant remains from archaeological sites in order to understand past interactions between human populations and plants would be a:

Accepted Answer

A)  palynologist. 
B)  paleoethnobotanist. 
C)  zooarchaeologist. 
D)  bioarchaeologist. 
A)  palynologist. 
B)  paleoethnobotanist. 
C)  zooarchaeologist. 
D)  bioarchaeologist.

Question 10

Pollen helps reconstruct past environments because

Accepted Answer

A)  plants grow all over the world. 
B)  different plant species produce differently shaped pollens. 
C)  humans have always survived on plants. 
D)  pollen is spread by wind, birds and animals. 
A)  plants grow all over the world. 
B)  different plant species produce differently shaped pollens. 
C)  humans have always survived on plants. 
D)  pollen is spread by wind, birds and animals.

Question 11

Neanderthal burials from Shanidar Cave, Iraq, associated with pollen indicate that:

Accepted Answer

A)  humans are the only way that flowers could enter a cave. 
B)  burial rituals began with the Neanderthals. 
C)  the pollen in the cave was the result of normal background pollen "rain." 
D)  archaeologists need to take formation processes into account when interpreting the meaning of data from ecofacts. 
A)  humans are the only way that flowers could enter a cave. 
B)  burial rituals began with the Neanderthals. 
C)  the pollen in the cave was the result of normal background pollen "rain." 
D)  archaeologists need to take formation processes into account when interpreting the meaning of data from ecofacts.

William Spencer discovered the Agate Basin site

Organic substances such as fats, oils, and waxes that resist mixing with water and are found in both plant and animal tissues are called:

Although the analysis of plant remains from archaeological sites can provide important information about the economies of prehistoric populations, a drawback of plant remains is that they cannot be used to infer ritual significance or ideology.

The faunal assemblage from the site of Chavín de Huántar, Peru, contains an abundance of leg bones with few cranial and foot bones. This pattern has been explained by:

The main purpose of a zooarchaeological comparative collection is to:

What did Hill suggest accounted for the comparative abundance of bison limb bones relative to other bison bones at the Agate Basin site?

A faunal assemblage consists of the plant remains recovered from an archaeological site.

The appendicular skeleton refers to

An archaeologist involved in analyzing and interpreting plant remains from archaeological sites in order to understand past interactions between human populations and plants would be a:

Pollen helps reconstruct past environments because

Neanderthal burials from Shanidar Cave, Iraq, associated with pollen indicate that:

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Exam 9: People Plants and Animals In The Past

William Spencer discovered the Agate Basin site

Organic substances such as fats, oils, and waxes that resist mixing with water and are found in both plant and animal tissues are called:

Although the analysis of plant remains from archaeological sites can provide important information about the economies of prehistoric populations, a drawback of plant remains is that they cannot be used to infer ritual significance or ideology.

The faunal assemblage from the site of Chavín de Huántar, Peru, contains an abundance of leg bones with few cranial and foot bones. This pattern has been explained by:

The main purpose of a zooarchaeological comparative collection is to:

What did Hill suggest accounted for the comparative abundance of bison limb bones relative to other bison bones at the Agate Basin site?

A faunal assemblage consists of the plant remains recovered from an archaeological site.

The appendicular skeleton refers to

An archaeologist involved in analyzing and interpreting plant remains from archaeological sites in order to understand past interactions between human populations and plants would be a:

Pollen helps reconstruct past environments because

Neanderthal burials from Shanidar Cave, Iraq, associated with pollen indicate that:

Meet Some New Archaeologists

The Structure Of Archaeological Inquiry

Doing Fieldwork Surveying For Archaeological Sites

Doing Fieldwork Why Archaeologists Dig Square Holes

Geoarchaeology and Site Formation Processes

Chronology Building How To Get A Date

The Dimensions Of Archaeology Time Space And Form

Taphonomy Experimental Archaeology And Ethnoarchaeology

Bioarchaeological Approaches To The Past

Reconstructing Social And Political Systems Of The Past

The Archaeology Of The Mind

Understanding Key Transitions In World Prehistory

Historial Archaeology Insights On American History

Caring For Our Cultural Heritage

Archaeology Apos S Future

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