Exam 8: Taphonomy Experimental Archaeology And Ethnoarchaeology

Ethnographic analysis makes it clear that it is safe to assume that women in the past always made the pottery, and men always made the stone tools.

Ethnoarchaeological research suggests that the longer a site was occupied in the past, the farther the distance between habitation structures and trash dumps.

If you are observing microwear, or minute, often microscopic evidence of use damage on the surface and working edge of an artifact, you are probably observing:

A thin, sharp sliver of stone removed from a larger piece of rock during the flintknapping process is a:

The purpose of Binford's ethnoarchaeological research among the Nunamiut Eskimo of Alaska was to:

Inferring that prehistoric kivas had the same function as kivas used by Puebloan societies today is an example of:

Obsidian blades are much sharper than steel scalpels, leaving smaller cuts with clearer edges that heal more quickly and are less likely to scar than steel blades; because of this, obsidian blades have been used in many surgical procedures.

To create relevant bridging arguments, archaeologists must

Microwear traces on stone tools can be difficult to identify due to which of the following?

Archaeologists have tried to replicate, through trial and error with flintknapping, the way in which Folsom points were fluted. This research is an example of experimental archaeology.

Low power (40X to 60X) microscopic analysis is much more useful in determining stone tool microwear than high power microscopy (up to 400X).

Which of the following is true of the Hudson-Meng site in northwest Nebraska?

Don Crabtree's experimental flintknapping research:

When discussing projectile points, a "flute" refers to:

The purpose of middle range theory is to create arguments that link human behavior to material remains so that archaeologists can make reliable behavioral inferences from archaeological material.

The principle asserting that the processes now operating to modify the earth's surface are the same processes that operated long ago in the geological past is known as

Studying how a large animal carcass decomposes on an African savannah to determine how long it takes the carcass to disarticulate in different seasons and which bones are carried away by carnivores is an example of:

What happened to the remains of Ishi, the Yahi Indian who lived at the University of California's museum in San Francisco and demonstrated traditional arrow-making and fire-starting for museum visitors?

A sipapu is:

Formal analogies are strengthened if: