Question 1

An archaeological site is any place where:

Accepted Answer

A)  material evidence about the human past exists in a buried context. 
B)  artifacts exist alongside more substantial archaeological remains, such as structures. 
C)  a concentration of material evidence exists about the human past. 
D)  material evidence about the human past has been discovered by systematic archaeological survey. 
A)  material evidence about the human past exists in a buried context. 
B)  artifacts exist alongside more substantial archaeological remains, such as structures. 
C)  a concentration of material evidence exists about the human past. 
D)  material evidence about the human past has been discovered by systematic archaeological survey. C

Question 2

Global Positioning Systems operate:

Accepted Answer

A)  by picking up continuously broadcast signals from at least four satellites. 
B)  inadequately and therefore are not accurate for archaeological work. 
C)  too expensively to aid most attempts at archeological inquiry. 
D)  by relying upon electric monitoring stations. 
A)  by picking up continuously broadcast signals from at least four satellites. 
B)  inadequately and therefore are not accurate for archaeological work. 
C)  too expensively to aid most attempts at archeological inquiry. 
D)  by relying upon electric monitoring stations. A

Question 3

Areas with lots of variability in archaeological remains require smaller sample fractions than do areas of low variability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

If the hypothesis that the wetlands of the Carson desert had been the focus of a sedentary settlement system was correct, then Thomas and Kelly should have found:

Accepted Answer

A)  small, sparse settlements in the wetlands, and more intensive resource utilization of surrounding areas. 
B)  dense scatters of waste flakes and broken tools, or other remains of villages occupied for years at a time, in the wetlands. 
C)  mostly projectile points in the wetlands, with little or no accompanying waste flakes. 
D)  abundant manos and metates in the pinon-juniper forests. 
A)  small, sparse settlements in the wetlands, and more intensive resource utilization of surrounding areas. 
B)  dense scatters of waste flakes and broken tools, or other remains of villages occupied for years at a time, in the wetlands. 
C)  mostly projectile points in the wetlands, with little or no accompanying waste flakes. 
D)  abundant manos and metates in the pinon-juniper forests.

Question 5

In landscape archeology, the term "landscape" means

Accepted Answer

A)  Topographic features. 
B)  Material manifestations of the relation between humans and their environments. 
C)  Plant remains. 
D)  Geological formations. 
A)  Topographic features. 
B)  Material manifestations of the relation between humans and their environments. 
C)  Plant remains. 
D)  Geological formations.

Question 6

Remote sensing is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the use of methods that employ some form of electromagnetic energy to detect and measure characteristics of an archaeological site. 
B)  any technique that is capable of subsurface exploration with little to no disturbance. 
C)  a technique that involves aerial photography and/or the use of color infrared film. 
D)  any technique that measures geophysical features on the scale of hundreds to thousands of meters. 
A)  the use of methods that employ some form of electromagnetic energy to detect and measure characteristics of an archaeological site. 
B)  any technique that is capable of subsurface exploration with little to no disturbance. 
C)  a technique that involves aerial photography and/or the use of color infrared film. 
D)  any technique that measures geophysical features on the scale of hundreds to thousands of meters.

Question 7

Archaeologists employ systematic regional surveys mainly to:

Accepted Answer

A)  discover good places to excavate. 
B)  arrive at accurate descriptions of the range of archaeological material across a landscape. 
C)  verify that extensive geographic regions were unoccupied prehistorically. 
D)  maintain their funding from academic institutions. 
A)  discover good places to excavate. 
B)  arrive at accurate descriptions of the range of archaeological material across a landscape. 
C)  verify that extensive geographic regions were unoccupied prehistorically. 
D)  maintain their funding from academic institutions.

Question 8

Deflation is:

Accepted Answer

A)  a cultural process whereby one population's technology becomes adopted by another population in a different geographic region. 
B)  a geologic process whereby fine sediment is blown away by the wind and larger items are lowered onto a common surface. 
C)  an archaeological phenomenon in which excavations produce fewer and fewer artifacts with increasing depth. 
D)  a geologic process that results in rapid and complete burial of material remains. 
A)  a cultural process whereby one population's technology becomes adopted by another population in a different geographic region. 
B)  a geologic process whereby fine sediment is blown away by the wind and larger items are lowered onto a common surface. 
C)  an archaeological phenomenon in which excavations produce fewer and fewer artifacts with increasing depth. 
D)  a geologic process that results in rapid and complete burial of material remains.

Question 9

A UTM grid is not:

Accepted Answer

A)  a grid that divides the world into 1x1 meter squares. 
B)  the same things as a Universal Tranverse Mercator grid. 
C)  very useful for archaeological survey. 
D)  without a means to designate north and east coordinates. 
A)  a grid that divides the world into 1x1 meter squares. 
B)  the same things as a Universal Tranverse Mercator grid. 
C)  very useful for archaeological survey. 
D)  without a means to designate north and east coordinates.

Question 10

Archaeological sites are generally named after the archaeologists who discovered them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What did Thomas and Kelly learn from the Carson-Stillwater survey?

Accepted Answer

A)  The hypothesis that wetlands had been the focus of a sedentary settlement system could not be rejected. 
B)  The hypothesis that the wetland was only one stop on a seasonal round that included the pinon forests could not be rejected. 
C)  Neither hypothesis was able to provide an adequate reconstruction of prehistoric Carson Desert and Stillwater Mountain settlement systems; both were therefore rejected. 
D)  Neither hypothesis could be rejected, thus showing that their sampling design was inherently flawed. 
A)  The hypothesis that wetlands had been the focus of a sedentary settlement system could not be rejected. 
B)  The hypothesis that the wetland was only one stop on a seasonal round that included the pinon forests could not be rejected. 
C)  Neither hypothesis was able to provide an adequate reconstruction of prehistoric Carson Desert and Stillwater Mountain settlement systems; both were therefore rejected. 
D)  Neither hypothesis could be rejected, thus showing that their sampling design was inherently flawed.

Question 12

A stratified random sample is:

Accepted Answer

A)  a survey universe divided into several sub-universes. 
B)  a survey universe that is not divided into sub-universes. 
C)  a survey universe that cannot be given a Smithsonian number. 
D)  an ineffective way to gather and record information about sites. 
A)  a survey universe divided into several sub-universes. 
B)  a survey universe that is not divided into sub-universes. 
C)  a survey universe that cannot be given a Smithsonian number. 
D)  an ineffective way to gather and record information about sites.

Question 13

The usefulness of aerial photography for archaeology:

Accepted Answer

A)  was not recognized until the 1960s, during the development of the "New Archaeology." 
B)  is limited to times of cloud cover or haze. 
C)  is limited to photographs taken at very high elevations, since this is where resolution is greatest. 
D)  lies in the fact that aerial photographs can show features that are too indistinct or too large to discern from the ground. 
A)  was not recognized until the 1960s, during the development of the "New Archaeology." 
B)  is limited to times of cloud cover or haze. 
C)  is limited to photographs taken at very high elevations, since this is where resolution is greatest. 
D)  lies in the fact that aerial photographs can show features that are too indistinct or too large to discern from the ground.

Question 14

Archaeologists conduct surveys because:

Accepted Answer

A)  one site can reveal everything about an ancient society. 
B)  archeologists do not trust other archaeologists. 
C)  no single site reveals everything about an ancient society. 
D)  funding permits conducting surveys. 
A)  one site can reveal everything about an ancient society. 
B)  archeologists do not trust other archaeologists. 
C)  no single site reveals everything about an ancient society. 
D)  funding permits conducting surveys.

Question 15

When we say statistical population we mean:

Accepted Answer

A)  a range of archaeological material across a landscape. 
B)  a set of counts, measurements, or characteristics about which relevant inquiries are to be made. 
C)  the region that will be sampled. 
D)  the demographic count of a site. 
A)  a range of archaeological material across a landscape. 
B)  a set of counts, measurements, or characteristics about which relevant inquiries are to be made. 
C)  the region that will be sampled. 
D)  the demographic count of a site.

Question 16

Surface sites encountered on archaeological survey are generally not recorded because they lack the contextual relationships necessary to establish solid chronologies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Mano is a term that refers to a:

Accepted Answer

A)  fist-sized round, flat, handheld stone used for grinding foods. 
B)  large, flat stone used as a stationary surface upon which seeds, tuber, and nuts are ground. 
C)  settlement where there is evidence of hunting. 
D)  settlement where there is evidence of gathering. 
A)  fist-sized round, flat, handheld stone used for grinding foods. 
B)  large, flat stone used as a stationary surface upon which seeds, tuber, and nuts are ground. 
C)  settlement where there is evidence of hunting. 
D)  settlement where there is evidence of gathering.

Question 18

Which of the following is true about the ancient Chacoan road system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Although once thought to be an extensive network of roads, aerial photography has shown the roads to be much less extensive than initially believed. 
B)  Although once thought to be an extensive network of roads, aerial photography has shown that they were not roads, but were in fact part of a vast canal system. 
C)  It was an elaborate and extensive network of roads, covering more than 250,000 square kilometers within New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. 
D)  We now know that they were built strictly for economic purposes, to move goods to markets in Chaco Canyon. 
A)  Although once thought to be an extensive network of roads, aerial photography has shown the roads to be much less extensive than initially believed. 
B)  Although once thought to be an extensive network of roads, aerial photography has shown that they were not roads, but were in fact part of a vast canal system. 
C)  It was an elaborate and extensive network of roads, covering more than 250,000 square kilometers within New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. 
D)  We now know that they were built strictly for economic purposes, to move goods to markets in Chaco Canyon.

Question 19

GIS (geographic information systems) allows archaeologists to quickly answer many spatial questions whose answers would otherwise be too time-consuming to calculate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The main goal of archaeological survey is to discover good places to excavate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

An archaeological site is any place where:

Global Positioning Systems operate:

Areas with lots of variability in archaeological remains require smaller sample fractions than do areas of low variability.

If the hypothesis that the wetlands of the Carson desert had been the focus of a sedentary settlement system was correct, then Thomas and Kelly should have found:

In landscape archeology, the term "landscape" means

Remote sensing is:

Archaeologists employ systematic regional surveys mainly to:

Deflation is:

A UTM grid is not:

Archaeological sites are generally named after the archaeologists who discovered them.

What did Thomas and Kelly learn from the Carson-Stillwater survey?

A stratified random sample is:

The usefulness of aerial photography for archaeology:

Archaeologists conduct surveys because:

When we say statistical population we mean:

Surface sites encountered on archaeological survey are generally not recorded because they lack the contextual relationships necessary to establish solid chronologies.

Mano is a term that refers to a:

Which of the following is true about the ancient Chacoan road system?

GIS (geographic information systems) allows archaeologists to quickly answer many spatial questions whose answers would otherwise be too time-consuming to calculate.

The main goal of archaeological survey is to discover good places to excavate.

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Exam 3: Doing Fieldwork Surveying For Archaeological Sites

An archaeological site is any place where:

Global Positioning Systems operate:

Areas with lots of variability in archaeological remains require smaller sample fractions than do areas of low variability.

If the hypothesis that the wetlands of the Carson desert had been the focus of a sedentary settlement system was correct, then Thomas and Kelly should have found:

In landscape archeology, the term "landscape" means

Remote sensing is:

Archaeologists employ systematic regional surveys mainly to:

Deflation is:

A UTM grid is not:

Archaeological sites are generally named after the archaeologists who discovered them.

What did Thomas and Kelly learn from the Carson-Stillwater survey?

A stratified random sample is:

The usefulness of aerial photography for archaeology:

Archaeologists conduct surveys because:

When we say statistical population we mean:

Surface sites encountered on archaeological survey are generally not recorded because they lack the contextual relationships necessary to establish solid chronologies.

Mano is a term that refers to a:

Which of the following is true about the ancient Chacoan road system?

GIS (geographic information systems) allows archaeologists to quickly answer many spatial questions whose answers would otherwise be too time-consuming to calculate.

The main goal of archaeological survey is to discover good places to excavate.

Meet Some New Archaeologists

The Structure Of Archaeological Inquiry

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

People Plants and Animals In The Past

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

Filters