Question 1

A midden is a refuse deposit resulting from human activities, generally consisting of sediment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The following contributed to the support and discovery of deep time:

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Darwin publishes his influential book On the Origin of Species. 
B)  James Ussher concludes that Creation began at sunset on Saturday, October 22, 4004 BC. 
C)  Jacques Bocher de Crevecoeur de Perthes found ancient axe heads in the gravels of the Somme River. 
D)  Charles Darwin publishes his influential book On the Origin of Species and Jacques Bocher de Crevecoeur de Perthes found ancient axe heads in the gravels of the Somme River. 
A)  Charles Darwin publishes his influential book On the Origin of Species. 
B)  James Ussher concludes that Creation began at sunset on Saturday, October 22, 4004 BC. 
C)  Jacques Bocher de Crevecoeur de Perthes found ancient axe heads in the gravels of the Somme River. 
D)  Charles Darwin publishes his influential book On the Origin of Species and Jacques Bocher de Crevecoeur de Perthes found ancient axe heads in the gravels of the Somme River.

Question 3

Based on the level of public support,

Accepted Answer

A)  more archaeology will be needed in the future. 
B)  less archaeology will be needed in the future. 
C)  archaeology has no future. 
D)  archaeology will increasingly be a pastime of wealthy. 
A)  more archaeology will be needed in the future. 
B)  less archaeology will be needed in the future. 
C)  archaeology has no future. 
D)  archaeology will increasingly be a pastime of wealthy.

Question 4

Most historians ascribe the label of "first archaeologist" to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Petrarch. 
B)  Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli. 
C)  Nabonidus. 
D)  Boucher de Perthes. 
A)  Petrarch. 
B)  Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli. 
C)  Nabonidus. 
D)  Boucher de Perthes.

Question 5

A. V. Kidder argued against the interdisciplinary involvement of specialists in archaeological research because they lacked the necessary anthropological training.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Culture history is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the kind of archaeology practiced during Renaissance times, primarily focused on the reconstruction of classical civilizations. 
B)  a breakthrough in archaeological thought that rejected simple descriptions of cultural development through time for more comprehensive interpretations of past lifeways. 
C)  the kind of archaeology practiced during the early to mid-20th century, in which changes in artifact frequencies through time were explained by diffusion of ideas or migration of people. 
D)  the kind of archaeology most frequently practiced today by Americanist archaeologists. 
A)  the kind of archaeology practiced during Renaissance times, primarily focused on the reconstruction of classical civilizations. 
B)  a breakthrough in archaeological thought that rejected simple descriptions of cultural development through time for more comprehensive interpretations of past lifeways. 
C)  the kind of archaeology practiced during the early to mid-20th century, in which changes in artifact frequencies through time were explained by diffusion of ideas or migration of people. 
D)  the kind of archaeology most frequently practiced today by Americanist archaeologists.

Question 7

Classical archaeology is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the branch of archaeology that studies the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, such as Greece and Rome, and the Near East. 
B)  archaeology as it was practiced in classical times in places such as Greece and Rome and the Near East. 
C)  that period in the history of American archaeology in which antiquarianism dominated the goals of archaeology. 
D)  that period in the history of American archaeology in which Lewis Binford and his students dominated archaeological method and theory. 
A)  the branch of archaeology that studies the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, such as Greece and Rome, and the Near East. 
B)  archaeology as it was practiced in classical times in places such as Greece and Rome and the Near East. 
C)  that period in the history of American archaeology in which antiquarianism dominated the goals of archaeology. 
D)  that period in the history of American archaeology in which Lewis Binford and his students dominated archaeological method and theory.

Question 8

Classical archaeology is concerned primarily with the "classical" civilizations of the Mediterranean, such as Greece and Rome, and the Near East.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Petrarch is considered perhaps the most influential individual of the early Renaissance because he:

Accepted Answer

A)  traveled extensively to exotic lands and conducted meticulous excavations, increasing public interest in the past. 
B)  considered the remote past an ideal of perfection, and argued that moral philosophy could be found within ancient classical civilizations. 
C)  argued that the concept of God had become increasingly irrelevant to explanations of the natural world. 
D)  discovered ancient Paleolithic handaxes in association with extinct mammal skeletons, thereby establishing the antiquity of humanity. 
A)  traveled extensively to exotic lands and conducted meticulous excavations, increasing public interest in the past. 
B)  considered the remote past an ideal of perfection, and argued that moral philosophy could be found within ancient classical civilizations. 
C)  argued that the concept of God had become increasingly irrelevant to explanations of the natural world. 
D)  discovered ancient Paleolithic handaxes in association with extinct mammal skeletons, thereby establishing the antiquity of humanity.

Question 10

Archaeology enjoys enormous public interest that suggests more archaeology will be needed in the future.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A "midden" is:

Accepted Answer

A)  any kind of artifact that has been discarded by prehistoric populations. 
B)  a refuse deposit resulting from human activities. 
C)  any kind of historic artifact. 
D)  a specific kind of storage structure used by prehistoric populations. 
A)  any kind of artifact that has been discarded by prehistoric populations. 
B)  a refuse deposit resulting from human activities. 
C)  any kind of historic artifact. 
D)  a specific kind of storage structure used by prehistoric populations.

A midden is a refuse deposit resulting from human activities, generally consisting of sediment.

The following contributed to the support and discovery of deep time:

Based on the level of public support,

Most historians ascribe the label of "first archaeologist" to:

A. V. Kidder argued against the interdisciplinary involvement of specialists in archaeological research because they lacked the necessary anthropological training.

Culture history is:

Classical archaeology is:

Classical archaeology is concerned primarily with the "classical" civilizations of the Mediterranean, such as Greece and Rome, and the Near East.

Petrarch is considered perhaps the most influential individual of the early Renaissance because he:

Archaeology enjoys enormous public interest that suggests more archaeology will be needed in the future.

A "midden" is:

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

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

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Exam 1: Meet Some New Archaeologists

A midden is a refuse deposit resulting from human activities, generally consisting of sediment.

The following contributed to the support and discovery of deep time:

Based on the level of public support,

Most historians ascribe the label of "first archaeologist" to:

A. V. Kidder argued against the interdisciplinary involvement of specialists in archaeological research because they lacked the necessary anthropological training.

Culture history is:

Classical archaeology is:

Classical archaeology is concerned primarily with the "classical" civilizations of the Mediterranean, such as Greece and Rome, and the Near East.

Petrarch is considered perhaps the most influential individual of the early Renaissance because he:

Archaeology enjoys enormous public interest that suggests more archaeology will be needed in the future.

A "midden" is:

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

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