Question 1

Michael Blakey's analysis of some 400 individuals from the First African Baptist Cemetery in Philadelphia revealed

Accepted Answer

A)  half the population died before the age of 30. 
B)  half the population died before the age of 12. 
C)  half the population died after the emancipation of slaves. 
D)  some of the deaths were due to suicides. 
A)  half the population died before the age of 30. 
B)  half the population died before the age of 12. 
C)  half the population died after the emancipation of slaves. 
D)  some of the deaths were due to suicides.

Question 2

Written records document the historic past. So why do archaeologists do historical archaeology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Documentary sources can be selective and biased toward the interests of particular cultural, political, or ethnic groups. 
B)  Documentary sources do not exist for most of the historic past. 
C)  Archaeological excavations can demonstrate that historical records are wrong, and thus useless for inferring anything about the past. 
D)  None of the answers; if written records exist, archaeologists do not bother with historical archaeology. 
A)  Documentary sources can be selective and biased toward the interests of particular cultural, political, or ethnic groups. 
B)  Documentary sources do not exist for most of the historic past. 
C)  Archaeological excavations can demonstrate that historical records are wrong, and thus useless for inferring anything about the past. 
D)  None of the answers; if written records exist, archaeologists do not bother with historical archaeology.

Question 3

Why does historical archaeology occupy such a prominent position within archaeology?

Accepted Answer

A)  A large number of historical sites are uncovered by construction projects driven by a growing population, and cultural resource management laws require that they are dealt with. 
B)  Many people are interested in the colonial and post-colonial history of the United States. 
C)  The histories of people who were oppressed or victimized in the past are often only discovered through historical archaeology; knowledge of these histories can empower living descendant communities. 
D)  All of the answers are correct. 
A)  A large number of historical sites are uncovered by construction projects driven by a growing population, and cultural resource management laws require that they are dealt with. 
B)  Many people are interested in the colonial and post-colonial history of the United States. 
C)  The histories of people who were oppressed or victimized in the past are often only discovered through historical archaeology; knowledge of these histories can empower living descendant communities. 
D)  All of the answers are correct.

Question 4

The goals and research interests of historical archaeology have remained largely unchanged since its earliest practice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

All of the following describe events surrounding the Ludlow Massacre EXCEPT:

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A)  no one knows which side fired the first shot. 
B)  the UMWA set up a makeshift miner's camp. 
C)  Rockefeller refused to improve living conditions. 
D)  the CFI would not recognize the UMWA. 
A)  no one knows which side fired the first shot. 
B)  the UMWA set up a makeshift miner's camp. 
C)  Rockefeller refused to improve living conditions. 
D)  the CFI would not recognize the UMWA.

Question 6

Bioarchaeological analysis of the skeletal remains from the African Burial Ground site determined that unlike the slaves' lives in New York, their lives in Africa were:

Accepted Answer

A)  Plagued by malnutrition and severe disease, with abundant evidence of hypoplasias and other pathologies 
B)  Relatively free of malnutrition and severe disease, with little evidence of hypoplasias or other pathologies 
C)  Characterized by extremely hard physical labor, as indicated by enlarged muscle attachments and lesions from torn muscles 
D)  Characterized by extreme violence and warfare, as indicated by the presence of abundant healed and unhealed skeletal fractures 
A)  Plagued by malnutrition and severe disease, with abundant evidence of hypoplasias and other pathologies 
B)  Relatively free of malnutrition and severe disease, with little evidence of hypoplasias or other pathologies 
C)  Characterized by extremely hard physical labor, as indicated by enlarged muscle attachments and lesions from torn muscles 
D)  Characterized by extreme violence and warfare, as indicated by the presence of abundant healed and unhealed skeletal fractures

Question 7

Which of the following is true about Thomas Jefferson?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jefferson reportedly mistreated the enslaved population. 
B)  Jefferson doubted whether Caucasians and Africans could successfully create a biracial society. 
C)  Jefferson did not favor a plan to transport free blacks to Africa or elsewhere. 
D)  Jefferson was not the father of children with Sally Hemings, as previously claimed. 
A)  Jefferson reportedly mistreated the enslaved population. 
B)  Jefferson doubted whether Caucasians and Africans could successfully create a biracial society. 
C)  Jefferson did not favor a plan to transport free blacks to Africa or elsewhere. 
D)  Jefferson was not the father of children with Sally Hemings, as previously claimed.

Question 8

The postprocessual paradigm that emphasizes the importance of archaeologists' understanding of the specific contexts within which they work, and of the notion that knowledge is situated within a cultural framework and can consequently serve special interests, is:

Accepted Answer

A)  called critical theory. 
B)  known by critics who question its relevance as a "medieval mind-set." 
C)  often useful in prehistoric archaeology, but is rarely considered useful for historical archaeology. 
D)  All of the answers are correct. 
A)  called critical theory. 
B)  known by critics who question its relevance as a "medieval mind-set." 
C)  often useful in prehistoric archaeology, but is rarely considered useful for historical archaeology. 
D)  All of the answers are correct.

Question 9

Three major areas of historical archaeological research today include

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A)  historically disenfranchised groups. 
B)  questions about the recent past left unanswered by history books. 
C)  asian colonialism and its effects on indigenous peoples. 
D)  historically disenfranchised groups and questions about the recent past left unanswered by history books. 
A)  historically disenfranchised groups. 
B)  questions about the recent past left unanswered by history books. 
C)  asian colonialism and its effects on indigenous peoples. 
D)  historically disenfranchised groups and questions about the recent past left unanswered by history books.

Question 10

How did public involvement in the African Burial Ground project influence the project's research design?

Accepted Answer

A)  It had very little influence; the local African-American community had doubts that any of the interred individuals were actually their ancestors, and so consequently had little desire to be involved in the project. 
B)  The local community, refusing to let their ancestors be further exploited, called for the immediate reburial of any human skeletal remains and associated grave goods without analysis or documentation; the project's research design was therefore never realized. 
C)  The archaeologists worked with the local community, incorporating their concerns and questions into the project's research design, resulting in community empowerment as well as a more meaningful research project. 
D)  In order to reduce the controversy associated with the project, the federal government allowed the local community to take complete control of the research design; the result was a lack of rigorous scientific methodology and a more humanistic and ideological approach to the project. 
A)  It had very little influence; the local African-American community had doubts that any of the interred individuals were actually their ancestors, and so consequently had little desire to be involved in the project. 
B)  The local community, refusing to let their ancestors be further exploited, called for the immediate reburial of any human skeletal remains and associated grave goods without analysis or documentation; the project's research design was therefore never realized. 
C)  The archaeologists worked with the local community, incorporating their concerns and questions into the project's research design, resulting in community empowerment as well as a more meaningful research project. 
D)  In order to reduce the controversy associated with the project, the federal government allowed the local community to take complete control of the research design; the result was a lack of rigorous scientific methodology and a more humanistic and ideological approach to the project.

Question 11

What happened to the human skeletal remains from the African Burial Ground project?

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A)  They were reburied in October of 2003, after they had been analyzed. 
B)  They were stored in a basement at the World Trade Center along with all of the excavation documents from the project; everything was destroyed when the building collapsed on September 11, 2001. 
C)  They are on display at the African Burial Ground Center, which is actively engaged in bringing the findings of the project to the public. 
D)  They were stolen from storage in 2003 and have not yet been recovered; authorities believe they were taken by local community members who opposed the project. 
A)  They were reburied in October of 2003, after they had been analyzed. 
B)  They were stored in a basement at the World Trade Center along with all of the excavation documents from the project; everything was destroyed when the building collapsed on September 11, 2001. 
C)  They are on display at the African Burial Ground Center, which is actively engaged in bringing the findings of the project to the public. 
D)  They were stolen from storage in 2003 and have not yet been recovered; authorities believe they were taken by local community members who opposed the project.

Question 12

Although much could have been learned about the lives of early American slaves, archaeological research at the African Burial Ground in New York City was never allowed to take place; the City honored the wishes of descendant communities by immediately repatriating and reburying the remains prior to analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The battle of the Little Bighorn took place in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Wyoming. 
B)  Montana. 
C)  South Dakota. 
D)  Nebraska. 
A)  Wyoming. 
B)  Montana. 
C)  South Dakota. 
D)  Nebraska.

Question 14

Why do historical archaeology if we already have the historical records?

Accepted Answer

A)  Historical records are personal opinions written at the time and are all considered to be not only biased, but wrong. 
B)  Historical sources can be biased, intentionally or not. 
C)  Historical archaeologists like current history. 
D)  Historical archaeologists do not like very old archaeological evidence. 
A)  Historical records are personal opinions written at the time and are all considered to be not only biased, but wrong. 
B)  Historical sources can be biased, intentionally or not. 
C)  Historical archaeologists like current history. 
D)  Historical archaeologists do not like very old archaeological evidence.

Question 15

Which of the following is true of Thomas Jefferson?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was the third president of the United States, as well as an architect, inventor, scholar, diplomat, and archaeologist. 
B)  He had a slave force numbering 200 people at times, and he knew that without slavery the agrarian economy of the time would collapse. 
C)  He probably fathered six children with one of his house slaves, Sally Hemings. 
D)  All of the answers are correct. 
A)  He was the third president of the United States, as well as an architect, inventor, scholar, diplomat, and archaeologist. 
B)  He had a slave force numbering 200 people at times, and he knew that without slavery the agrarian economy of the time would collapse. 
C)  He probably fathered six children with one of his house slaves, Sally Hemings. 
D)  All of the answers are correct.

Question 16

Which of the following is not a major theme of research in historical archaeology today?

Accepted Answer

A)  The study of historically disenfranchised groups whose histories were incompletely recorded, recorded in a biased manner, or still sometimes ignored. 
B)  Attempts to resolve disputes over the nature of key historical events. 
C)  Attempts to locate and describe the oldest, largest, or most historically significant sites in order to ensure their protection. 
D)  The nature of European colonialism, the development of capitalism, and their effects on indigenous peoples. 
A)  The study of historically disenfranchised groups whose histories were incompletely recorded, recorded in a biased manner, or still sometimes ignored. 
B)  Attempts to resolve disputes over the nature of key historical events. 
C)  Attempts to locate and describe the oldest, largest, or most historically significant sites in order to ensure their protection. 
D)  The nature of European colonialism, the development of capitalism, and their effects on indigenous peoples.

Question 17

In spite of the fact that Thomas Jefferson regarded the institution of slavery as brutal and immoral, and that he himself favored its abolition, he nonetheless had a slave force at times numbering 200 people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Slave archaeology at Jefferson's Monticello plantation in Virginia has helped interpret historical records from the time. For instance, written records document that Jefferson moved Critta Hemings (part of his house staff) from a large house with a brick floor, a stone fireplace, and architectural embellishments, to a small simple house with dirt floors. Yet she remained a part of his house staff, a normally favored status. Slave quarter excavations showed:

Accepted Answer

A)  That Hemings was demoted; she and her family were forced to move from the large house where only they lived to much smaller quarters which they had to share with several other families. 
B)  That the move actually provided Hemings and her family with access to subfloor pits in which they could store their possessions, helping them maintain some privacy and security. 
C)  That the move actually allowed Hemings and her family to have a house of their own, rather than sharing a household with other families. 
D)  Hemings never actually moved; she and her family remained in her large house in spite of Jefferson's demands. 
A)  That Hemings was demoted; she and her family were forced to move from the large house where only they lived to much smaller quarters which they had to share with several other families. 
B)  That the move actually provided Hemings and her family with access to subfloor pits in which they could store their possessions, helping them maintain some privacy and security. 
C)  That the move actually allowed Hemings and her family to have a house of their own, rather than sharing a household with other families. 
D)  Hemings never actually moved; she and her family remained in her large house in spite of Jefferson's demands.

Michael Blakey's analysis of some 400 individuals from the First African Baptist Cemetery in Philadelphia revealed

Written records document the historic past. So why do archaeologists do historical archaeology?

Why does historical archaeology occupy such a prominent position within archaeology?

The goals and research interests of historical archaeology have remained largely unchanged since its earliest practice.

All of the following describe events surrounding the Ludlow Massacre EXCEPT:

Bioarchaeological analysis of the skeletal remains from the African Burial Ground site determined that unlike the slaves' lives in New York, their lives in Africa were:

Which of the following is true about Thomas Jefferson?

The postprocessual paradigm that emphasizes the importance of archaeologists' understanding of the specific contexts within which they work, and of the notion that knowledge is situated within a cultural framework and can consequently serve special interests, is:

Three major areas of historical archaeological research today include

How did public involvement in the African Burial Ground project influence the project's research design?

What happened to the human skeletal remains from the African Burial Ground project?

The battle of the Little Bighorn took place in:

Why do historical archaeology if we already have the historical records?

Which of the following is true of Thomas Jefferson?

Which of the following is not a major theme of research in historical archaeology today?

In spite of the fact that Thomas Jefferson regarded the institution of slavery as brutal and immoral, and that he himself favored its abolition, he nonetheless had a slave force at times numbering 200 people.

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Exam 14: Historial Archaeology Insights On American History

Michael Blakey's analysis of some 400 individuals from the First African Baptist Cemetery in Philadelphia revealed

Written records document the historic past. So why do archaeologists do historical archaeology?

Why does historical archaeology occupy such a prominent position within archaeology?

The goals and research interests of historical archaeology have remained largely unchanged since its earliest practice.

All of the following describe events surrounding the Ludlow Massacre EXCEPT:

Bioarchaeological analysis of the skeletal remains from the African Burial Ground site determined that unlike the slaves' lives in New York, their lives in Africa were:

Which of the following is true about Thomas Jefferson?

The postprocessual paradigm that emphasizes the importance of archaeologists' understanding of the specific contexts within which they work, and of the notion that knowledge is situated within a cultural framework and can consequently serve special interests, is:

Three major areas of historical archaeological research today include

How did public involvement in the African Burial Ground project influence the project's research design?

What happened to the human skeletal remains from the African Burial Ground project?

The battle of the Little Bighorn took place in:

Why do historical archaeology if we already have the historical records?

Which of the following is true of Thomas Jefferson?

Which of the following is not a major theme of research in historical archaeology today?

In spite of the fact that Thomas Jefferson regarded the institution of slavery as brutal and immoral, and that he himself favored its abolition, he nonetheless had a slave force at times numbering 200 people.

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

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

Caring For Our Cultural Heritage

Archaeology Apos S Future

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