Question 1

A ritual in which an individual seeks visions through starvation, dehydration, and exposure, used in some cultures to communicate with the supernatural world, is:

Accepted Answer

A)  a vision quest. 
B)  shamanism. 
C)  totemism. 
D)  sympathetic magic. 
A)  a vision quest. 
B)  shamanism. 
C)  totemism. 
D)  sympathetic magic.

Question 2

How was Lascaux cave discovered?

Accepted Answer

A)  Accidentally, by schoolboys and a lost dog. 
B)  Through systematic survey of the Dordogne region of southern France, in search of caves with the potential for Upper Paleolithic art. 
C)  By the landowner, who fell into a shallow pit and discovered cold air rising from a hole in the pit's bottom. 
D)  By an avocational archaeologist who happened to be hiking in the region, and discovered artifacts near the cave's opening. 
A)  Accidentally, by schoolboys and a lost dog. 
B)  Through systematic survey of the Dordogne region of southern France, in search of caves with the potential for Upper Paleolithic art. 
C)  By the landowner, who fell into a shallow pit and discovered cold air rising from a hole in the pit's bottom. 
D)  By an avocational archaeologist who happened to be hiking in the region, and discovered artifacts near the cave's opening.

Question 3

One possible purpose of a Neolithic Henge was used to

Accepted Answer

A)  protect from invaders. 
B)  keep something inside. 
C)  store food supplies. 
D)  participate in enclosed games. 
A)  protect from invaders. 
B)  keep something inside. 
C)  store food supplies. 
D)  participate in enclosed games.

Question 4

The paradigm that holds that human culture is the expression of unconscious modes of thought and reasoning, notably binary opposition, is:

Accepted Answer

A)  processualism. 
B)  postprocessualism. 
C)  structuralism. 
D)  materialism. 
A)  processualism. 
B)  postprocessualism. 
C)  structuralism. 
D)  materialism.

Question 5

Modern cognitive archaeology aims to do all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  study the perception, description and classification of the universe. 
B)  make interpretations about past cultures when there is no ethnographic data available. 
C)  understand past religions. 
D)  study a culture's expression of abstract ideas in art and writing systems. 
A)  study the perception, description and classification of the universe. 
B)  make interpretations about past cultures when there is no ethnographic data available. 
C)  understand past religions. 
D)  study a culture's expression of abstract ideas in art and writing systems.

A ritual in which an individual seeks visions through starvation, dehydration, and exposure, used in some cultures to communicate with the supernatural world, is:

How was Lascaux cave discovered?

One possible purpose of a Neolithic Henge was used to

The paradigm that holds that human culture is the expression of unconscious modes of thought and reasoning, notably binary opposition, is:

Modern cognitive archaeology aims to do all of the following except:

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

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 12: The Archaeology Of The Mind

A ritual in which an individual seeks visions through starvation, dehydration, and exposure, used in some cultures to communicate with the supernatural world, is:

How was Lascaux cave discovered?

One possible purpose of a Neolithic Henge was used to

The paradigm that holds that human culture is the expression of unconscious modes of thought and reasoning, notably binary opposition, is:

Modern cognitive archaeology aims to do all of the following except:

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

Understanding Key Transitions In World Prehistory

Historial Archaeology Insights On American History

Caring For Our Cultural Heritage

Archaeology Apos S Future

Filters