Question 1

What do archaeologists use to attempt to consider all of the factors that cause changes in human culture and how these factors affect one another?

Accepted Answer

A)  process 
B)  cultural process 
C)  archaeological context 
D)  anthropological placement 
A)  process 
B)  cultural process 
C)  archaeological context 
D)  anthropological placement

Question 2

A major objective of archaeology is to understand the linkage between cultural and environmental systems as they are reflected in

Accepted Answer

A)  tools and vessels. 
B)  archaeological data. 
C)  internal feedback. 
D)  cultural resources. 
A)  tools and vessels. 
B)  archaeological data. 
C)  internal feedback. 
D)  cultural resources.

Question 3

Which American archaeologist described archaeological data as being somewhat akin to an untranslated language that we have to decode if we are to understand human ancient behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tim White 
B)  Julian Steward 
C)  Lewis Binford 
D)  Leslie White 
A)  Tim White 
B)  Julian Steward 
C)  Lewis Binford 
D)  Leslie White

Question 4

Archaeologists are increasingly concerned with social organization and religious beliefs that are known as

Accepted Answer

A)  intangibles. 
B)  traditions. 
C)  folkways. 
D)  cultural practices. 
A)  intangibles. 
B)  traditions. 
C)  folkways. 
D)  cultural practices.

Question 5

Which is an approach to archaeology that assumes that artifacts can be used to build up generalized pictures of human culture in time and space, and that these pictures can be interpreted?

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural ecology 
B)  culture history 
C)  energy ecology 
D)  artistic history 
A)  cultural ecology 
B)  culture history 
C)  energy ecology 
D)  artistic history

What do archaeologists use to attempt to consider all of the factors that cause changes in human culture and how these factors affect one another?

A major objective of archaeology is to understand the linkage between cultural and environmental systems as they are reflected in

Which American archaeologist described archaeological data as being somewhat akin to an untranslated language that we have to decode if we are to understand human ancient behavior?

Archaeologists are increasingly concerned with social organization and religious beliefs that are known as

Which is an approach to archaeology that assumes that artifacts can be used to build up generalized pictures of human culture in time and space, and that these pictures can be interpreted?

Fossils, Cities, and Civilizations: the Birth of a Science

Introducing Archaeology and Prehistory

Explaining the Past

Space and Time

They Sought It Here, They Sought It There: the Process of Research and Finding Archaeological Sites

Excavation

Archaeological Classification and Ancient Technologies

The Present and the Past

Ancient Climate and Environment

Come Tell Me How You Lived

Settlement and Landscape

The Archaeology of People

Managing the Past

So You Want to Become an Archaeologist

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Exam 3: Culture and Context

What do archaeologists use to attempt to consider all of the factors that cause changes in human culture and how these factors affect one another?

A major objective of archaeology is to understand the linkage between cultural and environmental systems as they are reflected in

Which American archaeologist described archaeological data as being somewhat akin to an untranslated language that we have to decode if we are to understand human ancient behavior?

Archaeologists are increasingly concerned with social organization and religious beliefs that are known as

Which is an approach to archaeology that assumes that artifacts can be used to build up generalized pictures of human culture in time and space, and that these pictures can be interpreted?

Fossils, Cities, and Civilizations: the Birth of a Science

Introducing Archaeology and Prehistory

Explaining the Past

Space and Time

They Sought It Here, They Sought It There: the Process of Research and Finding Archaeological Sites

Excavation

Archaeological Classification and Ancient Technologies

The Present and the Past

Ancient Climate and Environment

Come Tell Me How You Lived

Settlement and Landscape

The Archaeology of People

Managing the Past

So You Want to Become an Archaeologist

Filters