Exam 2: The Variety of the Evidence

Survival of organic materials is typically limited to cases of extreme moisture,such as very arid or waterlogged conditions.

Bog bodies,primarily individuals who met a violent death (such as Tollund Man,from Denmark),are best known from northwest Europe and typically date to the

Stone tools typically survive very poorly in the archaeological record,and stone artifacts rarely date from before 5000 years ago.

What is context and why is it so important to archaeologists?

The Pazyryk bodies,found in ________________,were so well preserved by their constant frozen state that archaeologists not only recovered linen shirts,aprons,and stockings but could also see tattoos

Temperate climates are not usually conducive to organic preservation at archaeological sites because of

The discovery of "Ötzi" or the Iceman in 1991 in an alpine glacier revealed to the world the oldest fully preserved human body.What made this such a remarkable find to archaeologists? What specifically did we learn about this man;how he lived,why he died,his health,and his possessions?

Formation processes affect the way in which finds came to be buried and what happened to them after their burial.A good example of a natural formation process would be

The long-term study of an earthwork constructed at Overton Down,England,as experimental archaeology indicates that

The "Ice Maiden," the frozen mummy of a young girl found on the Ampato Volcano in Peru,as well as the preserved bodies found on the peak of Llullaillaco,probably were ceremonial offerings made by which culture?

Sea water is potentially very destructive,but artifacts recovered from under the sea that are coated with a thick hard casing of metallic salts can often be preserved through the use of electrolysis.

Provenience is the exact position of a find within the matrix.

Original human behavior activities,which are a type of cultural formation process,include all of the following except

At Ozette,the extraordinary preservation of such organic materials as wooden containers,baskets,weaving equipment,and fishing and hunting equipment,was the result of