Question 1

While discovering how a society viewed itself and its territories may seem like an impossible task,it is important to remember that most state societies ________,which helps us to identify primary centers

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A) are exactly alike 
B) did not produce monumental architecture 
C) are still in existence today 
D) are located on exactly the same spots as major modern cities 
E) produced written records

Question 2

The most obvious and conspicuous traces of Neolithic farmers in the Wessex area of Britain are

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A) long barrows 
B) village settlements 
C) early field systems 
D) a series of roads 
E) individual farmsteads

Question 3

In Elman Service's typology of human societies,mobile hunter-gatherer groups are also called

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A) chiefdoms 
B) none of the above 
C) segmentary societies (tribes) 
D) bands 
E) states

Question 4

Sedentary societies are societies that

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A) no longer are nomadic 
B) have developed some form of agriculture or pastoralism 
C) are best investigated at the settlement level 
D) all of the above 
E) none of the above

Question 5

A society that has a ruler with authority to establish and enforce laws,stratified classes,administrative officials for collecting revenue,and the practice of redistribution would probably be considered a

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A) mobile hunter-gatherer group 
B) segmentary society 
C) chiefdom 
D) early state 
E) none of the above

Question 6

What are the four societal types according to the classification scheme created by Elman Service? What are the distinguishing features of each type? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using such a scheme to examine ancient societies?

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Question 7

Grave-goods associated with a burial can reveal

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A) information about the individual's rank 
B) information about the individual's social status 
C) information about the individual's personal thoughts 
D) all of the above 
E) a and b only

Question 8

Unlike sex,which is biologically determined,__________ is a social construct involving the roles of individuals in society

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A) matrilineal descent 
B) sedentism 
C) DNA 
D) natural selection 
E) gender

Question 9

Many concepts that we consider to be inherent to our humanness,such as our system of morals,our concept of gender,even how we respond to our senses,are not natural "givens".

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Marija Gimbutas has argued that the ______________ of the European Neolithic and Copper Ages demonstrate the important status of women at that time

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A) epic poetry 
B) female figurines 
C) oversized hearths 
D) women warriors 
E) mosaic images

Question 11

A group claiming descent from a common ancestor is called a

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A) lineage 
B) polity 
C) ethnicity 
D) cult 
E) band

Question 12

Define ethnoarchaeology.What can it tell the archaeologist? In your discussion,include at least two examples of ethnoarchaeological studies.

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Question 13

Early archaeologists in the United States were taught to think more deeply about how ethnography might aid archaeological interpretation by the presence of

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A) tree-ring dates 
B) Thomas Jefferson 
C) modern Native American societies 
D) Irish immigrants 
E) a break-away group of British scholars

Question 14

Warfare is always undertaken with the objective of permanently occupying the lands of the vanquished in a process of territorial expansion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Despite the monumental nature of the megalithic tombs found in the Orkneys in Scotland,archaeologists believe that the people who built the tombs represented a

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A) hierarchical society 
B) state-level society 
C) very socially stratified society 
D) society of invaders from abroad 
E) segmentary society

Question 16

The grave goods associated with the Princess Vix burial from central France were surprising because

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A) they dated to a completely different time than the body 
B) they represented items usually only seen in male burials 
C) they were made of materials that could only have come from the Americas 
D) they were far less fine than items that normally accompany a princess 
E) they contained pollen from as far away as the Middle East

Question 17

A ranked society is a society the members of which have unequal access to status and prestige.An example of a ranked society is

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A) a segmentary society 
B) an early state 
C) a band 
D) a hunter-gatherer group 
E) all of the above

Question 18

Stone monuments,often collective tombs,from Europe's Neolithic period are often referred to as

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A) megalithic 
B) chalcolithic 
C) megahenges 
D) stone-tied 
E) paleolithic

Question 19

How do archaeologists attempt to recognize the existence of ranking in the archaeological record? Give specific examples of different characteristics that assist in determining whether or not an ancient society was ranked.

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Question 20

Excavations of skeletons at this site in New York City in 1991 caused much public outrage as the local community felt that they had not been properly consulted beforehand

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A) The African Burial Ground 
B) The Orkneys 
C) Foley Square 
D) Star Carr 
E) The Slave Church

Exam 5: Social Archaeology