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The site of Pincevent is A.a burial site with flowers placed on the carcass. B.located in eastern Romania. C.a late Paleolithic reindeer hunting camp. D.a late Paleolithic mammoth hunting camp. Archaeology is A.the study of variation among contemporary human groups. […]

Ester Boserup has argued that __________ spurs technological change and increased food production. A.population pressure B.political change C.population decline D.warfare The footprints at Ltoli were dated using A.radiopotassium dates on bone. B.radiocarbon dates on bone. C.radiopotassium dates on volcanic ash. […]

The peopling of the New World A.occurred first in South America B.was accomplished via the Bering Strait land bridge. C.certainly occurred prior to 20,000 BP. D.was accomplished via boats from Egypt. Carrier Mills is located in A.Central Europe. B.southern England. […]

Excavation of an archaeological site A.involves the destruction of the place. B.a technique to uncover buried remains from the past. C.answers questions about prehistoric human activity. D.all of the above E.none of the above The site of Knossos is located […]

Recent anthropological findings suggest that hunters and gatherers have ___ leisure time than (as) farmers. A.more B.slightly less C.much less D.the same amount of The Potassium/Argon (K/Ar or radiopotassium) method is used A.to measure the contribution of meat to the […]

Which of the following were important in the rise of Great Zimbabwe? A.its seizure of the gold trade and control of exchange routes to the east African coast B.military defeats of its nearest rivals C.surplus production of agricultural resources D.it’s […]

Paleoanthropology refers to A.the older generation of anthropologists. B.the study of human artifacts. C.the study of human evolution. D.manufacture of stone tools. Ninety-nine percent of all known Upper Paleolithic cave art sites are A.in Africa. B.along the Seine River near […]

Zhoukoudian is located in A.Southwest Asia. B.Thailand. C.Java. D.China. As early cities developed in different parts of the world, people often developed writing systems. In Mesopotamia, the earliest writing system was used primarily for A.ritual purposes. B.literary works. C.accounting purposes. […]

The term “craft specialization” could best be applied to A.giving birth. B.working. C.fishing. D.making beads. Early Egyptian writing tended to be concerned with A.economic transactions. B.political/dynastic events. C.divination. D.architectural planning. Answer: B. The first colonists of the New World A.probably […]

By definition, redistribution includes A.a central “nodal” figure or chief. B.pastoral herders. C.a market. D.a state bureaucracy. The following individual has NOT used population growth in theories about the Neolithic Revolution: A.Mark Cohen. B.Kent Flannery. C.Robert Brain. D.Lewis Binford. Answer: […]

Late Paleolithic hunting groups in northern Europe mainly hunted the A.wild boar. B.reindeer. C.mammoth. D.wooly rhino. E.seal. One of the most important and most famous Upper Paleolithic cave art sites is called A.Lascaux. B.Le Moustier C.Shanidar Cave. D.Torralba. Answer: A. […]