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Ecofacts are objects that show traces of human manufacture.
The Humboldt Current accounts for the remarkable wealth of marine resources along
the Andean coast.
Marcelin Boule's characterization of the Neanderthal as a degenerate side branch of
human evolution has been recognized as generally correct.
Most Paleolithic and Neolithic sites in southern Mesopotamia are accessible to
archaeologists because they are not deeply buried.
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The Inca kept track of commercial transactions by a pictographic writing known as
khipu.
Neanderthal skeletons have been found at such Middle Paleolithic sites as Qafzeh and
Skhul Caves.
The Maya hieroglyphs were deciphered in the late 19th century by a German linguist.
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The characteristic tools of the Natufian are tiny crescent-shaped stones called lunates.
Poverty Point is a mound site built by the Adena culture.
The Neanderthals died out shortly after the appearance of modern humans in Europe.
Ontogeny is the evolutionary history of a species.
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Wooden artifacts, such as the spears found at Schningen, are so rare on hominin sites
because during the Stone Age most tools were made of stone.
In Medieval Europe, prehistoric stone tools found in fields were thought to
be thunderstones formed where lightening struck. ʺ ʺ
Only humans have the ability to use tools.
It is common to find remains of Neanderthals and modern humans at the same sites in
the Middle East.
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King Tutankhamen conducted an early archaeological dig at the site of the Sphinx.
Hieratic was an alternative script to hieroglyphics developed during the fourth dynasty.
Teosinte, found in the highlands of Mexico, is the wild ancestor of squash.
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The core of Minoan and Mycenaean society was the palace.
The Kuk Swamp site in highland New Guinea has produced early evidence of llama
herding.
To understand how feature such as a burial pit relates to the surrounding strata, it is
necessary to determine the surface of origin for the pit.
The first hominins in Australia and the Americas were Homo erectus.
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Analysis of tools from the site of Lokalalei indicates that the manufacturing process
was relatively simple.
The hallmark of the Upper Paleolithic is the dramatic appearance of a spectacular range
of art objects.
Prior to 5,000 years ago, the Sahara Desert had more rainfall and was extensively
occupied.
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The North American megafauna were driven to extinction after an asteroid struck the
earth approximately 13,000 years ago.
Floral analysis is the study of animal bones from archaeological sites.
The Solutrean hypothesis argues that human migration from the Americas was
responsible for the Solutrean culture of the Upper Paleolithic of Western Europe.
The burial at the Geometric Kebaran site of Wadi Mataha indicates that this was a
peaceful time with well-understood rituals.
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The Levallois technique for making stone tools was much simpler than the preceding
Acheulian industry.
Raymond Dart characterized the australopithecines as"brutal hunters."
Originally, the great pyramid of Cheops at Giza was sheathed in a casing of polished
limestone.
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El Nio is a severe reversal of the Humboldt current which has been brought about by
recent industrial development resulting in a degraded environment.
The Younger Dryas was a global climatic event that is often characterized as
"prehistoric global warming."
AMS radiocarbon dating makes it possible to date very small samples.
Bruce Smith views domestication as the result of intentional actions of individuals,
most likely shaman.
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Deduction involves taking available data and inferring general models from it.
The goal of horizontal excavation is to expose large areas of a site to reconstruct a
single point in time.
The large Chinese village site of Banpo belongs to the __________ culture.
a. Jomon
b. Yangshou
c. Peiling
d. Hemudu
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Which of the following sites used canals to irrigate their fields?
a. Las Capas
b. Cerro Juanaquea
c. Milagro
d. Poverty Point
Which of the following is a type within Morton Fried's classification of societies?
a. hierarchical
b. communal
c. ranked
d. socialist
V. Gordon Childe defined the transition to agriculture as __________.
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a. cultural evolution
b. the Neolithic Revolution
c. a shift from savagery to barbarism
d. broad spectrum foraging
The first king of Copn may have had links to __________.
a. Teotihuacn
b. Tikal
c. Aguateca
d. Monte Albn
At what site was the Great Bath located?
a. Erlitou
b. Mohenjo-Daro
c. Yingpan
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d. Sanxingdui
The ________ is used as a reference for all vertical measurements on an archaeological
site.
a. datum point
b. ground surface
c. keystone
d. stadia rod
Urban cities developed along this river during the Harappan Period.
a. Nile
b. Ganges
c. Tigris-Euphrates
d. Indus
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Which of the following statements best describes systems theory?
a. It was heavily influenced by the works of Marx.
b. It views society as an interconnected network of elements.
c. It represented a conservative alternative to the New Archaeology.
d. Systems theory plays a significant role in contemporary archaeology.
The Australian rock art site at __________ contains a 4,000-year-old beeswax depiction
of a turtle.
a. Nauwalabila I
b. Ngandong
c. Gunbilngmurrung
d. Lake Mungo
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________ comparisons examine differences between two or more sites.
a. Synchronic
b. Intersite
c. Diachronic
d. Intrasite
Observations of archaeological materials in the present that can help create and test
hypotheses about the past are called __________.
a. middle-range research
b. the culture history approach
c. postprocessual archaeology
d. systems theory
Which of the following scenarios has been advanced to account for the evolution of
Neanderthals?
a. Neanderthals were the direct ancestors to modern humans.
b. Neanderthals evolved from Homo erectus, and modern humans evolved from Homo
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habilis.
c. Neanderthals and modern humans each evolved separately from Homo erectus.
d. Neanderthals and modern humans were separated by time and by geography.
One way to track ancient disease __________.
a. involves the study of preserved stomach contents
b. is performed on bones only
c. uses polymerase chain reaction science
d. requires destruction of a large quantity of dental material
What is the largest Great House in Chaco Canyon?
a. Casa Grande
b. Chetso Ketl
c. Pueblo Bonito
d. Casa Rinconada
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The earliest stone tool tradition is known as the __________.
a. Acheulian
b. Oldowan
c. Auregnacian
d. Mousterian
__________ is based on the assumption that humans act on the basis of rational
self-interest in collecting resources.
a. Simple hunting and gathering
b. Optimal foraging theory
c. Agency theory
d. Systems theory
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Which is the following is one of V. Gordon Childe's criteria for defining urban centers?
a. pastoralism
b. universal literacy
c. monotheism
d. taxes
The widespread use of pottery in the American Southwest around 1,800 years ago
marks the beginning of what period?
a. Archaic
b. Early Neolithic
c. Early Woodland
d. Formative
Why is Olduvai Gorge a good place to look for fossil hominins?
a. There were more hominins living in that region than in other parts of Africa.
b. There has been little human activity in the area, which preserved the fossils.
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c. It has a good depositional environment that preserved fossils.
d. It has always been an arid environment.
The earliest culture in Beringia, dated to 14,000 to 12,800, is called the __________
culture.
a. Nenana
b. Early Arrival
c. Folsom
d. Clovis
The Nenana culture is the earliest culture in Beringia.
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Which of the following statements describes Chavn de Huntar?
a. It is a simple village site in the South American rain forest.
b. It was the capital of the Inca Empire.
c. It was the burial site of the Lord of Sipn.ʺ ʺ
d. It is a ceremonial site that documents the beginning of social complexity in the
Andes.
What specimen from Atapuerca has been proposed as intermediate between Homo
erectus and Homo sapiens?
a. Homo habilis
b. Homo rudolphensis
c. Homo ergaster
d. Homo antecessor
The Early Neolithic includes the period __________.
a. Pre-Pottery Neolithic A
b. Post-Pottery Neolithic B
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c. Chalcolithic C
d. Dravidian D
________ is genetic material inherited exclusively from the mother.
a. Nuclear DNA
b. Nuclear RNA
c. Mitochondrial DNA
d. Mitochondrial RNA
Indigenously domesticated plants are found in this region of Africa.
a. Ethiopia and Eritrea in the northeast
b. southern African
c. tropical East Africa
d. desert of the northwest
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The Kebaran site of __________, at the Sea of Galilee, was notable because of its
remarkable preservation of organic remains, including the remains of six brush huts.
a. Abu Hureyra
b. Ohalo
c. Mallaha
d. Jericho
The Newark Earthworks in Ohio is attributed to the __________ culture.
a. Ohioan
b. Mississippian
c. Adena
d. Hopewell
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During the Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia the __________ recorded
transactions involving the exchange of land for goods.
a. hieroglyphic stones
b. kuduru texts
c. cylinder seals
d. Habuba scrolls
The earliest domesticated plant in the Americas is __________, which dates to between
10,000 and 8,300 years ago.
a. squash
b. maize
c. chenopodium
d. beans
What have we learned about social inequality from burials of the Upper Paleolithic?
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Explain why research into raised field agriculture is important.
How did Pre-Pottery Neolithic A villages differ from those later in the Pre-Pottery
Neolithic B?
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What is the significance of the Banpo site?
What evidence is there for early rice farming in China?
What was Chinese society like in the area of Anyang before Anyang?
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How did the Formative period compare with the preceding Archaic period?
What was Karl Wittfogel's theory of early state formation?
How has our concept of the Neolithic Revolution changed since V. Gordon Childe
proposed it?
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What is underwater archaeology, and is it scientific?
What is Clovis culture?
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What kind of violence and warfare existed in Aegean society?
What is the Berekhat Ram figurine?
How did the Aztecs manage to farm the swamplands surrounding Tenochtitln?
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What was the relationship of the Toltec Empire to the Aztec Empire?
What is the importance of the Huaca del Sol and Huaca de la Luna?
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Why has it been difficult to reconstruct the Classic Maya?
Discuss the collapse of the Harappan civilization.

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