1. Which of the following is NOT true of the domestication of plants and animals?
2. Which of the following is NOT a theoretical model proposed to account for the origins of food production?
3. Natufian sites are NOT characterized by
4. Sedentary villages did not appear in the Tehuacán Valley prior to 3500 BP because
5. Marginal (Edge) Zone, Oasis, and Natural Habitat are
6. The long-term process that results in the loss of fitness for a species to survive without the assistance of
humans is called
7. Two key Neolithic sites in China are
8. Jericho is
9. “Tells” are
10. One of the advantages of plant and animal domestication is
11. Which of the following plants is NOT part of the basic triad of Mesoamerican plant food staples?
12. The site of ‘Ain Mallaha in the Levant
13. Rice has NOT been found at which of the following sites in Southeast Asia?
14. The earliest cultivation of rice in Asia appears to have occurred in
15. Teosinte is thought to be the most likely candidate for which of the following domesticates?
16. Richard S. MacNeish led an interdisciplinary team to investigate the origins of agriculture of Mesoamerica
in
17. Wheat and barley were first domesticated in a region that extends from
18. The following individual has NOT used population growth in theories about the Neolithic Revolution:
19. A key domesticated animal at Mehrgarh after 6000 B.C. was the
20. The world’s earliest ceramic vessels were probably made in
21. The key early domesticates at Ban-po-ts’un were
22. Khok Phanom Di is now located in
23. At Non Nok Tha metal objects were made of
24. Which of the following archaeologists investigated early agriculture in the Tehuacán Valley?
25. At Guilá Naquitz key food resources included all of the following except
26. Compared to Upper Paleolithic sites, ________ were particularly abundant at ‘Ain Mallaha.
27. Domestication in the Americas
28. Which of the following prehistoric cultigens is NOT matched correctly with its geographical area?
29. Which of the following prehistoric cultigens is NOT correctly matched with its original place of
domestication?
30. Which of the following was NOT originally domesticated in the Americas?
31. Which of the following was NOT originally domesticated in the Old World?
32. Which of the following was NOT domesticated in the Americas?
33. Which of the following was NOT first domesticated in Southwest Asia?
34. Which of the following was NOT domesticated in the Americas?
35. Which of the following is a true statement of differences between the food-producing traditions of
36. The only pack animal domesticated in the Americas was the
37. Sedentism preceded plant domestication in which area?
38. The site of Mehrgarh in Pakistan has evidence for the use of wheat, barley, sheep, goats, and
39. The earliest domesticated plants now known come from
40. Catalhöyük, perhaps the first city, contains evidence for all of the following except
41. Catalhöyük is located in
An Archaeological Problem The following multiple choice question refer to the paragraph below. Base your
answers on the information given below, your archaeological knowledge, and common sense.
Recent excavations in the Levant have uncovered a small settlement of approximately twenty houses. These
structures were circular in shape and had rock-wall foundations. A number of burials were found in a small
cemetery adjacent to the settlement. Storage pits and roasting areas for preparing plant foods also were found,
but there was no evidence for domesticated plants at the site. Animal bones from deer, gazelle, sheep, and goat
were common at the site. The investigators noticed that a high number of young male animals were represented
in the sheep bones. This difference was not noted among the bones of the other species. Other materials from
the site included sickle blades, bone tools, charcoal, and grinding slabs.
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42. The site is located in
43. Evidence from the animal bones suggests that the sheep were
44. Evidence that this is a fairly permanent settlement comes from
45. A probable date for this site would be
46. The settlement probably belongs to the _________ period.
47. Why did people begin farming? Discuss at least two of the major theories for the origins of agriculture and
their strengths and weaknesses.
48. Compare and contrast the origins of agriculture in Southwest Asia and Mesoamerica.
49. Describe three cradles of domestication and discuss the kinds of plants and animals involved and the dates
for the first domesticates in each area.
50. Describe the nature of the transition to food production in Southwest Asia with a comparison of the
Natufian and the early Neolithic.
51. If you had enough time, money, and energy for three field seasons of excavation to learn about the origins
of agriculture, where would you work, what would you look for, and how would you do it?
52. Discuss at least three important sites that are important in discussions of the origins of agriculture. Why are
they important?
53. There are a number of theories on why domestication began. Select two of the major theories and compare
and contrast them.
54. Outline the oasis theory for the origins of agriculture. Using information from Southwest Asia, evaluate the
usefulness of this theory.
Please write 2-3 sentences identifying the person, place, or thing in terms of age, location, and significance.
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55. Obsidian
56. Paleoethnobotany
57. Ban-po-ts’un
58. Richard MacNeish
59. Archaeozoology
60. Cultivation
61. Natural habitat
62. Barbara Bender
63. Southwest Asia
64. Jericho
65. Catalhöyük
66. Flotation
67. Ganj Dareh
68. Rice
69. Maize
70. Chenopodium
71. Edge hypothesis
72. Sedentism
73. Microband
74. Teosinte
75. Fertile Crescent
76. Tel
77. Rachis
78. Llama
79. Glume
80. Göbekli Tepe
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