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Most public archaeology activity operates through
a. academic archaeology.
b. private sectors.
c. larger companies.
d. government.
Somewhat akin to the well-known process of natural selection in biological evolution.
a. cultural selection
b. invention
c. diffusion
d. social selection
The roots of which civilization went back at least 1,500 years before Spanish
conquest?
a. Maya
b. Aztec
c. Yanomamo
d. Inca
Of the following, which is NOT one of the three robust Australopithecines that lived
from 3 million to 1 million years ago?
a. Australopithecus boisei
b. Australopithecus aethiopicus
c. Australopithecus robustus
d. Australopithecus africanus
A valuable toolmaking material for knives and sickles in southwestern Asia and
Mexico.
a. flint
b. quartz
c. obsidian
d. iron
The ability to pass effortlessly between the material and spiritual worlds is
accomplished by
a. the "landscape of the mind."
b. ancestors.
c. shamans.
d. ritual.
The mutual exchange of goods between two individuals or groups is
a. a trade route.
b. redistribution.
c. gift exchange.
d. reciprocity.
The earliest complex societies of coastal Peru may have developed as a result of the
intensive exploitation of
a. precious metals.
b. conquered states.
c. maritime resources.
d. the lima bean.
This civilization filled the vacuum left by the collapse of the Toltecs.
a. Aztec
b. Olmec
c. Maya
d. Inca
Which subdiscipline of archaeology would require knowledge of hieroglyphics?
a. prehistoric archaeology
b. paleoanthropology
c. classical archaeology
d. Egyptology
Modest antiquities fetch high prices in international markets because
a. archaeologists seldom sell what they have found.
b. supply far exceeds demand.
c. demand far exceeds supply.
d. artifacts are worth their weight in gold.
The Ph.D. is a specialized degree that will qualify you to work
a. as a faculty member at a research university.
b. in private and government sectors.
c. in research only.
d. as a gopher at excavations and digs.
The visions of the unconscious are transferred to the world of the conscious through
a. shamans.
b. ritual.
c. paintings.
d. hallucinogens.
During the initial stage of their evolution, apes were apparently restricted to
a. North America.
b. Europe.
c. Asia.
d. Africa.
A new era in human experience begins with the emergence of the Sumerian civilization
about
a. 6500 B.C.
b. 3100 B.C.
c. 2500 B.C.
d. 2000 B.C.
Often more important than an artifact itself is its
a. location at the site.
b. surroundings.
c. intended symbolism.
d. context within the site.
NOT one of the vital staple foods of Paleo-Indians, stored for use in the winter.
a. walnuts
b. hickories
c. pecans
d. acorns
The first human to use fire, fashion more elaborate tools, and leave Africa.
a. Homo neandertalensis
b. Homo sapiens
c. Australopithecus afarensis
d. Homo erectus
The famous Australopithecine Lucy belongs to the species
a. Australopithecus anamensis.
b. Sahelanthropus tchadensis.
c. Australopithecus afarensis.
d. Australopithecus robustus.
Complete collapse of a civilization can occur only under circumstances in which
there is a
a. natural disaster.
b. need to do so.
c. power vacuum.
d. coup.
The Leakeys named the skull they found in 1959 in Olduvai Gorge
a. Homo sapiens.
b. Homo erectus.
c. Zinjanthropus boisei.
d. Australopithecus.
Most authorities agree that the first Americans were
a. Homo ergaster.
b. Cro-Magnon.
c. Homo neandertalensis.
d. anatomically modern humans.
What is the most important part of any archaeological project, large or small?
a. data acquisition
b. analysis
c. research design
d. interpretation
Provenance or provenience of an artifact is determined by
a. analyzing the artifact in the laboratory.
b. creating a random sampling technique designed to possibly find other similar
artifacts.
c. measuring the exact position of every find and feature three-dimensionally.
d. determining the former cultural function of the artifact.
Artifacts tell powerful stories about
a. well-known rulers.
b. climate.
c. the lowly and anonymous.
d. environment.
What definitive proof did Jesse Figgins have for the habitation of North America
as early as 10,000 years ago?
a. pottery
b. a projectile point
c. baskets
d. written records
Latin for "southern ape."
a. Zinjanthropus
b. Homo
c. Australopithecus
d. Ardipithecus
What do archaeologists and anthropologists find hard to use because of the difficulty in
verifying their antiquity?
a. oral traditions
b. amateur discoveries
c. artifacts
d. ceramic pottery
This was the dominant religion in the Ganges during the first millennium.
a. Buddhism
b. Hinduism
c. Brahmanism
d. Islam
British journalist Graham Hancock has claimed that a great civilization flourished
a. beneath the Pacific Ocean 3,000 years ago.
b. in the treetops of the Amazon forest 15,000 years ago.
c. under the Sahara Desert 20,000 years ago.
d. under Antarctic ice 12,000 years ago.
A career in managing and saving the archaeological record is in
a. academic archaeology.
b. public archaeology.
c. museum jobs.
d. conservation jobs.
