Problemset
Title
Chapter Quiz
Introductory
Text
Question 1
What is the primary responsibility of the professional archaeologist?
Hint:
The Goals of Archaeology
Type:
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
Multiple Choice
See section "The Goals of Archaeology" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded As Feedback
to preserve the material remains of the past for future generations Correct
to explain the process of human evolution
Incorrect
to interpret ancient lifeways
Incorrect
to supplement and correct the written record of history
Incorrect
to create theories concerning human cultural change
Incorrect
Question 2
Which of the following is, by necessity, the first stage of archaeological research?
Hint:
The Goals of Archaeology
Type:
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
Multiple Choice
See section "The Goals of Archaeology" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded As
reconstructing ancient lifeways
Incorrect
culture history
Correct
understanding human interactions
Incorrect
publication of archaeological findings
Incorrect
development of archaeological theory
Incorrect
Feedback
Question 3
Which of the following terms refers to the change in cultures over time?
Hint:
The Goals of Archaeology
Type:
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
Multiple Choice
See section "The Goals of Archaeology" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded As
cultural knowledge
Incorrect
cultural systems
Incorrect
cultural process
Correct
cultural stratification
Incorrect
cultural development
Incorrect
Feedback
Question 4
What makes the methods of archaeological research unique among other sciences?
Hint:
The Process of Archaeological Research
Type:
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
Multiple Choice
See section "The Process of Archaeological Research" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded
As
Only archaeologists rely on information from the past.
Incorrect
Archaeologists are the only scientists whose work revolves around
field research.
Incorrect
Archaeologists are the only scientists permitted to enter tombs.
Incorrect
Only archaeologists must destroy their research sites in the
process of investigating them.
Correct
Only archaeology depends on interpretation of field data to
understand human culture.
Incorrect
Question 5
Where does the research design of an archaeological project usually begin?
Hint:
The Process of Archaeological Research
Type:
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
Multiple Choice
Question 6
Type:
Multiple Choice
Feedback
See section "The Process of Archaeological Research" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded
As
with carbon-14 and other dating methods to estimate the age of a
site
Incorrect
with collection of materials for safe keeping in a museum
Incorrect
with publication of your interpretation of the site and its inhabitants
Incorrect
with excavation to remove artifacts from their primary context
Incorrect
with acquiring as much background knowledge about the site and
people as possible
Correct
Feedback
What do we call the conclusions drawn from the data in the context of the theoretical model
developed and then modified as the project unfolded?
Hint:
The Process of Archaeological Research
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
See section "The Process of Archaeological Research" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded As
interpretation
Correct
analysis
Incorrect
data collection
Incorrect
publication
Incorrect
research design
Incorrect
Feedback
Question 7
Why is publication of one's findings such an important responsibility of archaeologists?
Hint:
The Process of Archaeological Research
Type:
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
Multiple Choice
See section "The Process of Archaeological Research" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded
As
Archaeologists are always funded by the government, which
Incorrect
Feedback
requires detailed reporting.
Full excavation destroys the site, and no one else will be able to
conduct that research in the future.
Correct
Future archaeologists may not come to a correct interpretation of
the site, so results must be published.
Incorrect
Once excavated, archaeological materials remain the possession of Incorrect
the local people, and there will no longer be access to that
information.
Publication is not actually that important, because the artifacts can
be housed permanently in a museum collection.
Question 8
What is unique about human culture?
Hint:
What is Culture?
Type:
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
Multiple Choice
Incorrect
See section "What is Culture?" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded
As
We are the only animals that use tools.
Incorrect
Human culture is quite young, only appearing about 10,000 years
ago.
Incorrect
Feedback
We are the only animals that use culture as a primary adaptation to Correct
our environment.
Question 9
Type:
Multiple Choice
All humans have essentially the same culture, while animal
cultures vary immensely.
Incorrect
Human culture changes rapidly, while animal culture is relatively
unchanging.
Incorrect
What anthropologist coined the now classic definition of culture as "that complex whole
which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and
habits acquired by man as a member of society"?
Hint:
What is Culture?
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
See section "What is Culture?" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded As
Lewis Henry Morgan
Incorrect
Charles Darwin
Incorrect
Emile Durkheim
Incorrect
Edward (E.B.) Tylor
Correct
Franz Boas
Incorrect
Feedback
Question 10
Which of these is a generalized term for all traces of ancient human behavior?
Hint:
The Archives of the Past: The Archaeological Record
Type:
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
Multiple Choice
Answer
See section "The Archives of the Past" in Chapter 2.
Graded As
Feedback
context
Incorrect
association
Incorrect
superposition
Incorrect
artifacts
Incorrect
the archaeological record
Correct
Question 11
What are transformation processes?
Hint:
The Archives of the Past: The Archaeological Record
Type:
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
Multiple Choice
See section "The Archives of the Past" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded
As
occurrences that affect archaeological sites after their
abandonment
Correct
changes in the occupancy of an archaeological site during its
history
Incorrect
cultural developments that appear in an archaeological site over
time
Incorrect
changes in the interpretation of an archaeological site as new
researchers investigate the materials
Incorrect
Feedback
transfer of ownership of archaeological sites and artifacts after their Incorrect
excavation
Question 12
Which of the following is an example of an ecofact?
Hint:
The Archives of the Past: The Archaeological Record
Type:
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
Multiple Choice
See section "The Archives of the Past" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded As
pottery fragments
Incorrect
cooked animal bones
Correct
housing foundations
Incorrect
Statues and ritual items
Incorrect
temples
Incorrect
Feedback
Question 13
Tollund Man is an example of the exceptional preservation possible in __________.
Hint:
Preservation Conditions
Type:
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
Multiple Choice
See section "Preservation Conditions" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded As
arid conditions
Incorrect
frozen conditions
Incorrect
waterlogged conditions
Correct
tropical conditions
Incorrect
Feedback
volcanic conditions
Question 14
Type:
Multiple Choice
Incorrect
What archaeological principle states that objects in lower geological levels were deposited
there before upper levels had accumulated?
Hint:
Context
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
See section "Context" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded As
provenance
Incorrect
association
Incorrect
stratigraphy
Incorrect
superposition
Correct
context
Incorrect
Feedback
Question 15
Which of the following provides an example of a find in secondary context?
Hint:
Context
Type:
Feedback for all
incorrect
answers:
Multiple Choice
See section "Context" in Chapter 2.
Answer
Graded
As
a household that was suddenly buried under volcanic ash
Incorrect
a high-ranking person's burial chamber, with jewelry and other
possessions still intact
Incorrect
a simple grave of a person situated in fetal position
Incorrect
foundations of stone buildings built around a central plaza
Incorrect
grave goods and bones that were once washed downstream by a
powerful river
Correct
Feedback