Intro Archaeology Text Ch. 6 Quiz

Percussion and pressure flaking are both ways to a. process iron. b. recycle glass. c. produce stone tools. d. work bone. e. decorate pottery.

produce stone tools

You are analyzing a stone tool and have recorded the following kinds of information about it: whether is what broken... what it is made out of. These kinds of characteristics about an object are called ___________ attributes. a. assemblage b. quantitative c. functional d. stylistic e. qualitative

qualitative

Geochemical sourcing can be helpful in reconstructing a. what kind of material a tool was used on. b. trade patterns. c. chronology. d. temporal types. e. the origins of domestic plants and animals.

trade patterns

The earliest known ceramic containers in the Old World were made by the Jomon hunter-gatherers of Japan...the oldest pottery dates between _________ years ago... _________... and the US southwest. a. 12,000-10,000 and 5000-4500 b. 5000-4500 and 1200-1000 c. 5500-5000 and 2500-2000 d. 1200-1000 and 5000-4500 e. 5000-4500 and 10,500-10,000

12,000-10,000 and 5000-4500

__________ permitted the mass production of durable and standardized metal objects... civilizations. a. Smelting b. Annealing c. Cold-hammering d. Casting e. Alloying

Casting

A ______ is a stone that functions as source of raw material for making flaked stone tools... then used for various purposes. a. Blade b. Core c. Uniface d. Metate e. Biface

Core

The ceramic type ___________ is made of relatively. course clay, fired at temperatures high enough... the most common ceramic type used in prehistory.

Earthenware

Which of the following is false about glass? a. Adding lime and soda to silica enables the silica... b. Although glass production was common by Roman times, glass objects are uncommon... c. Glass beads were widely traded. all over the world and in North America they are important indicators... d. Glass manufacturing techniques have rapidly and continuously evolved since glass-making was first invented... e. All of these are false.

Glass manufacturing techniques have rapidly and continuously evolved since glass-making was first invented...

The construction of artifact typologies is a subjective process, and differing archaeologists can construct different... True False

True

Use wear analysis is most helpful in determining an object's a. function. b. composition. c. source. d. age. e. original size.

function