Archeology Quiz 12

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Match the following archaeologist/scholar to their period of activity...

- V. Gordon Childe: early/mid 20th cent - Mortimer Wheeler: early/mid 20th cent - Carl Blegen: early/mid 20th cent - Karl Weber: mid 18th cent - Ian Hodder: generally after 1960 - Colin Renfrew: generally after 1960 - C.E. Norton: late 19th cent - Heinrich Schliemann: early/mid 20th cent - Johann Wincklemann: mid 18th cent - Basil Gildersleeve: late 19th cent - Arthur Evans: early/mid 20th cent - Lewis Binford: generally after 1960

The purpose of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is to...

1) educate students of classics 2) support the research of American classicists 3) act in an oversight capacity for vetting archaeological research in Greece conducted by American

A major tenet of post-processual archaeology is...

1) scholars inherently bring their own cultural biases into the study; it is unavoidable 2) the past is not 100% knowable 3) there is no "right way" to do archaeology, all approaches have their strengths and weaknesses

Place the following events/discoveries/movements in chronological order

1. Discovery of Pompeii 2. Development of Altertumswissenschaft in Germany as a general school of thought 3. US Civil War 4. Development of the Archaeological Institute of America 5. Discovery of Knossos 6. World War II 7. Decipherment of Linear B 8. Binford's development of the 'New Archaeology' 9. Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP) 10. Avkat Archaeological Project

The UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property was enacted in...

1970

Basil Gildersleeve is known as the father of...

American philology

Which of the following was not established in the 18th century?

British School of Archeology

Carl Blegen was a professor of Classics at...

Cincinnati

Knossos is found on the island of...

Crete

Processualism can be viewed as an outgrowth of thought that includes the works of...

Durkheim, Marx, and Clark

Processual archaeology was readily accepted by classical archaeologists.

False

The use of archaeology as a means to promote a political or ideological message is a practice relegated solely to societies under the control of dictatorial regimes.

False

Renfrew's 1980 article focuses on the relationship between classical archaeologists and "new" archeologists, which can be summarized by the words...

Great Divide

A person taking the Grand Tour would most likely visit:

Italy

The person responsible for removing large amounts of sculpture from the Acropolis in Athens was...

Lord Elgin

As per its initial formulation, Altertumswissenschaft focuses upon a critical examination and synthesis of evidence derived from...

Philology History Archaeology

"Priam's Treasure" was found at...

Troy

All states are required by law to have an office charged with the management and oversight of cultural resources located within the state.

True

As it currently stands, post-processual archaeology holds little to orthodoxy- many approaches have value, giving rise to a plethora of "archaeologies".

True

The purpose of the MFA was to enlighten the populace and to improve the moral standing of society through their exposure to ancient art.

True

Thomas Jefferson was the architect of:

University of Virginia campus

Who would most likely utter the following statement? "an archaeological culture consists of certain types of remains that are constantly recurring together"

V. Gordon Childe

The following were elements of the Romantic movement except:

a focus upon logic and reason

Princeton University became a powerhouse for classical archaeology for the following reasons except...

a strong and wealthy anthropology program

One of the major emphases in classical archaeology of the early 20th century was upon...

classification of artifacts based upon form and decoration

The Enlightenment promoted:

logic and rational thinking via the study of classical authors

Charles Eliot Norton was heavily involved in establishing...

the Archaeological Institute of America

Johan Joachim Wincklemann is known as...

the father of art history


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