Chapter 4 Quiz
Informed EXAMINATION refers to people's agreement to take part in research after they have been fully informed about its purpose, nature, funding, procedures, aand potential impact on them. True False
False consent
Many dating methods are based on the geological study of DENDROCHRONOLOGY, the science that examines the ways in which earth sediments accumulate in layers known as strata. True False
False stratigraphy
What does the principle of superposition state? In an undisturbed sequence of strata, the oldest layer is the shallowest in the sequence. In an undisturbed sequence of strata, the oldest layer is on the top. In an undisturbed sequence of strata, the oldest layer is on the bottom. In an undisturbed sequence of strata, the youngest layer is the deepest in the sequence. In an undisturbed sequence of strata, the youngest layer is on the bottom.
In an undisturbed sequence of strata, the oldest layer is on the bottom.
What point was the chapter on archaeology emphasizing when quoting paleoanthropologist Christopher Stringer stating that, "absence of evidence does not necessarily prove evidence of absence?" That the failure to find a fossil species in a particular place does not necessarily mean that it did not live there. That even paleontology and paleoanthropology are humanistic disciplines. That the fields of paleontology and paleoanthropology have established a chronology of the evolution of life. That taphonomy is not a true science because it lacks accuracy. That the fossil record is a representative sample of all the plants and animals that ever lived.
That the failure to find a fossil species in a particular place does not necessarily mean that it did not live there.
What do molecular anthropologists study? Human body size and dimensions, using an extensive series of measurements of the human form. How prestige is passed between generations. The diffusion of languages between communities. The biological and geological processes by which dead animals become fossils. The relationships among ancient and contemporary populations and among species using DNA comparisons.
The relationships among ancient and contemporary populations and among species using DNA comparisons.
FOSSILS are remains (e.g.bones), traces, or impressions (e.g.,footprints) of ancient life True False
True
PALEOPATHOLOGY is the study of disease and injury in skeletons from archaeological sites. True False
True
PHYTOLITHS are microscopic crystals found in many plants. Because they are inorganic and do not decay, they can be a great source of information for archaeologists studying sites in which the plants were present. True False
True
Fossil pollen, phytoliths, and starch grains are all examples of... remote sensing techniques increasingly used in multidisciplinary projects. dendrochronological techniques used to study agricultural remains. palynology. microscopic evidence that archaeologists are using increasingly to study the past. taphonomic processes.
microscopic evidence that archaeologists are using increasingly to study the past.
What are the two major components of field-work in archaeological anthropology? excavation and participant observation systematic survey and excavation systematic survey and the emic perspective the genealogical method and excavation stratigraphy and taphonomy
systematic survey and excavation
