ANT 207 Quizzes 1-4
Today archaeologist working in the field of CRM accounts for ______.
90% or more of the archaeology conducted in the United States.
The National Historic Preservation Act
A & B.
This early legislation provided general protection for any cultural or natural resource from pot hunters and required a permit be issued before any excavation.
Antiquities Act.
The federal law that was passed tofurther the Antiquities Act by clearly defining an archaeological resource is
Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA)
Laws passed to protect cultural heritage in archaeological sites, historic buildings, and landscapes have created an important new direction for applied archaeology called
CRM (Cultural Resource Management).
The 3 age system was conceived by
Christian Thomsen.
James Hall is noted for excavation of
Duxbury, Massachusetts.
The father of American anthropology is
Franz Boas.
The advent of the New Archaeology was influenced by all of the following EXCEPT
Ian Hodder.
The Poverty Point site was found in
Louisiana.
At phase II level of investigation the potential significance of cultural properties is evaluated on the basis of criteria found in
National Historic Preservation Act.
The establishment of a National Register of Historic Places was established by the
National Historic Preservation Act.
This legislation made it illegal to commercially sell Native American remains.
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
______ is often known as the Father of American Archaeology.
Thomas Jefferson.
Leslie White is remember as.
adding the notion of energy capturing systems to cultural evolution.
Which of the following is true of Walter Taylor?
all of the above.
The Abandoned Shipwrecks Act
applies to all navigable waters within the United States.
A linguistic anthropologist is mote likely to study
changes in the communication of Western teenagers.
The deductive approach
construct a hypothesis to guide research.
Units
contain levels.
Features
contain zones.
Decisions regarding which native groups can claim the remains of their ancestors through NAGPRA hinge on this concept
cultural affiliation.
The applied branch of archaeology that evaluates sites threatened with destruction is
cultural resource management.
For archaeological sites to be assessed as significant under Section 106 they need to possess
distinct characteristics of fabrication.
A cultural anthropologist is most likely to study
effects of Westernization on the current Yanomam culture.
Carbon 14 dating can be used to date
faunal remains.
Anthropology takes a(n) ________ approach that includes a wide geographic and historical range.
holistic.
The Greek word anthropos means
human.
Applied anthropologists practice
in all of the sub-fields of anthropology.
Ground penetrating radar
is used to find archaeological sites.
Phase I survey includes all of the following except
mitigation.
The study of human biology within the framework of human evolution is the domain of
physical/biological anthropology.
Ian Hodder is know for
post-processual archaeology.
An archaeologist is most likely to study
prehistoric Aztec ceremonial material.
Lewis Binford is associated with
processual archaeology.
The Office Of State Archaeology.
provides guidelines for preparation of site reports.
The Cultural History Period of archaeology is most associated with ______
putting artifacts into chronologies.
The ______ sampling strategy puts in the same unit in each square, taking into account geological forms.
stratified systematic.
The Piltdown Man
was proven to be a hoax by fluorine analysis.
The term ______ is used to refer to areas in a feature.
zone.
