Archaeology topic 10 the meaning of the past

Because the demand for illicit and illegal antiquities encourages the supply. Archaeological sites are looted because people will buy the artifacts that result. Because of this it has been said that

"Collectors are the real looters"

______ percent of Classic Mimbres sites in the American southwest have been looted or destroyed before archaeologists were able to excavate

90

Because the Bamiyan Buddhas were a UNESCO World Heritage site, they were protected from destruction: even though they were threatened they were not destroyed in the end.

False

Even if the British Museum were to return the so-called Elgin Marbles to Greece, the Greeks would have no where to put them: the Acropolis museum is antiquated and in poor condition.

False

In the end, the scientists lost the legal battle for Kenniwick Man and his remains were returned to the Umatilla

False

Museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York have always lead the charge against the looting of archaeological sites. They have never purchased illegal antiquities and they denounce private collectors who do.

False

This country clashed with Greece over the use of a name and national symbol that were associated with Alexander the Great, a historical figure that is claimed by the Greece

Macedonia

NAGPRA stands for

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Correct

The Curator of Antiquities of the ______________ went on trial in Italy for purchasing antiquities that were illegally excavated by looters

The J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles

One reason that archaeology touches on issues of an ethical nature is that it is associated with questions of identity.

True

The country to be named specifically after an archaeological site is:

Zimbabwe

An illegal antiquity can be defined as

an object that was excavated clandestinely and which has no published record

Under NAGPRA, if an ancient skeleton can be shown to be ____________ a modern Native American or Hawaiian group, it must be returned to that group upon request

culturally affiliated with

Ethics is the science of:

morals

The ___________ of many recently emerged nations are taken from archaeology

national emblems

The so-called Elgin Marbles, which are housed at the British Museum in London, came from:

the Parthenon at Athens

An example of religious extremism clashing with archaeological preservation, the Bamiyan Buddhas were destroyed by __________ in March of 2001

the Taliban

Archaiokapiloi, huaqueros, clandestini, and tombaroli are all local terms for

the looters of archaeological sites

Although the immediate aim of most research is to answer specific questions, an important aspect of archaeology should be:

to provide the public with a better understanding of the human past