Question 1

Typology is/are

Accepted Answer

A)  the systematic arrangement of material culture into types. 
B)  the catalogued artifacts in a museum. 
C)  another term for stone artifacts. 
D)  a form of conservation technique. 
A)  the systematic arrangement of material culture into types. 
B)  the catalogued artifacts in a museum. 
C)  another term for stone artifacts. 
D)  a form of conservation technique. A

Question 2

Stone tools found in Neanderthal cave sites, divided into 63 types, including a variety of points, scrapers, knives, handaxes, and denticulates are termed

Accepted Answer

A)  Bordes, after the French archaeologist. 
B)  Mousterian. 
C)  Dibble, after the University of Pennsylvania investigator. 
D)  Proximal. 
A)  Bordes, after the French archaeologist. 
B)  Mousterian. 
C)  Dibble, after the University of Pennsylvania investigator. 
D)  Proximal. B

Question 3

Attributes are

Accepted Answer

A)  measurable and observable qualities of an object. 
B)  differences like size and notch position. 
C)  finite characteristics with set rules governing their number. 
D)  measurable and observable qualities of an object, such as size and notch position. 
A)  measurable and observable qualities of an object. 
B)  differences like size and notch position. 
C)  finite characteristics with set rules governing their number. 
D)  measurable and observable qualities of an object, such as size and notch position. D

Question 4

Characteristics of the Mousterian culture include:

Accepted Answer

A)  a culture from the Middle Paleolithic period. 
B)  appeared throughout Europe between 30,000 and 10,000 years ago. 
C)  mousterian artifacts are frequently associated with Neanderthal human remains. 
D)  both a culture from the Middle Paleolithic period and mousterian artifacts are frequently associated with Neanderthal human remains. 
A)  a culture from the Middle Paleolithic period. 
B)  appeared throughout Europe between 30,000 and 10,000 years ago. 
C)  mousterian artifacts are frequently associated with Neanderthal human remains. 
D)  both a culture from the Middle Paleolithic period and mousterian artifacts are frequently associated with Neanderthal human remains.

Question 5

Phases are a term archaeologists use to refer to

Accepted Answer

A)  culturally homogeneous units within a single site. 
B)  archeological cultures. 
C)  basic archaeological building blocks for regional synthesis. 
D)  temporal types. 
A)  culturally homogeneous units within a single site. 
B)  archeological cultures. 
C)  basic archaeological building blocks for regional synthesis. 
D)  temporal types.

Question 6

The delineation of patterns in material culture through time and space and the patterns of which are what the archaeologist will eventually try to explain or account for is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  types. 
B)  context. 
C)  matrix. 
D)  space-time systematic. 
A)  types. 
B)  context. 
C)  matrix. 
D)  space-time systematic.

Question 7

The principles of archaeological typology include:

Accepted Answer

A)  creating groups based on one or more attributes that maximize differences within each group. 
B)  creating groups based on one or more attributes that minimize differences within each group. 
C)  using subjective and nonreplicable processes. 
D)  being "correct." 
A)  creating groups based on one or more attributes that maximize differences within each group. 
B)  creating groups based on one or more attributes that minimize differences within each group. 
C)  using subjective and nonreplicable processes. 
D)  being "correct."

Question 8

An archaeological culture is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the same thing as an ethnographic culture. 
B)  an accurate reflection of how prehistoric people viewed themselves. 
C)  a region within a culture area whose material culture differed from that of other regions. 
D)  All of the answers are correct. 
A)  the same thing as an ethnographic culture. 
B)  an accurate reflection of how prehistoric people viewed themselves. 
C)  a region within a culture area whose material culture differed from that of other regions. 
D)  All of the answers are correct.

Question 9

The novice's first job in the lab of an archaeological investigation is almost often

Accepted Answer

A)  piecing together ceramics. 
B)  writing down minute number on artifacts or labels and entering the information into a database. 
C)  analyzing pollen or residues of blood, plants, or other materials. 
D)  reconstruction of skeletal remains. 
A)  piecing together ceramics. 
B)  writing down minute number on artifacts or labels and entering the information into a database. 
C)  analyzing pollen or residues of blood, plants, or other materials. 
D)  reconstruction of skeletal remains.

Question 10

Temporal types help define the phases that then become the basic slices of time that archaeologists use to reconstruct the past.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

There is no single "correct" typology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The goal of the Gatecliff projectile point typology was:

Accepted Answer

A)  to distinguish between arrow and dart points (in other words, to determine functional differences). 
B)  to determine differences in the frequencies of raw material types used in projectile point manufacture through time. 
C)  to define temporal types that could then be used to estimate the age of surface assemblages. 
D)  None of the answers; the Gatecliff typology had no goal and illustrates the problems inherent in typologies that are not associated with particular research questions. 
A)  to distinguish between arrow and dart points (in other words, to determine functional differences). 
B)  to determine differences in the frequencies of raw material types used in projectile point manufacture through time. 
C)  to define temporal types that could then be used to estimate the age of surface assemblages. 
D)  None of the answers; the Gatecliff typology had no goal and illustrates the problems inherent in typologies that are not associated with particular research questions.

Question 13

Archaeological phases are the same across large geographic regions and large spans of time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

If you are analyzing a collection of artifacts of one or several classes of materials (stone tools, ceramics, bones) that comes from a defined context such as a site, feature, or stratum, you are analyzing a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  component. 
B)  assemblage. 
C)  phase. 
D)  period. 
A)  component. 
B)  assemblage. 
C)  phase. 
D)  period.

Question 15

Which of the following is true of archaeological phases?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are defined by temporal types. 
B)  They are blocks of time characterized by one or more distinctive artifact types. 
C)  They further divide and refine archaeological periods. 
D)  All of the answers are correct. 
A)  They are defined by temporal types. 
B)  They are blocks of time characterized by one or more distinctive artifact types. 
C)  They further divide and refine archaeological periods. 
D)  All of the answers are correct.

Question 16

Why is an understanding of space-time systematics a crucial first step in understanding why people did what they did in the past?

Accepted Answer

A)  Space-time systematics automatically explains why prehistory took the course that it did; in other words, explanatory hypotheses are built into space-time systematics. 
B)  Research questions generated by space-time systematics are easily answered because the necessary data have already been collected. 
C)  It is impossible to understand why cultures change without first documenting temporal and spatial change in artifact types. 
D)  All of the answers are correct. 
A)  Space-time systematics automatically explains why prehistory took the course that it did; in other words, explanatory hypotheses are built into space-time systematics. 
B)  Research questions generated by space-time systematics are easily answered because the necessary data have already been collected. 
C)  It is impossible to understand why cultures change without first documenting temporal and spatial change in artifact types. 
D)  All of the answers are correct.

Question 17

Temporal types are morphological types that have been empirically demonstrated to span a specific period of time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is true of archaeological types?

Accepted Answer

A)  Archaeological types are assigned with the goal in mind of classifying objects in the same way that prehistoric populations would have classified them. 
B)  Archaeological types are abstractions; the same object could be classified in many different ways. 
C)  The most useful archaeological types are based on similarities in morphology. 
D)  The most useful archaeological types are based on similarities in function. 
A)  Archaeological types are assigned with the goal in mind of classifying objects in the same way that prehistoric populations would have classified them. 
B)  Archaeological types are abstractions; the same object could be classified in many different ways. 
C)  The most useful archaeological types are based on similarities in morphology. 
D)  The most useful archaeological types are based on similarities in function.

Question 19

Morphological types become useful temporal types if their frequencies change significantly through time and they are restricted in space.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The "Frison Effect" explains the change in the shape of stone tools as a result of:

Accepted Answer

A)  different cultural groups occupying the same site at different times. 
B)  different mental templates of different flintknappers within the same cultural group. 
C)  tool resharpening. 
D)  differences in stone tool typologies. 
A)  different cultural groups occupying the same site at different times. 
B)  different mental templates of different flintknappers within the same cultural group. 
C)  tool resharpening. 
D)  differences in stone tool typologies.

Typology is/are

Stone tools found in Neanderthal cave sites, divided into 63 types, including a variety of points, scrapers, knives, handaxes, and denticulates are termed

Attributes are

Characteristics of the Mousterian culture include:

Phases are a term archaeologists use to refer to

The delineation of patterns in material culture through time and space and the patterns of which are what the archaeologist will eventually try to explain or account for is referred to as

The principles of archaeological typology include:

An archaeological culture is:

The novice's first job in the lab of an archaeological investigation is almost often

Temporal types help define the phases that then become the basic slices of time that archaeologists use to reconstruct the past.

There is no single "correct" typology.

The goal of the Gatecliff projectile point typology was:

Archaeological phases are the same across large geographic regions and large spans of time.

If you are analyzing a collection of artifacts of one or several classes of materials (stone tools, ceramics, bones) that comes from a defined context such as a site, feature, or stratum, you are analyzing a(n):

Which of the following is true of archaeological phases?

Why is an understanding of space-time systematics a crucial first step in understanding why people did what they did in the past?

Temporal types are morphological types that have been empirically demonstrated to span a specific period of time.

Which of the following is true of archaeological types?

Morphological types become useful temporal types if their frequencies change significantly through time and they are restricted in space.

The "Frison Effect" explains the change in the shape of stone tools as a result of:

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Doing Fieldwork Why Archaeologists Dig Square Holes

Geoarchaeology and Site Formation Processes

Chronology Building How To Get A Date

Taphonomy Experimental Archaeology And Ethnoarchaeology

People Plants and Animals In The Past

Bioarchaeological Approaches To The Past

Reconstructing Social And Political Systems Of The Past

The Archaeology Of The Mind

Understanding Key Transitions In World Prehistory

Historial Archaeology Insights On American History

Caring For Our Cultural Heritage

Archaeology Apos S Future

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Exam 7: The Dimensions Of Archaeology Time Space And Form

Typology is/are

Stone tools found in Neanderthal cave sites, divided into 63 types, including a variety of points, scrapers, knives, handaxes, and denticulates are termed

Attributes are

Characteristics of the Mousterian culture include:

Phases are a term archaeologists use to refer to

The delineation of patterns in material culture through time and space and the patterns of which are what the archaeologist will eventually try to explain or account for is referred to as

The principles of archaeological typology include:

An archaeological culture is:

The novice's first job in the lab of an archaeological investigation is almost often

Temporal types help define the phases that then become the basic slices of time that archaeologists use to reconstruct the past.

There is no single "correct" typology.

The goal of the Gatecliff projectile point typology was:

Archaeological phases are the same across large geographic regions and large spans of time.

If you are analyzing a collection of artifacts of one or several classes of materials (stone tools, ceramics, bones) that comes from a defined context such as a site, feature, or stratum, you are analyzing a(n):

Which of the following is true of archaeological phases?

Why is an understanding of space-time systematics a crucial first step in understanding why people did what they did in the past?

Temporal types are morphological types that have been empirically demonstrated to span a specific period of time.

Which of the following is true of archaeological types?

Morphological types become useful temporal types if their frequencies change significantly through time and they are restricted in space.

The "Frison Effect" explains the change in the shape of stone tools as a result of:

Meet Some New Archaeologists

The Structure Of Archaeological Inquiry

Doing Fieldwork Surveying For Archaeological Sites

Doing Fieldwork Why Archaeologists Dig Square Holes

Geoarchaeology and Site Formation Processes

Chronology Building How To Get A Date

Taphonomy Experimental Archaeology And Ethnoarchaeology

People Plants and Animals In The Past

Bioarchaeological Approaches To The Past

Reconstructing Social And Political Systems Of The Past

The Archaeology Of The Mind

Understanding Key Transitions In World Prehistory

Historial Archaeology Insights On American History

Caring For Our Cultural Heritage

Archaeology Apos S Future

Filters