Exam 2: The Structure Of Archaeological Inquiry

A specialist from which of the four subfields of anthropology would be most likely to study ritual and kinship among people in contemporary societies?

The first scientific archaeologist in America who attempted to determine the identity of the Moundbuilders by actually excavating a mound was:

Three important characteristics of culture are that it is learned, shared, and based on the ability to use symbols.

The following statement is true about Postprocessual archaeology:

The primary distinction between humanistic and scientific approaches within archaeology revolves around the issue of:

Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, is considered the first scientific archaeologist in America based on his work involving his:

The text argues that which of the following perspectives is the most useful for archaeology?

The potlatch ceremony among 19th century Northwest Coast Native Americans involved the giving away or destruction of property in order to acquire prestige.

The postprocessual approach emphasizes symbolic meanings, power relationships, individual actions, and gender.

It was Squier and Davis, through their intensive and thorough survey and documentation of the mounds, who eventually concluded that the ancestors of modern Native Americans had indeed built the mounds.

Many disciplines are involved in the study of humanity. What makes anthropology unique from other disciplines that study humans?

Why was it so difficult for Europeans during the early 19th century to accept the fact that Native Americans had built the mounds?

Scientific and humanistic approaches within archaeology can be compatible, each emphasizing different goals of archaeological research.

Archaeology can best be defined as the study of:

The difference between inductive and deductive reasoning is:

The scientific method provides a powerful way to investigate the world around us because:

One of the ways in which anthropologists study culture is through an ideational perspective. An ideational perspective:

Which of the following is not a key characteristic of the process of science?

Which of the following is not true of a person's culture?

The primary strategy of cultural anthropology in which data are gathered by questioning and observing people while the observer lives in their society is called