Exam 1: Fossils, Cities, and Civilizations: the Birth of a Science

French zoologist Herni Mouhot wrote the first vivid account of what spectacular Southeast Asian city site?

Who proclaimed that Africa was the cradle of humanity?

French scientist Georges Cuvier believed that the fossils he pieced together demonstrated

Describe and then compare the idea of "from them to us" as it was seen during the 1800s and as it is viewed in archaeological theory today.

Discuss how General Augustus Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers' attitude about artifacts translates into excavation techniques.

Who made the first stratigraphic excavation in America?

English Austen Henry Layard is well known for his discovery of

Compare and contrast ecological/evolutionary approaches in archaeology to "Historical Materialist" approaches.

Discuss the intellectual problems with the diffusionist ideas of Elliot Grafton Smith.

Which individual of the Bureau of American Ethnology proved beyond a doubt that the "Moundbuilder" mounds were in fact of Native American manufacture?

That a severe drought may have induced hunter-gatherers in the Euphrates Valley to switch to agriculture is an example of what kind of archaeology?

Who introduced scientific excavation methods to the Nile in the late nineteenth century?

Shoulder blades and tortoise shells were used by the Shang civilization for what kind of purposes?

The scientific methods used in archeology have changed over the centuries. Of the methods mentioned in the text, which of the following is the most recent?

Stephens and Catherwood recorded details of several ancient city sites in which culture?

As the scientific study of the human past, most archaeology is part of another, wider discipline called

Explain in detail the three-age system developed by Christian Jurgensen Thomsen.

Who discovered and excavated the site of Homeric Troy?

Alfred Kidder of Harvard University excavated the intricate strata of Pecos using a(n)

Archaeology is the _____________ study of the past.