Question 1

Cultural resource management (CRM)of archaeological sites and artifacts

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A) has always been mandated by law in all countries of the world. 
B) is a way to protect the past. 
C) is the method used by countries to prevent archaeologists from other countries from excavating. 
D) has largely been discredited in recent years. 
A) has always been mandated by law in all countries of the world. 
B) is a way to protect the past. 
C) is the method used by countries to prevent archaeologists from other countries from excavating. 
D) has largely been discredited in recent years.

Question 2

Which late 19th-century German archaeologist and his colleagues are credited with transforming excavation from hunting for treasure to a careful scientific process of chronicling the past?

Accepted Answer

A) Augustus Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers 
B) Howard Carter 
C) Arthur Evans 
D) Alexander Cross 
A) Augustus Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers 
B) Howard Carter 
C) Arthur Evans 
D) Alexander Cross

Question 3

Prehistory is the period before the

Accepted Answer

A) advent of written records. 
B) period of the dinosaurs. 
C) archaeological record. 
D) publication of On the Origin of Species. 
A) advent of written records. 
B) period of the dinosaurs. 
C) archaeological record. 
D) publication of On the Origin of Species.

Question 4

Copán, Guatemala, was a major Maya center during the

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A) 15th century. 
B) 16th century. 
C) mid-first millennium A.D. 
D) American Revolution. 
A) 15th century. 
B) 16th century. 
C) mid-first millennium A.D. 
D) American Revolution.

Question 5

Which subdiscipline of archaeology is the study of the earliest human beings before written history?

Accepted Answer

A) prehistoric archaeology 
B) paleoanthropology 
C) classical archaeology 
D) Egyptology 
A) prehistoric archaeology 
B) paleoanthropology 
C) classical archaeology 
D) Egyptology

Cultural resource management (CRM)of archaeological sites and artifacts

Which late 19th-century German archaeologist and his colleagues are credited with transforming excavation from hunting for treasure to a careful scientific process of chronicling the past?

Prehistory is the period before the

Copán, Guatemala, was a major Maya center during the

Which subdiscipline of archaeology is the study of the earliest human beings before written history?

The Record of the Past

Acquiring the Record

How Did People Live

Individuals and Interactions

Studying the Intangible

Explaining the Past

Human Origins

African Exodus

The Great Diaspora

The Earliest Farmers

The First Civilizations

Early Asian Civilizations

North America

Mesoamerican Civilizations

Andean Civilizations

What Remains to Be Done: Archaeology and You

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Exam 1: Introducing Archaeology and Prehistory

Cultural resource management (CRM)of archaeological sites and artifacts

Which late 19th-century German archaeologist and his colleagues are credited with transforming excavation from hunting for treasure to a careful scientific process of chronicling the past?

Prehistory is the period before the

Copán, Guatemala, was a major Maya center during the

Which subdiscipline of archaeology is the study of the earliest human beings before written history?

The Record of the Past

Acquiring the Record

How Did People Live

Individuals and Interactions

Studying the Intangible

Explaining the Past

Human Origins

African Exodus

The Great Diaspora

The Earliest Farmers

The First Civilizations

Early Asian Civilizations

North America

Mesoamerican Civilizations

Andean Civilizations

What Remains to Be Done: Archaeology and You

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