Exam 3: Reconstructing the Past: Analysis and Interpretation

Research concerned with the distribution of human occupations sites across the landscape, and the relationship of structures within a community is called

In their analysis of 64 individuals from a historic cemetery in Newmarket, Ontario, Dr. Anne Katzenberg and Dr. Susan Pfeiffer observed that

What are the two key factors that affect stationarity in population?

Which of the following is not an aspect of palaeodemography?

Reconstructing aspects of social systems from the archaeological record is possible by understanding the social context in which material culture accumulates.

Biochemical analyses of carbon isotope ratios can tell researchers what types of plants people consumed.

Phytoliths may be collected from artifacts, teeth, and feces.

One area of focus in ancient DNA research has been the analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to trace maternal biological lineages.

Skeletal analyses that examine the pubic symphysis of the pelvis, the closure of the sutures between bones of the skull, and the morphology of the sternal end of the fourth rib are not

Animals associated with human populations may reflect the kinds of foods consumed.

Skeletal evidence of health in the past is limited to the effects of infectious diseases.

Sex determination of male skeletal material is best achieved with the skull, but in females the pelvis is the most reliable indicator of sex.

Which of the following human skeletal traits is not commonly used to assess sex of adults?

Regardless of what artifacts of made of, they are analysed for

A source of evidence for reconstructing past climates is

In their study of the Mayan Empire, anthropologists Dr. Lori Wright, Dr. Christine White and Dr. Katherine Emory all demonstrated using stable isotope analysis that

The work of Dr. Aubrey Cannon at the site of Namu (near Bella Coola on British Columbia's coast), is an example of the use of this type of archaeological evidence.

Why might infant skeletons have high ¹⁵N levels compared to the skeletons of older children?

Ethnographic analogy is the notion that the demography of recent or contemporary hunter-gatherer and forager populations, can always be used as a realistic model for prehistoric populations.

The study of human remains in the archaeological record