Taphonomy examines the natural decay of human and animal bodies plus how
animals (rodents and carnivores) modify carcasses different from the human
patterns of modifications.
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True
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False
Features are objects used, modified, or made by people, I.e. lithics, ceramics and
metal objects.
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True
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False
In an archaeological excavation, what two things does provenience include?
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The horizontal spatial location of artifacts and their stratigraphic locations.
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The unsystematic collection of artifacts from the ground surface of an area.
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A theory about the origins of our species.
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The law of superposition
What is a basic goal for conducting regional settlement patterns studies?
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To excavate a particular site to identify past lifeways.
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To develop a seriation of ceramic types found at a single cemetery in the region.
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To identify archaeological sites from different time periods within a given region.
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To identify the diets of the inhabitants at archaeological sites in a region.
Week 7 Recitation Quiz Review
Why is Historic Archaeology important?
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It tells about time periods before there were written records.
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It informs us of the recent past and of changes that occur to native peoples and
immigrants and of the effects of industrialization.
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Historic archaeology studies the whole length of time that humans lived in North
America.
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It is not important; history and archaeology cannot give us any important
information on lifeways.
What time periods are covered in the film on "Historic Archaeology in Kentucky"?
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Frontier Period (1770-1820’s), Antebellum Period (1820-1860’s), Civil War Period
(1861-1865), and Industrialization Period (1860-1910).
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Paleoindian Period (10,000 to 3,000 BP), Woodland Period (3000 to 1000 BP),
Pre-Contact Period (1000 - 300 BP).
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Lithic Period, Bronze Age, and Iron Age.
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The film covers the time periods before Europeans emigrated to North America.
