Archaeological Analysis of Human and Environmental Remains

Homes made of river cobbles and adobe

Result of stimulus diffusion from Mesoamerican (Mayan) in the southwest and Hohokam sites

Elaborate road system, 25,000 square miles, brought Great House architecture from the north

<p>Considered ancestral spirits that serve as intermediates between the living and the deities of the supernatural world</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Colder weather and short growing season</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Elaborate pots found in burials on the head of an individual; and are all ceremonially broken</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Paquimé was a center for trade, where goods such as macaw, cotton, turquoise, bison hides, and stone for tools were exchanged.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Measuring changes in conductivity by passing an electrical current through ground soils to detect subsurface features.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To survey and prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to identify potential cultural and environmental resources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The main feature of the Cahokia site was the Monk's mound, which was the largest of the Mississippian mounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tribal Historic Preservation Officer; responsible for ensuring the preservation of historic properties and cultural resources on tribal lands.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The primary purpose of the settlement was to provide timber for shipbuilding and houses, and significant artifacts found included sod-and-timber houses, butternut seeds, spindle whorl, and needle hone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The return of objects of cultural patrimony to Native American groups; protects funerary items, human remains, and sacred objects.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Jamestown was the first English settlement, and John Rolfe introduced Caribbean tobacco as a cash crop.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Anhaica was a Spanish borderlands site, and De Soto introduced smallpox to the region, which had a devastating impact on the indigenous population.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was the first law to provide general legal protection of cultural and natural resources of historic interest on federal lands.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Patty Jo Watson and Mary C. Kennedy's work highlighted the role of women in Eastern Woodlands agriculture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To establish policies for environmental and cultural preservation, and to require an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for certain projects.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Paleoethnobotany</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Teosinte</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stimulus diffusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Kiva</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bioarchaeology</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hohokam</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He discovered Greenland, settled there, and gave it its name, establishing a link to Denmark.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The focus was on the archaeology of La Belle, and they discovered French and Mediterranean influences in the excavation and artifacts found.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>De Soto's expedition introduced smallpox to the native population, and there is not a lot of archaeological evidence from that expedition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>John White was an artist who made observations about the natives during the Grenville failed settlement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some innovations included pottery, groundstone bowls, and cultigens such as pumpkins, gourds, and wild plants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Deb Haaland is the US Secretary of the Interior, and she is the first native American to serve as a cabinet secretary.</p> Signup and view all the answers