2PA3 Midterm 2 Study Guide
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What are the two types of organizations?

  • Societal organization and cultural organization
  • Social organization and political organization (correct)
  • Formal organization and Relational organization
  • None of the above
  • When a society is divided into social units (groups) and within those social units are recognized social positions (status) with appropriate behaviours for these positions (roles) are referred too :

  • political organization
  • community organization
  • social organization (correct)
  • All of the above
  • What is political organization?

  • Societies informal and formal institutions that regulate a population's collective acts (correct)
  • Societies made up of leaders
  • Societies that have laws and punishments
  • B and C
  • What are the main tenets of middle-level theory?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Analogy is noting similarities between two entities and making inferences

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

    Matching definitions between analogy – formal – relational

    <p>Analogy = Noting similarities between two entities and making inferences Formal analogy = Broad observations, comparisons, and generalizations Relational analogy = Operates within a specific historical or cultural context Blank 1 = Blank 1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the Case study to the type of analogy

    <p>Formal analogy = Case study of Hudson-Meng Bison Bonebed where crania of buffalo was missing. Relational analogy = High consumption of fish found in Japan through analyzing lipid residues on ceramics. Blank 1 = Blank 1 Blank 2 = Blank 2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the terms to their defintions

    <p>Sex = biological differences between males and females found in the pelvis and cranium Age = can be identified based on standards and comparative collections Diet = ancient diets can be reconstructed using skeletal and dental remains DNA = consist of two twisted, paired strands made up of four nucleotide bases (Adenine–Thymine; Cytosine–Guanine) that pair together</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Matching : How can anthropologists identify the following biological traits

    <p>Sex = traits found in the pelvis and cranium Age = The epiphyses Diet = cavities and wear on teeth Palaeopathology = Signs of anemia found through small holes in the skull</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two types of DNA?

    <p>Nuclear DNA and Mitochondrial DNA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    DNA from a long bone fragment estimated to belong to a 13 year old due to cortical thickness is from what Case study?

    <p>Denisova Cave</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happened in Neolithic Ireland ?

    <p>Two adult males who are 5th degree relatives buried in two iconic tombs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between Sex and Gender?

    <p>Gender = Culturally constructed ideas of sex differences Sex = Biological differences between males and females blank 1 = blank 1 blank 2 = blank 2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between gender roles and ideology?

    <p>Gender roles = Culturally prescribed behaviours for different members of society Gender ideology = Culturally prescribed values assigned to both task and status of men and women blank 1 = blank 1 blank 2 = blank 2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happened in the BaMbuti Hunting Case study?

    <p>When men were close women would work in the fields, when they were far away and not needed they would participate in net hunts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the term to the definition

    <p>Kinship = Social network of relationships where one is related to one another through ties of marriage or descent Descent = Can be traced by patrilineal, matrilineal, or bilateral ties blank 1 = blank 1 blank 2 = blank 2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the definitions to the terms

    <p>Patrilocal residence = wife lives in the groom’s village Matrilocal residence = groom lives in the wife’s village Bilocal residence = married couple may live in either the village of the groom or brides blank 1 = blank 1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the Chaco Canyon burials show greater morphological variation among females than males ?

    <p>A and B</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Equal or ranked (hierarchical) societies that exist on a spectrum are best described as :

    <p>Egalitarian society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the terms

    <p>Status = the rights, duties, privileges, powers, liabilities, and immunities that accrue to a recognised and named social position Social Organisation = society is divided into social units, within those social units are recognized social positions, with appropriate behaviours for these positions Political Organisation = societies informal and formal institutions that regulate a populations collective acts blank 1 = blank 1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What case study was an example of social organization?

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

    Match the case study to its description

    <p>Chaco Canyon = burials show greater morphological variation among females than males BaMbuti Hunting = groups hunting techniques relies on women's activities Moundville = population segregated into different social classed based on analysis of burials and grave goods Obsidian Fingerpainting = tracking of trade networks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What makes lithics so special is their durability and ability to reconstruct human behaviour at multiple spatial and temporal scales.

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

    What are the different way/s Lithics can reconstruct human behaviour?

    <p>Technique, Style, Diet, Migration and Cognition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Lithic raw materials are the rocks used for stone tools.

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

    What are the types of Lithic Technologies?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the terms to their descriptions

    <p>Prepared Core Technology = removal of flakes from a core to obtain a single large flake from one face Blade &amp; Hafting Technology = standardized manufacturing technique to obtain long and thing parallel flakes known as blades Core = is the rock that is struck Flake = is the piece that is removed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the following terms

    <p>Function = Identifying function allows us to reconstruct the activities which stone tools were used for Migration = Spatial distributions of characteristics stone tool technologies can be used to reconstruct migrations Cognition = Traditions arise from the pressures inherent in living in a socially tight-knit group blank = blank</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Identifying wear patterns from grinding meats or grains is a type of :

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

    Hypothesis that links archaeological observations with the human behavior or natural processes that produced them is called High Level Theory

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

    Match the definitions

    <p>Experimental Archaeology = refers to controlled experiments designed to determine the archaeological correlations of past behaviour Ethnoarchaeology = refers to the study of contemporary peoples to determine how human behaviour is translated into the archaeological record blank 1 = blank 1 blank 2 = blank 2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Bordes argue vs Binford in their Case study?

    <p>Bordes = argued different Mousterian lithic assemblages were products of Neanderthal cultures Binford = argued that the different assemblages were by products of different activities blank 1 = blank 1 blank 2 = blank 2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the settlement type to its display of trash disposal in the Case Study of the Mikea

    <p>Permanent villages = People dispose of their garbage by digging pits next to their houses or dispose of it beyond the outskirts Foraging camps = People toss their garbage 1-2 metres away from the hearth and burning it Forest/seasonal hamlets = People toss their garbage in an arc 3-9 metres in front of the house door blank 1 = blank 1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The Mikea trash disposal case study is not an accurate representation of what they were thinking 200 years ago

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

    What can we learn from modern non-industrial societies?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does ceramics provide a powerful way to reconstruct human behaviour at multiple spatial and temporal scales?

    <p>All the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the definitions to their terms pertaining to the study of Ceramics

    <p>Style = Distributions through time and space Diet = Used for storing purposes Migration = Outward embodiment of culture - Someone may not carry their pot across the world, but it reflects their culture blank 1 = blank 1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the definition to its term

    <p>Ceramic vessels = Used to store things Ceramic urns = To hold the ashes of loved ones blank 1 = blank 1 blank 2 = blank 2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The steps in the production of ceramics are Tempering, Forming, Decoration, Firing .

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

    Match the terms to their definition

    <p>Tempering = Inclusion of non plastic ingredients added to the clay to prevent shrinkage and cracking Forming = Pinch pot, Coil and slab, Wheel-thrown - Creates things that are homogenous Decoration = Stamping, impressing Firing = Ceramic vessels can be hardened into their final form</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the terms to their examples

    <p>Pinch pot = Depends on shakiness of hand Coil and slab = Creates a snake look Wheel-thrown = Creates things that are homogenous blank 1 = blank 1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the terms to their definitions

    <p>Utilisation = Can be used with a multitude of ingredients that were cooked or stored inside Distribution = Sample clay deposits using different characterises and the vessels we find from our sites blank 1 = blank 1 blank 2 = blank 2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The technique known as X-ray fluorescence can allow archaeologists to identify the chemical composition of samples and discriminate sources is a form of what analysis?

    <p>Chemical Analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Middle-level theory are hypothesis that links archaeological observations with the human behavior or natural processes that produced them

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

    Experimental Archeology refers to controlled experiments designed to determine the archaeological correlations of past behaviour

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

    Replicative experiments often only demonstrate that a given technique could have been used in the past

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

    Match the theories of Polish development to their descriptions

    <p>Attrition Model = Polish is produced by the wearing down and smoothing of the surface because of mechanical and/or chemical processes Additive Model = Microscopic pieces of worked material build up on the tools surface, filling in low-lying areas blank 1 = blank 1 blank 2 = blank 2</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the definitions

    <p>Ethnoarchaeology = refers to the study of contemporary peoples to determine how human behaviour is translated into the archaeological record Middle-level theory = hypothesis that links archaeological observations with the human behavior or natural processes that produced them Experimental Archeology = refers to controlled experiments designed to determine the archaeological correlations of past behaviour blank 1 = blank 1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What case study is an example of Ethnoarchaeology?

    <p>Bordes versus Binford Case Study</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the theory/s of Polish development called?

    <p>A and B</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Match the four types of Settlements of the Mikea with their descriptions.

    <p>Permanent villages = Agriculture and animal husbandry Forest hamlets = Not necessary permanent - Slash and burn agriculture Seasonal Hamlets = Occupied during the growing season to tend to corn fields Foraging camps = Hunting and gathering - extensions of the hamlets</p> Signup and view all the answers

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