Arch 100 Quiz 1

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Archaeology 100 – Quiz 1 – September, 2011

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1. A great change in hominin cranial capacity, increasing from 700 to 1300 cc, happened:

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a. Around 1.8 mya with Homo erectus
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b. around 500 kya when Homo heidelbergensis entered Europe
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c. In South Africa 120 thousand years ago
d. When Neanderthals died off
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2. Potassium-Argon dating:
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a. Only works on ice varves

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b. Is only useful on items less than 40 thousand years old

c. Requires correlation with living coral reefs nearby
d. Only works on volcanic sediments
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3. Clovis points:
a. Are large, lanceolate blades with bifacial fluting for hafting
b. Spread through much of North America including Mexico
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c. Date between 13,500-12,500 BP

d. Post-date Monte Verde
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e. All of the above

4. Two important sites in Siberia showing early human occupation are:

a. Blackwater Draw and Head-Smashed In Buffalo Jump
b. Fells Cave and Quebrada Tacahuay
c. Dmanisi and Java
d. Clovis and Folsom
e. Mal’ta and Dyuktai

5. Radiocarbon dating was developed as a result of:

a. 1970s control over stable isotopes
b. Max Planck’s great interest in it

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c. the building of the synchrotron in Geneva

d. 1940s developments in physics
e. the botching of the Three Age System

6. The law of superposition states that

a. sediments will be deposited in horizontal layers.
b. in any undisturbed sedimentary deposits, each layer is younger than the
layer beneath it.
c. in any undisturbed sedimentary deposits, each layer is older than the layer
beneath it.
d. sediments are deposited in continuous layers.
e. the uppermost sediments are the most important for archaeological analysis.

7. Postprocessual archaeology
a. argues that archaeologists should emulate historians.

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b. advocates an emic approach to studying the past.

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c. is characterized by hypothesis testing.
d. both A & B

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e. all of the above

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8. This American was a pioneering female archaeologist who worked in Crete.
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a. Margaret Mead
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b. Sally Binford
c. Hortense Powdermaker
d. Harriet Hawes
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e. Isabel Belzoni
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9. Archaeology as a discipline today is:

a. focused on the study of intelligent design theories
b. slightly myopic
c. unswervingly unimodal
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d. rooted in classical Greek modes of thought

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e. truly interdisciplinary

10. The earliest evidence of Homo erectus in East Asia about 1.8 million years ago comes
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from
a. China.
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b. Japan.
c. Thailand.
d. Java.
e. Vietnam

11. Which of the following characteristics best describes Homo floresiensis?

a. small body stature, large brain size
b. small brain size, no associated tools
c. large brain size, no associated tools
d. small stature, deformed limbs
e. small body stature, small brain size

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12. What is so interesting about Monte Verde when considering the “peopling of the
Americas” debate?
a. It has the largest cache of Clovis points ever found in South America
b. It is a very early site that is quite far south
c. It predates the entry of Neanderthals in the New World
d. It has evidence that links S. America to Australia
e. None of the above

13. One of the hallmarks of Mesolithic ways of life is the reliance on storable, seasonally
abundant, resources like:
a. Androgynous squirrels
b. Anadromous fish
c. Australopithecine deer
d. Anatolian turkeys

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a. Clovis points were used extensively
b. Neandertals hunted reindeer at low elevations

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c. Farming was common in river valleys
d. Tundra was replaced by deciduous forest in many areas

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15. Sinodonty is:
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a. A set of dental traits showing the Asian ancestry of North American First
Nations people
b. A curve that shows the relationship of raw radiocarbon dates to
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dendrochronology
c. The theory that many Clovis sites are now underwater because of sea level
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d. Only seen in Homo erectus from Java

16. At Sima de los Huesos (“Pit of Bones”), in Atapuerca, Spain, skeletons of half-million
year old Homo heidelbergensis were found with a unique artifact, nicknamed “Excalibur.”
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This artifact is:

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a. an early example of bronzeworking

b. a wooden spear
c. a carved piece of ochre
d. a bone flute
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e. a pink handaxe made of quartz

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17. If people crossed Beringia to populate the New World, they had to be in Siberia first.
The earliest evidence of hominins in subarctic Siberia dates to:
a. 550-350 kya
b. 12-4 kya
c. 16.5 kya
d. 26-19 kya

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18. In Eastern North America, Clovis:

a. Relied on domesticated maize for subsistence
b. Relied on forest resources such as deer for subsistence
c. Relied on androgynous squirrels for subsistence
d. Relied on mammoth and other large tundra species for subsistence

19. To recover the charred botanical remains (wood & seeds) it is often necessary to employ
a method known as:
a. filtration.
b. those items are of no interest to the archaeologist.
c. flotation.
d. dry screening.
e. piece plotting.

20. There is evidence that suggests Acheulian handaxes were

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a. not hafted
b. used to kill bears

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c. multi-purpose objects
d. all of the above

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21. The boundary between the Pleistocene and the preceding Pliocene era is
a. Between East and West Asia
b. South of Alaska
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c. 50,000 years ago

d. 1.8 million years ago
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e. 5.7 million years ago

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22. Fossil hominins postdate the split of chimpanzees and ourselves from a common
ancestor, which geneticists calculate happened:
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a. 7.5 million years ago

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b. Between 8 and 6 mya

c. Between 7.5 and 6.5 mya
d. Between 6 and 4 mya
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23. Owen Beattie's archaeological and forensic investigations of three frozen bodies of
sailors from the 19th century Franklin Expedition showed that
a. they had been buried by the Inuit.
b. lead poisoning was a contributing factor to their deaths.
c. they froze to death while looking for food.
d. the Arctic is a poor environment for the preservation of human remains.
e. nothing could b e learned from the frozen bodies about the nature of their deaths.

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24. Which of the following is NOT an absolute dating method?

a. argon
b. luminescence
c. radiocarbon
d. dendrochronology
e. seriation

25. The Three-Age system

a. was developed by Christian Thomsen.
b. divided prehistory into the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages.
c. was one of the first attempts by archaeologists to organize time.
d. all of the above
e. was eventually proven false.

26. Which of the following events ocurred first?

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a. the discovery of the Neanderthal skull
b. the publication of The Origin of the Species

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c. the creation of the Three-Age System
d. the definition of the New Stone Age

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e. the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics
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27. The first anthropology department in a Canada was established in 1926 at which
university?
a. University of British Columbia
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b. University of New Brunswick

c. University of Toronto
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d. McGill University
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e. University of Calgary

28. Who is the protector of Riobamba?

a. Harold Dibble
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b. Our Lady of Perpetual Colonization

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c. Australopithecus anamensis
d. Our Lady of the Snows
e. Our Lady of Koobi Fora
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29. What is the only colonial structure in Sicalpa still standing from before the relocation of
Riobamba?
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a. An artisan’s workshop
b. A pyramid
c. A stone bridge
d. An Inca storehouse
e. A brick church

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30. Fully bipedal hominins have unique knee joints when compared to other great apes
because bipedal hominins have:
a. Toes that are spread wider than other great apes
b. Femurs angled inward to centre their mass on their knees
c. Arms that are much longer than other great apes
d. Trouble walking bipedally all the time

31. Vindija Cave is located:

a. 86 km N or Berlin
b. 55 km NE of Zagreb
c. 101 km W of London
d. 78 KM S of Paris
e. 66 km S of Athens

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32. The earliest-known painted cave (ca. 38,000-33,000 years old) is
a. Qafzeh.

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b. Lascaux.

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c. Skhul.

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d. Altamira.
e. Chauvet
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33. The archaeological site at Crawford Lake, Ontario, provides evidence of
a. an Iroquois longhouse.
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b. a horizontal excavation.
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c. the importance of posthole features.

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d. pits and a sweat lodge.

e. all of the above
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34. The hominin remains at Vindija Cave were excavated by a team led by:
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a. Mel Lastman
b. Mork from Ork
c. Mark Madryga
d. Mirko Malek
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e. Mark Zuckerberg
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35. The casting of the interior of hominin crania (to look at brain shape) is the study of:
a. craniocasts
b. exoskeletons
c. endocasts
d. Castilians
e. exocasts

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36. Mike Richards’ work with Neandertal bone isotopes demonstrates that they ate:
a. a varied diet of all manner of things available seasonally
b. irregularly and poorly
c. almost exclusively plant foods
d. mostly snails, but sometimes fish
e. almost exclusively large land animals

37. At Blombos Cave, South Africa, in levels dating to 75 kya, excavators found:
a. Homo floresiensis remains
b. a carved piece of reindeer antler
c. ochre carved with lines, and shells with holes drilled in them
d. a pink quartzite handaxe
e. an Oldowan chopper

38. The mutation of this gene causes severe speech impediments in modern humans:

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a. DOGP4
b. ELKP1

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c. CATP3
d. FOXP2

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e. BATP5
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39. The recent re-dating of the Vindija Neandertals concluded that they are:
a. 32 kya, not 29 kya as was thought in 1999
b. 65 kya, not 29 kya as was thought in 1999
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c. 29 kya, not 65 kya as was thought in 1999

d. 147 kya, not 145 kya as was thought in 1999
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e. 45 kya, not 29 kya as was thought in 1999

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40. DNA analysis of the Vindija Neandertals has recently shown that they share _______ of
their DNA with modern living people in Europe
a. none
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b. 2-4%
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c. 8-15%
d. 30-60%
e. 100%
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41. ____________ was an eminent linguist who proposed three waves of migration to the
Americas based on linguistic evidence:
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a. Joseph Greenberg
b. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
c. Joseph Goebells
d. Joseph Garagiola
e. Joseph Gallo

42. The land-bridge that joined Asia to North America during glacial periods is called:
a. Siberia
b. Alaska-na
c. Aleutia
d. Beringia
e. Palinia

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43. The archaeological period of the earliest modern humans in Africa is referred to as
a. the Neolithic.
b. the Middle Stone Age.
c. the Middle Paleolithic.
d. the Acheulian.
e. the Old Stone Age

44. Two pieces of incised ochre and a collection of pierced shells, which may be some of the
earliest examples of art, were found at the Middle Stone Age site of
a. Klasies River Mouth.
b. Border Cave.
c. Hertos.
d. Chauvet Cave.

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e. Blombos Cave.

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45. AMS dating stands for:
a. Andover Mass Synthesis

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b. Allemagne Mossbauer Sortation
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c. Archaeological Mediation Seriation
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d. Arkansas Midwest Stratigraphics
e. Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

46. Clovis Culture is characterized by:

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a. Acheulian handaxes
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b. tiny flakes mounted on complex tools

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c. large, lanceolate blades

d. exclusive use of obsidian for tools
e. the introduction of bow and arrow technology to the Americas
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47. “Turkana Boy” is the common name of an almost 2 million year old African fossil that
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was a member of the species

a. Homo sapiens
b. Homo erectus
c. Australopithecus afarensis
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d. Homo floresiensis
e. Homo neandertalensis
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48. The most complete Neanderthal skeleton ever discovered came from the site of
a. Neanderthal.
b. La-Chapelle-aux-Saints.
c. Atapuerca.
d. Lyons.
e. Skhul

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49. This 400,000 year-old, remarkable find has been discovered at the site of Schoningen,
Germany.
a. a complete Neanderthal skeleton
b. over 100,000 stone tools, all chippers and flakes
c. a mammoth vertebra with a spear point embedded in it
d. the remains of more than 40 Homo erectus individuals
e. three wooden spears

50. The recognition that the shape of stone tools evolves as they are resharpened
throughout their use-life is referred to as
a. adaptive reuse.
b. the Darwin effect.
c. the Frison effect.
d. the lithic tool cycle.
e. none of the above

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