final exam (humans)

Question 1

what can carbon-13 dating on humans tell us?

Answer 1

whether people subsisted on pants rich in C-13 (corn/maize) and if it’s derived from marine or terrestrial protein sources

Question 2

what can nitrogen-15 to nitrogen-14 dating on humans tell us?

Answer 2

indicates which food chain level humans were obtaining protein from, only measures protein

Question 3

define “micromorphology”

Answer 3

analysis of archaeological sediments at the microscopic level

Question 4

what can evidence for warfare include?

Answer 4

military facilities (forts, walls), generally associated with state-level societies, areas that are defendable, sieges (in classical times), social and political organizations designed for military, weaponry, armour etc.

Question 5

list the three main theoretical paradigms in archaeology in chronological order

Answer 5

culture history, processual archaeology, post-processual archaeology

Question 6

list the three rungs in Hawke’s Ladder of Hierarchy (start at lowest rung)

Answer 6

technology and ecology, social and political life and ideology. and belief systems

Question 7

Post- processual archaeology: when/where, what, who, focus, interest,

Answer 7

1980s in Europe, symbolism and human consciousness and religion etc., Ian Hodder became leader, focus away from ecology and towards human intent, interest in human relations and power structures