final exam (subsistence)

Question 1

Oldowan site type A

Answer 1

concentrations of stone tolls with no animal bone

Question 2

Oldowan site type B

Answer 2

concentration of stone tools and bones of a single animal

Question 3

Oldowan site type C

Answer 3

concentration of stone tools and bones from many different species of animals

Question 4

Oldowan site type M

Answer 4

concentration of animals bones with marks from stone tools but no actual tools

Question 5

socio-political organization: describe bands

Answer 5

organized by kinship, small groups, 25-50, informal leadership (persuasion and consensus), temporary habitations, very mobile

Question 6

socio-political organization: describes tribes

Answer 6

up to 1000 people, achieved status, mixed economies, kinship still important, remain egalitarian, larger more permanent settlements,

Question 7

socio-political organization: describe chiefdoms

Answer 7

more politically complex, up to 20,000 people, usually based on food production (agriculture), ascribed status, formalized ranking, leader has real force, stratified society, large complex settlements, economic specialization, surplus food and storage craft specialization

Question 8

socio-political organization: describe state level societies

Answer 8

very large and complex political organization, up to millions of people, urban areas, record keeping or writing, codified laws, dictatorship political structure, stratified societies (non kin based), full time military, taxation, official religion (architecture)