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intro to archaeology Flashcards

1
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define Anthropology

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the study of humanity focusing on human diversity and evolution

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2
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Anthropology is what 3 things?

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Integrative, Holistic and Comparative

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what does holistic mean

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you view humanity as a whole

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what does integrative mean when we talk about anthropology?

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a series of component parts that work together

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what does comparative mean

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considers similarities and differences without making generalizations

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Define biological anthropology

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the study of humans as biological organisms, emphasis on evolution and variation

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what are the 3 subfields of biological anthropology?

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primatology, paleoanthropology and forensic anthropology

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define primatology

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study of living non human primates & their fossils to understand evolution an behaviour

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define paleoanthropology

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study of human evolution through fossils

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define forensic anthropology

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specializes in the identification of the human skeleton

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what is archaeology?

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the study of human past through the analysis of material remains uses scientific method

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12
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what are armchair anthropologists?

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they draw conclusions without doing their own fieldwork

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13
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what did it mean for anthropology when the industrial revolution occurred?

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it led to the discovery of more artifacts as prior to that time, they did not dig far below the earth

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what do uniformitarianism and catastrophism tell us about the earth?

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how it was formed (terrain, water bodies)

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define uniformitarianism

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physical and chemical processes and forces operating today haven’t changed from the past

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define catastrophism

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idea that the earth was shaped by natural disasters

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17
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early archaeology was what?

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more descriptive than explanatory

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18
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who developed the 3 age system and what was it based on?

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J.C Thomsen; the material of tools

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19
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which stage of the 3 age system is the oldest?

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the stone age

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20
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what are the 3 subsets of the 3 age system?

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Stone, Iron and Bronze

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21
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what are the 3 subsets of the stone age?

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paleolithic, mesolithic and neolithic

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22
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which of the stone ages is the oldest?

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paleolithic

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23
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which of the stone ages is the youngest?

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neolithic

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24
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the 3 levels of the paleolithic stone age are?

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lower, middle, upper

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25
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the upper paleolithic stone age is what in comparison to the others?

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the newest stage

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the lower paleolithic stone age is what in comparison to the others?

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the oldest stage

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27
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“lithic” means what?

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made of rock

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28
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Lewis Henry Morgan claimed what?

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that all societies had the same order of cultural evolution; barbarians, savages and civilized

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29
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what was Morgan’s theory called?

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Unilineal Evolution

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30
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who did Morgan believe were the most civilized?

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Christian Europeans

31
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what is unilineal evolution

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that all societies had the same order of cultural evolution

32
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Charles Darwin was known for what?

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origin of species; natural selection; survival of the fittest

33
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Darwin believed in what kind of evolution?

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Multilinear Cultural Evolution

34
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what is Multilinear Cultural Evolution?

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the idea that all societies and their cultures take different pathways of change

35
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Flinders Petrie did what?

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found similarities in different sites connecting civilizations

36
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Petrie believed what?

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emphasized the importance of defining past societies in distinct groups based on their material culture

37
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V. Gordon Childe believed what?

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changes in archaeological record reflected change in society and material aspects of culture

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who documented the neolithic & urban revolutions?

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Childe

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what did the neolithic & urban revolutions mean for society?

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they relied more on plants and animals

40
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Archaeological culture is what?

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a group of similar artifacts from a certain time & place that reflect the material culture of a past society

41
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how is archaeological culture named?

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the type of artifact found or the place it came from (clovis culture- site, linear pottery culture- artifact)

42
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does archaeological culture relate to REAL past civilizations?

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NO

43
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define induction

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drawing general conclusions on the basis of available data

44
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define reduction

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drawing conclusions from the general laws and models

45
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which tests a hypothesis: induction or reduction?

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reduction

46
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what are the two types of reduction archaeology?

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processual and new

47
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what are the forms of processual archaeology?

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ecological, darwinian, HBE (human behaviour ecology) and NCT (niche construction theory)

48
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ecological, darwinian, HBE (human behaviour ecology) and NCT (niche construction theory) are forms of what?

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processual archaeology

49
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describe ecological archaeology

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the role of ecology in shaping culture & technology

50
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describe darwinian archaeology

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applies the idea of natural selection to culture change

51
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describe HBE (human behavioural ecology)

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ecological models to explain human decisions

52
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describe NCT (niche construction theory)

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how humans create ecological niches to maximize survival

53
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what is an example of NCT?

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controlled burning

54
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define processual archaeology

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the “new archaeology” focused on using the scientific method & hypothesis testing

55
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Lewis Binford believed what?

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archaeology should be a science or nothing at all

56
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T or F: archaeology can tell archaeologists about the past IF the correct questions/hypothesis are asked.

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TRUE

57
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having an external understanding of society is called what?

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ETIC

58
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having an internal understanding of society is called what?

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EMIC

59
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Binford was what, etic or emic?

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ETIC

60
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Ian Hodder emphasized and argued what?

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the importance of context; archaeologists should emulate historians

61
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define post processual archaeology

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focuses on beliefs, symbols & context specific interpretations

62
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focuses on beliefs, symbols & context specific interpretations– this is an example of what kind of archaeology?

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post processual

63
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does post processual archaeology have multiple explanations?

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NO. one single explanation

64
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what are 3 types of PP archaeology?

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gender, agency theory & landscape

65
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describe gender archaeology

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to study and represent gender (gender studies)

66
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describe agency theory

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actions of members of society are the focus

67
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describe landscape archaeology

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the importance of landscapes in the past

68
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what are 2 complimentary approaches to both processual & post processual archaeology?

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ecodynamics & network/boundary research

69
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describe ecodynamics

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combining human agency with complex environmental interactions

70
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network/boundary research is what?

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focused on alliance and community formation

71
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define cultural heritage

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the record of ancestors of particular groups

72
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how is cultural heritage used?

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political purposes– ex: Hilter and Aryan race

73
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List 3 threats to cultural heritage

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natural disasters, war, intentional destruction

74
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define indigenous archaeology

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work being done by indiegnous archaeologists, involving indigenous people in the design, excavation, etc., and a collab of nonindigenous/indigenous peoples

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