public anthropology

Question 1

What was protected by President Benjamin Harrison’s executive order in 1892?

Answer 1

Arizona’s Casa Grande Ruins as the first federally protected archaeological site

Question 2

Which law made federal officials responsible for protecting archaeological sites on the land they administered?

Answer 2

Antiquities Act of 1906

Question 3

Which federal law gave presidents the authority to protect sites by designating them as national monuments?

Answer 3

Antiquities Act of 1906

Question 4

According to which act is it the responsibility of the federal government to provide technical assistance to nationally significant historic buildings, antiquities, and objects no matter where they are located?

Answer 4

1935 Historic Sites Act

Question 5

Which act addressed the concerns of the damage to archaeological sites from federally funded projects such as highway or dam construction?

Answer 5

National Historic Preservation Act of 1966

Question 6

Which act improved the enforcement against vandalism and the removal of artifacts from federal archaeological sites and the buying and selling of artifacts to collectors?

Answer 6

Archaeological Resources Protection Act 1979

Question 7

Which federal law signaled a new cooperation between Indian tribes and the federal government in the excavation of archaeological sites?

Answer 7

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

Question 8

Archaeology became rooted in the United States in what century?

Answer 8

1700s

Question 9

Who directed the first controlled excavation of an ancient mound in Virginia?

Answer 9

Thomas Jefferson

Question 10

What department is the National Park Service a part of?

Answer 10

the U.S. Department of the Interior