Quiz Flashcards
Define Anthropology
- Study of humankind
- documenting and analysis of material culture
What is the difference between an artifact and a sample
- Artifact is unique to humans specifically
- Samples are the soil and plant/pollen
What are the four main subdisciplines of anthropology?
Physical/ Biological
Cultural
Linguistic
Archaeology
Match with the term:
People being
People talking
People living
People leaving
Cultural
Linguistic
Biological
Archaeology
What is the period before written records called?
Prehistoric
What is the period of written records called?
Historic
What is Excavation?
Uncovering and REMOVING matter covering an item, such as artifacts.
What is the main difference between Paleontology and Archaeology?
Paleontology is the study of old
- like really old/ before humans
What does Neolithic mean?
Neo= new
lithic= stone
meaning, new stone age
Which lithic age did they shape their rocks?
Neolithic
Which lithic age did they use rocks as they were?
Paleolithic
What does Paleolithic mean?
Paleo= old
lithic= stone
meaning, old stone age
What is the term that means times and locations are constant and that consistency can be identified and may even be key to defining a region?
Uninformity
What is stratification?
Earth consist of layers, within is related time.
What do you call it when things are influenced and closer in time together by distance to each other?
Proximity
How do you read stratigraphy?
The bottom layer is the oldest , the top layer it the younger (superposition) and any disruption to the soil is the newest (cross-cutting)
Which method of Geophysical Stratigraphy is commonly used today?
Munsell System
What are the (4) methods of Geophysical Stratigraphy?
- Colorimetry (Spectrophotometry)
- Munsell System
- Electro-Resistive Tomography
- Magnetometry
What method of Geophysical Stratigraphy did they use to identify tectonic plates?
Magnetometry
Which dating method uses tree rings? And where does it not work?
Dendrochronology used tree rings as a dating method. It doesn’t work in the tropics due to constant rain fall.
In what ways can you use dendrochronology to determine date?
Tree rings and calibrate radiocarbon dating
What trees do not work in Dendrochronology and why?
Red Wood trees do not work because as they grow they become hollow in the center destroying tree rings
What is Biome?
large, naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat
What is a cultural Landscape?
A historically significant property that shows evidence of human interaction with the physical environment
What is anthropogenic landscape?
Land that was modified by humans actions in the past or present
