Question 1

Why is it important to understand cultural and natural transformation processes?

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Question 2

Your job is to locate archaeological sites without disturbing the surface of the ground. Discuss two ways you could do this.

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Question 3

You are about to begin an archaeological excavation. What would you do in your research design to keep track of the stratigraphy and under what circumstances would you do a vertical or a horizontal excavation?

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Question 4

How do archaeologists approach the reconstruction of past environments?

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Question 5

Differentiate the goals of early archaeologists, processual archaeologists, and post processual archaeologists.

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Question 6

Discuss three of the major ways artifacts can be preserved for long periods of time, citing what is preserved and why.

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Question 7

Evaluate the techniques archaeologists use to find sites.

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Question 8

Differentiate between relative and chronometric dating and give one good example of each, citing what can be dated, the range of possible dates, and its limitations.

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Quiz 8: The Archaeology of Early Human Societies: Theories and Methods in Studying Prehistoric Archaeology