pg. 1 Asb 222 Final Exam 2025 With 200 Real Exam Prep Questions and Correct Verified Answers/ Asb 222 Final Practice Test (Brand New!)
Archaeology without excavation is called non invasive archaeology
Homo sapiens evolved first in:
Africa What is archaeology?The study of past human societies through their material remains
Cultural items, features, eco facts, and human remains are types of:
Artifacts Volcanic rocks millions of years old can be dated with which technique?Potassium-argon dating When an archaeologist attempts to find sites with a conservation goal in mind, s/he is trying to identify the potential damage of a proposed project by finding any archaeological sites in its path.True Four methods for chronometrically dating the past are Potassium-Argon dating, Radio Carbon dating, Historical documents and Dendrochronology Stratigraphy is a relative chronology method where objects are dated in relation to each other by which layer with which they are associated.True The hominins that exited Africa during the first out of Africa migration were anatomically modern humans. 1 / 3
pg. 2 False The development of complex language helps separate modern humans from our earlier ancestors.True When do biologically modern humans appear in the archaeological record?200kya The last glaciation (during the Late Pleistocene) was marked by large continental ice sheets and a cool, dry climate, and a drop in sea level.True _____ is used in archaeology to compare ancient artifacts to modern ones to reconstruct past activities.Analogy _____ is the location of an artifact in an archaeological site.Provenience Of the following, what were the two main challenges people had to overcome in colonizing the Americas?Living in subarctic environments and traveling from Alaska to the rest of the American continents.You are an archaeologist excavating a site and you find an artifact of a type you've never seen before. Which method would NOT help you figure out what the artifact was used for in the past?Survey Cultural evolution is a form of progress and improvement in the lives of humans.False Early human populations lived in harmony with their surroundings, and never affected their environment.True 2 / 3
pg. 3 Which of the following is a type of information that CAN NOT be known through bioarchaeological remains?The personality of an individual Bioarchaeological studies show that the following was a consequence of agriculture?Population density increased Bioarchaeologicaly uses all but which of the following methods to learn about the past?Genetics, chemistry AND paleopathology Agriculture became predominate during which period?Holocene Agriculture is known to have been developed independently in all of the following places EXCEPT?California Which of the following is an important consequence of domestication to plants and animals?Their number or yield increases AND they are easier for people to manage Ceramic artifacts are important in archaeology because?They are highly variable in time and space Radiocarbon dating can be appropriately used to date which of the following?Remains of animals that lived 25,000 years ago Which of the following is true about relative dating?Artifacts found in lower stratigraphic layers are older than artifacts in higher stratigraphic layers Radiocarbon dating works by by assessing the ratio of which of the following?12C to 14C Which of the following is not an archaeological site?
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