Test Bank for Archaeology and Humanity's
Story: A Brief Introduction to World
Prehistory 2e Olszewski
Chapter 1 Test Bank—Acquiring and Interpreting Data in Archaeology
Multiple-Choice Questions (30)
1. ____________
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Test Bank for Archaeology and Humanity's
Story: A Brief Introduction to World
Prehistory 2e Olszewski
Chapter 1 Test Bank—Acquiring and Interpreting Data in Archaeology
Multiple-Choice Questions (30)
1. ____________________ is the study of animal bones found at archaeological sites.
A) Geoarchaeology
B) Human osteology
C) Vertebrate anatomy
D) Zooarchaeology*
2. ____________________ is a discipline that focuses on the study of pollen from
archaeological sediments to reconstruct earlier environments.
A) Ethnoarchaeology
B) Paleoanthropology
C) Palynology*
D) Remote sensing
3. ____________________ is the study of human cultural and biological evolution, especially
early hominins, by archaeologists and biological anthropologists.
A) Archaeology
B) Ethnobotany
C) Paleoanthropology*
D) Zooarchaeology
4. ____________________ is a specialty in which researchers study humanity’s past, including
analyses of cultural materials such as flaked stone artifacts, animal bones, prehistoric art, and
personal ornamentations.
A) Archaeology*
B) Biological anthropology
C) Cultural anthropology
D) Linguistic anthropology
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5. Which of the following is a limitation of written records?
A) They may be biased.
B) They are a relatively recent development in the human past.
C) They rarely record the activities of everyday people.
D) All of the above.*
6. One of the basic truths in archaeology is that _________________ is everything.
A) context*
B) excavation
C) pedestrian survey
D) technology
7. Archaeologists who work in the field of _______________ have projects that are based on
recovering data about areas that will be impacted by new construction.
A) AD
B) BCE
C) CRM*
D) NAGPRA
8. Archaeobotanists explore the past using remains of plant materials. Which of the materials
below is not a plant remain?
A) Macrobotanical remains
B) Microfauna*
C) Phytoliths
D) Pollen
9. Site taphonomy refers to:
A) classifying archaeological sites based on physical appearance.
B) the natural and cultural processes that affect archaeological sites.*
C) a special type of precision instrument with a telescope that can be flipped.
D) the layers or levels at an archaeological site.
10. _________________ dating techniques provide a sequence of “older” and “younger” rather
than calendar dates.
A) Absolute
B) Chronometric
C) Radiometric
D) Relative*.
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