Unit 6 Material Culture

The study of past cultures through the material remains that people have left behind is called (a)  

• archeology.
• material culture.
•  surveying.
• chronology.

 What is an archeological site?

• any location that people occupied and left evidence of their occupation

• any place that archeologists have excavated

• a systematic effort to locate artifacts or features

•  the exact vertical and horizontal location of a feature

Which of the following are examples of artifacts

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Any preserved remains of plants and animals found at sites are important to archeologists because they may provide evidence of which of the following

•  plants and animals that people ate

• how people processed plant and animal foods.

• what the climate was like when the site was occupied.

• population changes

• surveying that was done

 A survey conducted by using a camera attached to an airplane is called a(n) (a)  

• surface survey.
• site test.
• grid system.
• aerial survey.

Carefully digging below the surface of the ground to find buried artifacts and features is known as (a)  

• analysis.
• excavation.
• screening.
•  interpretation.

Besides archaeologists, what other professionals might rely extensively on aerial surveys for their work?

• Military

• Transportation projects

• Environmental workers

• Educational professionals

• Health professionals

 The precise location of an artifact is its (a)  

• timeline.
• archeological record.
  provenience.
  occupation.

 If two artifacts are found in the same place, one above the other, the artifact that is deeper below the surface is likely to be (a)  

• larger.
• heavier.
• more important.
• older.

The most time-consuming part of an archeological investigation is the (a)  

•  survey.
• excavation.
• analysis.
• interpretation.

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