ANTH111 – Exam 2 Study Guide
Material Covered: Weeks 7-9 Lectures; Textbook Chapters 4, 6, 7.
Terms, Names, and Concepts to Know:
Archaeological survey: surface vs. subsurface
Remote sensing; Crop marks; LiDAR; Ground penetrating radar
Vertical vs. horizontal excavation
Artifacts; Ecofacts; Features
Stratigraphy
Flotation
Refitting
Classification
Use-wear analysis
Residue analysis
Chemical composition studies
Taphonomy
NISP vs. MNI
Relative vs. absolute dating
Radiocarbon dating including AMS
Frequency Seriation
Modern Human Behavior (MHB)
Archaeological correlates of MHB
Models: Upper Paleolithic Revolution; African Gradualism; Multiregional Gradualism
Blades
Atlatl
Venus figurines
Stillbay points
Mezhirich; Hohlenstein; Chauvet; Lascaux; Katanda; Blombos; Klasies River Mouth; Nauwalabila
I; Lake Mungo; Beringia; Cooper’s Ferry; Bluefish Caves
Pacific coastal route vs. Ice-free corridor
Cultivation; animal husbandry; domestication; agriculture
Sedentism
Economic, technological, demographic, and health-related changes associated with agriculture
Natufian; Lunates; PPNA; PPNB; Jerf el Ahmar; Gobekli Tepe; Catalhoyuk
Service’s typology: bands, tribes, chiefdoms, states
Fried’s typology: egalitarian, ranked, stratified societies
Traditional Hawai’ian social organization
Makahiki festival; Ali’i
Archaic States; Uruk, Ur
Anu Ziggurat
Cuneiform