1.    Which of the following statements about archaeology is false?

a. Archaeology is concerned with training professional archaeologists and not with educating the public.
b. Prehistoric archaeologists study the archaeological record predating the development of writing, while historic archaeologists study the archaeological record of literate societies.
c. Academic archaeologists today most often begin their research by asking a question.
d. Archaeologists attempt to understand the past by studying the archaeological record.
e. Professional archaeologists approach the archaeological record systematically and scientifically in an attempt to answer research questions about past human culture.

a. The projectile point is 45.8 mm long.
b. The metal object is made of copper.
c. The bottle is made of lilac-colored blown glass.
d. The shell is decorated with a spider design.
e. The ceramic vessel was found 10 cm below the surface of the site.

a. a metal sword
b. a hearth or campfire
c. a barn
d. a pottery vessel
e. a village

a. When did the Aztec build their capital at Tenochtitlan?
b. Why did the Anasazi stop making plain pottery and begin making negative-painted pottery?
c. Why did humans begin living in permanent settlements instead of moving around regularly?
d. How did the Fort Ancient people construct their houses?
e. Both a and b are correct.

a. The movement of ideas from one group of people to another.
b. The development of new artifacts or ways of doing something.
c. A behavior or tool that allows one to interact effectively with the environment.
d. The movement of people from one place to another.
e. The alteration or movement of artifacts due natural and cultural processes.

7.    True or False: Primary sites are more less common than secondary sites.

8.    True or False: In doing archaeological research, archaeologists typically formulate hypotheses beforeafter reviewing literature.

9.    True or False: Artifacts made of stone and pottery are very durable and are preserved even in the poorest environments like temperate woodlands or tropical forests.

10.    True or False:  According to Lynn Sebastian, archaeologists are different from treasure hunters in that people and information are emphasized over things and objects.

11.     Deduction involves reasoning from general ideas to specific details, while induction involves reasoning from specific details to general ideas.

12.    Binford is credited with ushering in the third goal of archaeology, culture process, in the 1960's.

13.    Cultural items are components of the archaeological record that have discrete boundaries and can be transported easily from a site.

14.    A/An artifact is anything that owes any of its attributes to human activity.

15.    Experimental archaeology involves replicating ancient technologies and lifeways in order to better understand the archaeological record.