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Anthropology 3rd Nine Week Exam Study Guide
Hints - * Study all notes & quizzes from Chapters 16 & 17*
STUDY GUIDE IS Worth 20 BONUS POINTS ADDED TO A TEST OR QUIZ GRADE!!!
**Chapter 16 **
Part I – Define the Following Terms…
1. Archeology
2. Site
3. Dig
4. Artifacts
5. Excavation
6. Features
7. Prehistoric Archaeologists
8. Historical Archaeologists
9. Industrial Archaeologists
10. Classical Archaeology
11. Egyptian Archaeology
12. Mesoamerican Archaeology
13. Ethnoarchaeologists
14. Environmental Archaeologists
15. Experimental Archaeologists
16. Underwater Archaeologists
17. Unit
18. Plow Zone
19. Stains (in soil)
20. Level
21. Matrix
22. Data Collection and Recording
23. Conservators
Part II – Answer the Following Questions…
24. List the four functions of Archeology.
25. What determines how fast artifacts will deteriorate?
26. Before digging who do you need to get permission from?
27. What is the very 1st step before digging?
28. Who should you talk to before digging and why?
29. Why do archaeologists look at areas from the air?
30. What two types of scientific instruments are used the most in archeology?
31. Describe the process of mapping.
32. List the types of simple tools usually found at a dig site.
33. How big is a unit? ____ x _____
34. Name the math equation used when measuring a unit.
35. Write out the math equation used.
36. All sides of a unit should be ________ cm.
37. The plow zone is usually ___________ cm deep below the earth’s surface.
38. Each level is only ______ cm deep.
39. Why are soil samples taken to the MVAC?
40. Once artifacts are taken to the laboratory, what happens and why?
41. This is the very last step to an archeological dig.
42. How are many archeological sites destroyed?
43. What is being done to preserve sites?
**Chapter 17 **
Part I – Pompeii …
1. Where is Pompeii located?
2. List the people who occupied Pompeii in order.
3. Name some of the private buildings found in Pompeii.
4. What were some of the public buildings found in Pompeii?
5. Describe how the city of Pompeii was protected from outsiders.
6. What destroyed the city of Pompeii and when?
7. Name the other famous city destroyed at the same time.
8. List the three different ways the people of Pompeii died.
9. Who was Pliny the Elder?
10. Who was Pliny the Younger?
11. Describe the process of how the people of Pompeii are preserved.
Part II – Poverty Point …
12. Where is Poverty Point located?
13. Who made the mounds at Poverty Point?
14. How old are the mounds?
15. Archeologists believe the ridges were used for ….?
16. How were the mounds made?
17. Name all five mounds and give 1 characteristic for each.
18. What are “cooking balls”?
19. List some of the artifacts found here.
20. Why do archeologists know so little about the people who lived here?
Part III – CSS H.L. Hunley …
21. What country used the Hunley?
22. During what war was the Hunley used?
23. What was the Hunley’s nickname?
24. When and where was the Hunley built?
25. What city was the Hunley supposed to protect?
26. Describe all 3 crews and the events that occurred on each dive.
27. The Hunley was found in _____________ and lifted from the ___________ Ocean in _____________.
28. How is the Hunley being preserved today?
29. Describe the gold coin found on the Hunley.
30. Why was the military ID tag found on the Hunley so strange?
Part IV - Emperor Qin’s Terra Cotta Army …
31. Where is the clay army located?
32. Why was the clay army made?
33. Describe how the clay army originally looked.
34. Why were the pits and clay army not completed?
35. Besides clay soldiers, what other artifacts were found?
36. What is said to be inside Qin’s tomb?
37. Describe the artifacts found in the experimental pits around the tomb.
38. Why can’t archaeologists excavate the tomb?
Part V – Atlantis …
39. Who is the only person to write about Atlantis?
40. When did he write the two books?
41. Describe how Atlantis looked.
42. In the writings, it is stated that the city was in the ________ Ocean near the __________ of _________.
43. What types of animals were found in Atlantis? Which one did they sacrifice?
44. How long ago did Atlantis exist?
45. List the three types of natural disasters that could have destroyed Atlantis.
46. Why are the ruins at Malta believed to be Atlantis?
47. Why is the Greek Island of Santorini believed to be Atlantis?
48. Why do many archeologists think the story of Atlantis is fictional?