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1		Archaeological anthropologists use the principle of superposition to:
			A)	determine how much an artifact is worth.
			B)	locate sites within a given region.
			C)	extract very small objects like fish bones and charred seeds from the soil.
			D)	create relative chronologies of artifacts.
			E)	all of the above.
2		Unlike systematic survey, archaeological excavation:
			A)	is more fine grained in terms of the scale of analysis.
			B)	is less effective at investigating regional patterning in the archaeological record.
			C)	involves digging.
			D)	allows researchers to create relative chronologies of artifacts by using the principle of superposition.
			E)	All of the above statements regarding archaeological excavation are true.
3		Which of the following is a technique used by archaeological anthropologists conducting fieldwork?
			A)	excavation
			B)	systematic survey
			C)	flotation
			D)	mapping
			E)	All of the above techniques are used by archaeological anthropologists conducting fieldwork.
4		Archaeological anthropologists use flotation to:
			A)	determine how long an artifact has been buried.
			B)	evaluate the importance of an artifact based on its buoyancy.
			C)	extract very small objects like fish bones and charred seeds from the soil.
			D)	create relative chronologies of artifacts.
			E)	Archaeological anthropologists use flotation to do all of the above.
5		Cultural Resource Management refers to:
			A)	one kind of applied archaeological anthropology.
			B)	contract archaeology.
			C)	the excavation of threatened archaeological sites to salvage as much information as possible.
			D)	one kind of applied archaeological anthropology fieldwork that involves making archaeological impact statements before modern construction can begin.
			E)	All of the above statements refer to Cultural Resource Management.
6		Stratigraphy is:
			A)	an absolute dating technique.
			B)	dependent on C-14 dates.
			C)	useful only in the Rift Valley of Africa.
			D)	on geology.
			E)	unreliable.
7		Fluorine absorption analysis proved that the Piltdown Man was a hoax by demonstrating:
			A)	that the jaw was an orangutan and the skull was H. sapiens.
			B)	that the jaw could not have articulated with the skull.
			C)	the jaw and skull had not been in the ground together for the same amount of time.
			D)	that Piltdown Man was not a direct ancestor of humans.
			E)	that Piltdown Man was a brachiator.
8		Carbon-14 dating works because:
			A)	is a stable isotope.
			B)	14C continues to be absorbed after an individual dies.
			C)	minerals produce 14C gas after a volcanic eruption.
			D)	14C turns into a stable isotope at a known rate.
			E)	14C is available in dead organisms longer than 1 million years.
9		Relative dating is:
			A)	by fluorine absorption analysis.
			B)	not very useful.
			C)	not provided by stratigraphy.
			D)	provided by TL thermoluminescence dating.
			E)	the punch-line to a "redneck" joke.
10		In order to provide an absolute date for non-organic material, a researcher would use all of the following techniques except:
			A)	thermoluminescence TL.
			B)	Carbon-14 (C-14).
			C)	Potassium-Argon (K/A).
			D)	electron spin resonance (ESR).
			E)	stratigraphy.
11		Carbon-14 dating is not useful:
			A)	in Africa.
			B)	in non-organic material.
			C)	at archaeological sites.
			D)	on objects less than 40,000 years old.
			E)	for obtaining absolute dates.
12		What term refers to the measurement of human body parts and dimensions?
			A)	kinesics
			B)	phonemics
			C)	morphemics
			D)	anthropometry
			E)	flotation
13		What is remote sensing?
			A)	It is the use of aerial photos and satellite images to locate sites on the ground.
			B)	It is the practice of using the Internet to conduct ethnography.
			C)	It is the study of extraterrestrial cultures.
			D)	It is the study of ancient life through the fossil record.
			E)	It is the study of ancient plants through pollen samples collected at archaeological sites.
14		What term refers to the study of disease and injury in skeletons from archaeological sites?
			A)	palynology
			B)	paleopathology
			C)	paleolithic
			D)	paleontology
			E)	taphonomy
15		Which of the following is not among the fields of study discussed in the textbook as one of the many disciplines that make archaeology and physical anthropology multidisciplinary?
			A)	palynology
			B)	chemistry
			C)	economics
			D)	paleontology
			E)	remote sensing