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The site of Sipán belongs to which culture? |
| | A) | Moche |
| | B) | Aztec |
| | C) | Inca |
| | D) | Maya |
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How many major pyramids were there in the Moche River Valley around the time of Christ? |
| | A) | 1 |
| | B) | 2 |
| | C) | 3 |
| | D) | 4 |
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Which of the following was depicted in Moche art? |
| | A) | Animals |
| | B) | Combat |
| | C) | Sexual acts |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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How did the looters of Sipán get caught? |
| | A) | A local police officer was working undercover along with the looters. |
| | B) | The parents of one of the looters turned him in. |
| | C) | There was fighting among the looters, which led one of them to go to the police. |
| | D) | Video surveillance caught them. |
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What happened to much of the looted treasure from the tomb looted at Sipán? |
| | A) | A rich, Peruvian businessman bought most of the items and refused to return them. |
| | B) | The were recovered by police. |
| | C) | They were destroyed in a museum fire. |
| | D) | It was exported and sold. |
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Approximately how many people worked with Alva on the excavations at Sipán? |
| | A) | 25 |
| | B) | 50 |
| | C) | 100 |
| | D) | 150 |
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How big was the headdress found under the under the skeleton at Sipán? |
| | A) | 10 centimeters |
| | B) | 30 centimeters |
| | C) | 60 centimeters |
| | D) | 100 centimeters |
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Occipital flattening: |
| | A) | was found in about a quarter of Moche males and females. |
| | B) | is the flattening of the back of the head caused by hard crib boards in infancy. |
| | C) | was typically found with individuals who were going to be human sacrifices as adults. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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Sacrificial victims in the tombs that may represent: |
| | A) | slaves. |
| | B) | prisoners. |
| | C) | volunteers. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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What is ethnographic analysis or ethnography? |
| | A) | The mapping of human activity patterns in contemporary societies. |
| | B) | The mapping of human activity patterns in prehistoric societies. |
| | C) | The study and description of human societies. |
| | D) | (a) and (b) above. |
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| | A) | a farmer. |
| | B) | a laborer who lived in a large city. |
| | C) | a person of nobility. |
| | D) | a herder. |
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Which group is most closely associated with this area? |
| | A) | Moche |
| | B) | Aztec |
| | C) | Maya |
| | D) | All of the above groups lived in this area at some point. |
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