Final (Recent Archaeology - Ch. 7) Flashcards
1
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Kennewick Man
A
- found in 1996
- radio-carbon dated to 9800 years old
- originally thought to be a settler
- DNA shows ancestry to Umatina people
2
Q
civilization (5 components)
A
- agricultural base
- state-level political organization
- monumental architecture
- at least one city
- writing (can be problematic)
3
Q
state
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bureaucratically governed societies with at least 4 levels of settlement hierarchy
4
Q
Mesopotamia
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- earliest civilization
- now known as Iraq
5
Q
NAGPRA
A
- native American grave protection and repatriation act
- requires return of skeletal and funerary objects
6
Q
repatriation
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- returning something to it’s origin
- not enforced in Canada
7
Q
pseudoarchaeology
A
archaeological claims or conclusions which are fake, fraudulent, or fantastical, and not rooted in science or history
8
Q
Occam’s Razor
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the simplest explanation is usually the best
9
Q
bioarchaeology
A
study of bones and other biological materials found
10
Q
pereidolia
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perception of faces, patterns, or meanings when there are none
