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Anthro 110 Final
Professor Bartlett's Final Exam
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Archaeology
Undergraduate 1
04/16/2009

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Term
4 Subsitence Systems
Definition

1. pastoralism

2. hunter-gatherers

3. horticulture

4. Intensive agriculture

Term
Pastoralism
Definition

domestic animals

don't move around necessarily

present in modern societies

Term
Horticulture
Definition

Small scale farming

still used hunting and gathering for main existence

Term
Hunter-gatherers
Definition
living off landscape instead of through domestication and agriculture
Term
Intensive Agriculture
Definition

Large Scale

Society focused on domestication of plants and animals

Crops sold for profit

Term
Faunal Analysis
Definition

Animal/fossil remains

example: butcher marks on bones

Term
Botanical Analysis
Definition
remains of plants
Term
Paleofeces
Definition
gut contents, coprolites, etc
Term
Siege of Jerusalem
Definition

Paleofeces analysis

eating anything they could find

starvation

Term
Forensics
Definition

studying bones and the like of humans

searching for abnormalities that suggest a certain lifestyle (wear on joints, etc)

 

Nutrition, diseases, cause of death, etc

Term
Residue Analysis
Definition

Chemical tests to find out what was in jars, pots, etc

 

Tomb at Abydos - wine production

Beaker Culture

King Midas - huge feast, alcohol,lamb

Term
Secondary Revolution
Definition

Remains that come from animals:

Eggs

Milk

Cheese

Term
Agriculture
Definition
The science, art, or occupation concerned with cultivating lands, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock
Term
Domestication
Definition

to convert (animals, plants, etc) to domestic uses especially by generations of breeding

 

usually creates a dependency so that plant/animal loses ability to live in the wild

Term
Demographic
Definition
population increased which in turn made hunting and gathering impossible for an entire society
Term
Feasting
Definition
people would one up each other
Term
Evolution and Intentionality
Definition
  • humans and animals have worked with each other over time
Term
Solitary Genius
Definition
  • smart guy thought of agricultre
Term
Oasis Theory
Definition
end of ice age - populations gather at oasis
Term
Hilly Flanks Hypothesis
Definition
mesopotamian valleys and a variety of plants and animals in hills
Term
Mesoamerican Triumverate
Definition

Squash

Beans

Corn


All amino acids necessary

Term
War
Definition
social acitivity sanctioned by society and directed against another group
Term
Long Duree
Definition

Over a period of time and space

 

the need for food influences society over time

Term
Exocannibalism
Definition
outisde own social group
Term
Endocannibalism
Definition
inside own social group
Term
Ceremonial cannibalism
Definition
temples, religious
Term
Vengeance Cannibalism
Definition

modern times

genocide, terrorism

Term
Cowboy Wash
Definition

indirect evidence of cannibalism

scientific rigor

Term
Action Archaeology
Definition
looking at what was done in the past and applying it today
Term
Nazis and Archaeology
Definition

Used it as a way to justify what they were doing

 

wanted to make the German race superior

Term
4 Categories of Social Complexity
Definition

Bands

Tribes

Chiefdoms

States

Term
Bands
Definition

small scale (<100 people)

 

hunter-gatherers

 

egalitarian

Term
Tribes
Definition

few thousand people

 

settled farmers or pastoralists

 

egalitarian

Term
Chiefdom
Definition

Large Scale (5000-20,000)

 

Settled Farmers

 

Ranked Societies

Term
States
Definition

Large Scale - tens of thousands

 

Settled farmers with division of labor and craft specialization

 

stratified societies

Term
9 Attributes of Increased Social Complexity
Definition

- high concentrated population

- diverse food quest

- food storage and preservation

- permanent settlements

- specialized subsistence technologies - hunting, fishing, etc

- specialized division of labor - craft specialization

- social ranking

- exchange of goods

- increased ceremonial life

Term
City
Definition

functions as a central place

specialized manufacturing

 

Term
State
Definition

centralized political institution

ruling elites w/ control over large populations

gather revunue from subjects

 

evidences:

large scale architecture

social stratification

Term
City-state
Definition

centralized food distribution

organized government

Term
Empires
Definition

political organization

conglomerate of different states - conquering and putting together

multilingual

Term
Civlizations
Definition

cultural - span over state boundaries

same script/language

similar rituals and religion

Term
Royal Graves of Ur III
Definition

evidence of social stratification:

- lots of gold

- sacrificed people

Term
4 Aspects of Architecture
Definition

Location

Size

Material

Decoration

Term
Cahokia Civilization
Definition
settlement heirarchies
Term
Olmec Civilization
Definition

settlement organization

 

central authority

Term
Teotihuacan Civilization
Definition

remains from various other areas (S. Mexico)

 

Burros where different civilizations are evident

 

Complex, wide trade networks

Term
Minoans at Pi-Ramses
Definition
spread of art
Term
Landscape Archaeology
Definition

long duree

 

Thespiai - survey; documenting location and density; city in Greece

 

Rural picture included

Term
World Systems
Definition
different states from different areas that are working together
Term
Mediterranean World System
Definition

4 major powers:

Minoans

Hittites

Egyptians

Miceneans


Shipwreck - trading ship with bronze, gold, ebony (Africa), and amber (Baltics) - shows complexity and trade

Term
Cognitive Archaeology
Definition

Attempt to reconstruct prehistoric mindways thorugh material culture and art

 

Planned, and laid out monuments

valued materials

religious materials

Art

Term
Religion
Definition
Set of beliefes in supernatural beings and forces directed at helping people make sense of the world
Term
4 Types of Religion
Definition

1. Individualistic Cults

2. Shamanistic Cults

3. Communal Cults

4. Ecclesiastical Cults

Term
Mayan Epigraphy
Definition

Emblem Glyphs

Cosmology

 

Term
Elite Focus
Definition
when all the images show royalty and no poverty, the painters must have been elite
Term
Ice Age Art
Definition

Mobile

Cave

 

Context dating

Radiocarbon Dating

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