Rachel G.
Best methods for determining age of a juvenile
Determining age of an adult
Pubic Symphysis
Epiphyses
Paleopathology
Paleopathology at Stillwater
Porotic Hyperostosis
Harris Line
Growth Arrest Features
Enamel hypoplasis
Conclusions for Stillwater
Conclusion from disease and trauma at Stillwater
Workload at Stillwater
Osteoarthritis
Signs of Osteoarthritis
Roles of men and women
Paleodemography
Paleodemography reconstructs
Mortality Profile
The Stillwater Mortality Profile
Reconstructing Diet from Human Bone
Stable Isotopes
Molecular Archaeology
Stillwater Hunter-Gatherer’s,How did they live?
mtDNA or Mitochondondrial DNA
Conclusion from mtDNA
molecular clock
What could a bioarchaeologist look at to determine the age at death of a mature human skeleton (>30 years old)
The best bone for determining stature from human skeletal material is
The ratios of _____ and _____ in bone can indicate the dietary importance of various kinds of plants and animals
social organization
Political Organization
If you live in a society in which two or more local groups are organized under a single highly ranked individual, you live in a...
Material culture reflects
Sex
Gender
Gender Roles
Gender ideology
Problem with Webb's argument
Because archaeologist lack an established method for objectively deriving this sort of information from material remains
Can archaeologist reconstruct the activities conducted by males and females in the past?
Kinship
social groupings
Clan
Status
Ascribed Status
Achieved Status
egalitarian society
ranked society
The fact that material culture reflects symbolic meanings as well as functional behaviors means
Death and Social Status
Ne-con-ne-pe-wah-se site
down-the-line trade
energy dispersive X-ray
direct acquisition
Hopewell individuals might have acquired obsidian through down the line trade, it's shiny black surface serving to remind people of
cognitive archaeology
Archaeology of the mind
Symbol
Symbols have no
Religion
Ritual
Rituals are...
Peace Pipe Conclusions
The difference between a symbol and a sign
Finely carved Hopewell effigy pipes have been interpreted as ritual artifacts. Robert L. Hall argued from ethnographic analogy in the late 1970s that these pipes
The occurrence of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe is marked by the appearance of
Chavin
Cosmology
Oracle
iconography
art-for-art's-sake interpretation
problem with art-for-art's-skae
Sympathetic magic
Problems with sympathetic magic
structuralism
Problems with structuralism (oppositions)
Totems
Shamans and the upper paleolithic
Shaman
According to the Shaman theory the wall art is a result of
The Cave of Lascaux
Lewis-Williams argues that
historical archaeology
Why do historical archaeology
In early days of historical archaeology
modern historical archaeology often has a
Three themes in historical archaeology
Hidden History
Correcting inaccuracies
Reexamine history
How does modern historical Americanist archaeology differ from its prehistoric counterpart
Bioarchaeological analysis of the burials from the African Burial Ground site in New York City showed that
most early plantation archaeologists
today the field of african american archaeology...
in the 1960's, historical archaeology began to focus on
historical archaeology has been grounds for
What was archaeological investigation of the battlefield at Little Bighorn able to conclude about the nature of the battle?
Archaeologist believe that Custard...
A major goal of critical theory
Blakey’s analysis of some 400 individuals from the burial ground concluded
How does Leone explain the appearance and popularity of formal Georgian gardens in wealthy Annapolis homes during the mid 18th century?
According to Leone, which of the following aspects of Annapolis reflect an upper-class Anglo-American show of power
Changes in material culture between medieval mindset and those with a Georgian worldview
Clovis and the First Americans?
Two major problemswith the interpretation that the Clovis people were the first Americans:
Egalitarian groupgraves
Ranked group graves
The garbage project
cultural resource management (CRM)
Forensic archaeology
Antiquities Act 1906
Cultural Resources
National historic preservation act (NHPA) 1966
Archaeological resource prevention act (ARPA) 1979
1990 Native American grave protection and repatriation act
cultural affiliation
Nazi archaeology