Conservation and cataloging of artifacts after excavation is very time consuming. As a rule of thumb, archaeologists spend three to five weeks or more cleaning, conserving, and cataloging for every week spent excavating
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The 1906 Antiquities Act
a. required a federal permit before excavating or collecting artifacts from federal land. b. required tribal consultation on all archaeological discoveries located on federal lands. c. required the repatriation of all Native American skeletal material and associated grave goods found on federal or tribal lands to culturally affiliated tribes. d. required the vice president of the nation to create national monuments. e. is an obsolete document that has no bearing on all subsequent archaeological legislation.
Egyptian kings sent trading expeditions to Lebanon primarily for:
a. wine and funerary oils b. lapis lazuli c. ivory and cattle d. gold and copper
If evolution shaped early hominids to stay cool by convectional heat loss
A) the system would have only worked in the shade B) the need for drinking water would have increased C) clothes in tropical areas would have become a necessity D) dependence on water for evaporative cooling would have decreased E) natural selection would have favored the retention of thick body hair
In Japan, the burakumin
A. are perceived as pure Japanese, even if one of their parents is not Japanese. B. are stigmatized despite being genetically indistinguishable from other Japanese. C. are the cream of Japan's racial categories, having the purest blood. D. constitute a numerical majority in Japan. E. no longer face discrimination.