An artifact discarded or lost by an earlier population and picked up and reused by a later population is an example of
a. a reuse process.
b. a reclamation process.
c. a cultural disturbance process.
d. argilliturbation.
e. floralturbation
b
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The unique trait(s) of the hominins are
A) habitual bipedalism B) speech and language C) brain enlargement D) canine reduction E) all of the above
Compared to people in simpler societies, people in complex societies __________
A) commonly can give a larger number of general, or life-form, terms for plants and animals B) commonly have fewer terms for plants but many for animals C) commonly have the same number of general terms for plants, but more terms for specific plants D) usually have more names for specific plants, but the same number of general plant terms
Which of the following is NOT one of the kinds of archaeology discussed in this chapter?
A. classical archaeology B. historic archaeology C. underwater archaeology D. linguistic archaeology E. colonial archaeology
Which two primary schools of classification are discussed in the text?
a. generalized and specialized b. organic and inorganic c. evolutionary systematics and cladistics d. cladistics and non-cladistics e. ancestral and derived (modified)