Which civilization is possibly the first officially Christian state in the world?
A) Harappan
B) Shang
C) Axum
D) Teotihuacán
C) Axum
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Most archaeologists would agree that recent advances in archaeological methods and analytic techniques have made the study of prehistoric symbolic behavior as straightforward as the study of prehistoric subsistence strategies and technology
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The following statements about land are made by people who belong to food-foraging, horticultural, pastoralist, intensive agriculturalist, and industrial societies. Which statement is most likely to be made by horticulturalists from a tributary system of land ownership in West Africa?
a. “The land of my people is the land around Spirit Lake, where my ancestors emerged and where we hold annual ceremonies.” b. “I gave the land to my brother’s son, who distributed it among his sons, for which they pay me ten days’ work a year. When the eldest son died, I gave his land to my cousin, who needs more land for his growing family.” c. “I paid ten grand for that parcel of land in the desert, and expect it to double in value in the next five years.” d. “In the summer, we go to our land in the mountains, and in the winter, we pass through the land corridor to the east, using the water holes and meadows for grass until we reach the summer pastures.” e. “I inherited five acres of land from my mother, as well as the rights to use the water from the river three days a week.”
In an archaeological excavation, phosphate analysis is used to:
A. find traces of human activity. B. detect disturbances in the subsoil. C. determine the number of artifacts per square meter. D. interpret air photographs.
Two different Replacement Models have been proposed. They differ from each other with respect to which of the following?
a. The timing of the origin of modern humans b. Whether a speciation event caused the demise of Neandertals c. The anatomy of modern humans d. The use of DNA sequences in analyses e. The origin and dispersal of the first modern human populations