The utility of stratigraphy for dating purposes is based on the fact that
A. all environmental forces leave behind the same kind of soil deposit.
B. the depth and order of undisturbed soil strata reflect the age of their deposition.
C. higher strata are usually older than lower strata in undisturbed soil.
D. soil strata are uncluttered by bones, stones, and artifacts.
E. once in the soil, there are very few things that can damage or disturb bones.
Answer: B
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A. One cannot accept science and also be a religious person. B. Science can successfully answer questions about ethics and morality. C. Scientific conclusions are based upon available evidence and therefore can change when new evidence appears. D. Scientific conclusions are considered to be absolute facts within the scientific community.
In some societies we find that powerful social structures, such as the economy, government, and the media, work together to create an entrenched system of inequality and oppression. According to your text, anthropologists refer to this sort of phenomenon as:
a) infrastructural rigidity. b) cultural determinism. c) cultural imperialism. d) over-developed structuralism.
Which of the following statements is correct?
A) There is no such thing as cultural universals. B) There are some cultural universals, but there is no single explanation about how they developed. C) There are cultural universals, and anthropologists believe that they all developed because they were transmitted from person to person across time. D) Periodical cultural universals occur, especially at points of evolution. E) Human evolution could not occur without cultural universals.
Stable carbon isotope analyses
a. are performed on fossil plants. b. are performed on teeth. c. is a relative dating method. d. are performed on volcanic rock. e. are performed on clay remains.