Name that man
Who invented the Taxonomic Classification system
Care Linnaeus
List the 4 periods of Archaeological Time
Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Prehistoric, Historic
Give an example of Alturism
Bess, ants
The Minnesota Twins experiment give insight into what type of behaviour
Cultural Behaviour
Definition of Anthropology
Study of humanity in the widest sense possible/ study of humanity as a whole
Name of the men who helped forward Classical World View
Plato & Aristotle
What is the inference between Absolute and Cross- dating?
Cross-Dating compares data in relation to other data. Absolute dating uses radiocarbon dating to lock in an exact date
How does Zoo archaeology apply to the field of anthropology?
How Animals were used by human beings, both as tools in life and how their remains (bones) were used as tools (knifes, bowls, etc.). As well as giving insight into the production of food/food supply at the time
Looking at deposits and layers of strata in the Earth to reconstruct the chronology of the Earth is what?
Stratigraphy
What is Biological Anthropology?
Study of humanity through the study of hard tissue (bones), soft tissue (flesh), fossils, and looking at close relatives to humans (primates)
Who proposed the first true theory of evolution
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
What is Radiocarbon dating?
Taking measurements of C14 and looking at its half life to determine the rate of decay overtime and help pinpoint dates to when different organic material was around.
When might using Dendrochronology not be useful to track time?
When looking at palm trees since they do not form rings the same as other trees
What is one focus of Future Archaeology?
To help people in the future understand things about the present, like being able to identify nuclear deposits far into the future
What is a GIS?
A tool used to map out, analyze, and visualize spatial data
Who is the father of modern Geology?
Charles Lyell
Difference between a Niche vs. Habitat
Niche: What you do
Habitat: Where you live
What is a fatal flaw in the Fixity of species concept?
Does not account of variation in people nor the presence of animals not previously seen in the world post the Bible’s creation
The systematic and controlled approach to recreating and testing past technologies, techniques, and behaviours is what field of study?
Experimental Archaeology
What is Mortuary Archaeology?
Study of burial grounds and skeletal remains
Who discovered stone tools in association with ancient extinct animals?
John Frere
Explain the Fixity of Species
Idea that life forms are fixed and immutable. Aka, animals were created as is and there is/was no change in phenotypic all characteristics
Explain Aristotle’s approach to classifying animals
Upper and Lower scale. Upper scale animal being broad categories like “Bird and fish.” Lower end scale being specifics like “dog, cat, eagle“
What are some things that are looked for in the principals of uniformitarianism?
Deposits, erosion, uplift, subsidence
What is Paleodemography?
Study of ancient population demographics, like age structure, and mortality rates