This body of theory links low to high level theory, in effect linking material patterns (observable evidence) to the behavior (unobservable) that produced it
What is Middle Range Theory
100
Kathleen Deagan 1982: "...the field includes the study of human behavior through material remains, for which written history in some way affects its interpretation."
What is Historical Archaeology
100
The full name of the 1990 law abbreviated as NAGPRA.
What is Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
100
The scientific study of bones
What is Osteology
100
A program directed by William Rathje at the Univ. of Arizona since 1979 that studies modern household waste
What is Garbology
200
Is a body of theory that uses objective methods, rational logic, and observation to find a single, knowable truth
What is Processual Archaeology/Processualism
200
This is the study of underwater cities, shipwrecks above and below water, lighthouses, shipyards, and maritime settlements
What is Maritime Archaeology
200
UK and Australia protect archaeological sites on this type of land, but the United States does not.
What is Private Land
200
The study of ancient diseases
What is Paleopathology
200
Set of human remains found in Washington state that sparked controversy shortly after NAGPRA became a law
Who is the "Kennewick Man"
300
The Father of New Archaeology. Studied Neanderthal tool kits and proved that distinct assemblages do not necessarily mean different cultures.
Who is Lewis Binford
300
Following Federal and state mandates, these private companies identify, evaluate, mitigate, and conserve archaeological sites.
What is Cultural Resource Management (CRM)
300
This law established the National Register of Historic Places and made it illegal to destroy, excavate, or remove an archaeological resource from Federal land without a permit
What is the 1966 National Historic Preservation Act
300
Begins with untested hypothesis and predicts premises that would logically lead to the hypothesis
What is Deductive Reasoning
300
A Bronze Age shipwreck that contained a vast variety of trade goods.
What is Uluburun
400
Body of theory that emphasizes multiple perspectives and that there is no single, knowable truth. Emphasizes human decision making and culture influence.
What is PostProcessualism
400
creates analog for past behavior without a modern correlate
What is Experimental Archaeology
400
The length of the US territorial sea, in which maritime cultural resources are protected from looting and salvage
What is 3 miles
400
The interpretation of artifacts or features from multiple perspectives.
What is Multivocality
400
The modern-day name for the location of a c.1712-1794 cemetery in New York City that mainly contained enslaved African remains.
What is the African Burial Ground
500
Studied Iron Age trade and urbanization in Roman Britain and then became a supporter of PostProcessualism.
Who is Ian Hodder
500
The scientific study of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites
What is Bioarchaeology
500
NAGPRA required the inventory of these in all federally funded museums and institutions [2 things]
What are human remains and grave goods
500
Begins with the facts and observations and then draws conclusions and hypotheses from the facts and observations.
What is Inductive Reasoning
500
Stewardship of irreplaceable sites, public accountability, and the sharing of intellectual property are examples of this.