Archaeology Vocabulary Test

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Circle the best available answer for each of the following:

1) archaeology
      a) The complete way of life of a people: the shared attitudes values goals and practices that characterize a group
      b) Archaeologists keep a notebook with them when they are digging so they can note when they change levels and what kinds of things they find.
      c) The scientific process of cleaning--and often repairing and/or restoring--an artifact in order to preserve it for further study and/or display.
      d) The science of studying material evidence to find out about human cultures of the past
 

2) culture
      a) A tool used by archaeologists to dig in the ground
      b) The complete way of life of a people: the shared attitudes values goals and practices that characterize a group
      c) The science of studying material evidence to find out about human cultures of the past
      d) seeds animal bones and soil.
 

3) artifact
      a) An object that was made used and/or transported by humans that provides information about human behavior in the past.
      b) A naturally produced object found on an archaeological site that gives us information about past environments
      c) A feature is something that a human made in the past that has not been or cannot be moved
      d) a house floor or a hearth or fire pit.
 

4) attribute
      a) A characteristic or recognizable quality of an object which is used to describe analyze or characterize an artifact.
      b) The scientific process of cleaning--and often repairing and/or restoring--an artifact in order to preserve it for further study and/or display.
      c) An area designated for archaeological exploration by excavation and/or survey.
      d) A tool used by archaeologists to dig in the ground
 

5) conservation
      a) An area designated for archaeological exploration by excavation and/or survey.
      b) The scientific process of cleaning--and often repairing and/or restoring--an artifact in order to preserve it for further study and/or display.
      c) A feature is something that a human made in the past that has not been or cannot be moved
      d) artifacts
 

6) ecofacts
      a) A naturally produced object found on an archaeological site that gives us information about past environments
      b) An object that was made used and/or transported by humans that provides information about human behavior in the past.
      c) The divisioon of an archaeological site into small squares that denote different areas of excavation making it easier to measure and document the site.
      d) artifacts
 

7) excavate
      a) Archaeologists keep a notebook with them when they are digging so they can note when they change levels and what kinds of things they find.
      b) A tool used by archaeologists to dig in the ground
      c) The complete way of life of a people: the shared attitudes values goals and practices that characterize a group
      d) to recover artifacts and other evidence from an archaeological site in a scientific manner
 

8) features
      a) attributes.
      b) A feature is something that a human made in the past that has not been or cannot be moved
      c) A characteristic or recognizable quality of an object which is used to describe analyze or characterize an artifact.
      d) The scientific process of cleaning--and often repairing and/or restoring--an artifact in order to preserve it for further study and/or display.
 

9) field notes
      a)  feature is something that a human made in the past that has not been or cannot be moved
      b) A characteristic or recognizable quality of an object which is used to describe analyze or characterize an artifact.
      c) The scientific process of cleaning--and often repairing and/or restoring--an artifact in order to preserve it for further study and/or display..
      d) Archaeologists keep a notebook with them when they are digging so they can note when they change levels and what kinds of things they find.
 

10) gridding
      a) The divisioon of an archaeological site into small squares that denote different areas of excavation making it easier to measure and document the site.
      b) An area designated for archaeological exploration by excavation and/or survey.
      c) A tool used by archaeologists to dig in the ground
      d) An object that was made used and/or transported by humans that provides information about human behavior in the past.
 

11) site
      a) The complete way of life of a people: the shared attitudes values goals and practices that characterize a group
      b) An object that was made used and/or transported by humans that provides information about human behavior in the past.
      c) An area designated for archaeological exploration by excavation and/or survey.
      d) A tool used by archaeologists to dig in the ground
 

12) trowel
      a) field notes
      b) Archaeologists keep a notebook with them when they are digging so they can note when they change levels and what kinds of things they find.
      c) A tool used by archaeologists to dig in the ground
      d) The scientific process of cleaning--and often repairing and/or restoring--an artifact in order to preserve it for further study and/or display. 

13) Examples of ecofacts are
      a) Archaeologists keep a notebook with them when they are digging so they can note when they change levels and what kinds of things they find.
      b) seeds, animal, bones and soil.
      c) a house floor or a hearth or fire pit.
      d) The scientific process of cleaning--and often repairing and/or restoring--an artifact in order to preserve it for further study and/or display.
 

14) Examples of features are
      a) buttons and beads
      b) Archaeologists keep a notebook with them when they are digging so they can note when they change levels and what kinds of things they find.
      c) a house floor or a hearth or fire pit.
      d) seeds, animal bones, and soil.
 

15) What might an archaeologist use in the lab to remember things about an artifact that they uncovered
      a) seeds animal bones and soil.
      b) field notes
      c) gridding
      d) The science of studying material evidence to find out about human cultures of the past
 

16) Pottery stone tools bones coins etc... are all
      a) artifacts
      b) field notes
      c) archaeology
      d) attributes.
 

17) Size color material shape age etc... are called what
      a) field notes
      b) attributes.
      c) gridding
      d) culture
 

 

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Archaeology Vocabulary Test

Answer Key:

 

1) archaeology
   d) The science of studying material evidence to find out about human cultures of the past

 

2) culture
   b) The complete way of life of a people: the shared attitudes values goals and practices that characterize a group

 

3) artifact
   a) An object that was made used and/or transported by humans that provides information about human behavior in the past.

 

4) attribute
   a) A characteristic or recognizable quality of an object which is used to describe analyze or characterize an artifact.

 

5) conservation
   b) The scientific process of cleaning--and often repairing and/or restoring--an artifact in order to preserve it for further study and/or display.

 

6) ecofacts
   a) A naturally produced object found on an archaeological site that gives us information about past environments

 

7) excavate
   d) to recover artifacts and other evidence from an archaeological site in a scientific manner

 

8) features
   b) A feature is something that a human made in the past that has not been or cannot be moved

 

9) field notes
   d) Archaeologists keep a notebook with them when they are digging so they can note when they change levels and what kinds of things they find.

 

10) gridding
   a) The divisioon of an archaeological site into small squares that denote different areas of excavation making it easier to measure and document the site.

 

11) site
   c) An area designated for archaeological exploration by excavation and/or survey.

 

12) trowel
   c) A tool used by archaeologists to dig in the ground

 

13) Examples of ecofacts are
   b) seeds animal bones and soil.

 

14) Examples of features are
   c) a house floor or a hearth or fire pit.

 

15) What might an archaeologist use in the lab to remember things about an artifact that they uncovered
   b) field notes

 

16) Pottery stone tools bones coins etc... are all
   a) artifacts

 

17) Size color material shape age etc... are called what
   b) attributes.