Why Archaeology Review Quiz

Studying written records, official reports, government papers.

• Economic Archaeology

• Historical Archaeology

• Industrial Archaeology

• Rescue Archaeology

Studying the tools and weapons that past people used to survive.

• Historical Archaeology

• Economic Archaeology

• Industrial Archaeology

• Rescue Archaeology

Studying early machines such old factories or old trains.

• Rescue Archaeology

• Industrial Archaeology

• Economic Archaeology

• Historical Archaeology

Saving an archaeology site that will be flooded by a hydro electric dam.

• Rescue Archaeology

• Underwater Archaeology

• Economic Archaeology

• Historical Archaeology

Artifacts found on sunken ships or towns that are flooded.

• Industrial Archaeology

• Rescue Archaeology

• Historical Archaeology

• Underwater Archaeology

What are archaeologists looking for when they use aerial photographs to look for places to dig for artifacts?

• Crop Marks

• Alien Marks

• Site Marks

• Boundary Marks

What technique for looking for artifacts underground is shown in this image?

• Probing

• Surveying

• Coring

• Setting

Archaeologists will look for sites that make the location easy to defend. Which feature listed would not be important?

• Access to water.

• Topography that oversees an area

• Access to a food supply

• Near a large population of people

An artificial mound formed from the accumulated remains of mudbricks and other refuse of generations of people living on the same site for hundreds or thousands of years.

• Canopy

• Tell

• Concourse

• Telemortant

Used for drinking, cleaning, cooking, transportation, and finding food. It is an important to helping find where a dig site may be located?