ARCH 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Probability Distribution, Gradualism, Bipedalism
25 Feb 2017
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Exam structure: 50 multiple choice (1 pt each, 6 matching or fill in the blank questions (1 pt each, 2 short answer questions (2 pts each, marked out of 60, worth 30% of final grade. Culture: the non-genetic means of adaption to the environment; this can include political, social, technological, economic, and ideological belief system. Anthropology: the study of humankind in all places and times. Archaeology: bioarchaeology, cultural resource managements, zooarchaeology, paleoethnobotny. Anthropology is an empirical social science: eperical, science. James ussher: calculated earth"s (cid:271)i(cid:271)li(cid:272)al age, 4004 bc. Gregor mendel: genetics, gene"s effect and not the actual gene itself, genes transferred. Cultural evolution: know the difference between unilinear and multilinear evolution, know the definition of cultural ecology. Material culture: artifact, ecofacts, cultural feature, sites. Subsurface testing: proton magnetometry, soil resistivity, gpr, shovel testing. Excavation: understand what a grid is and why we use it, horizontal and vertical provenience, (cid:862)midden(cid:863)
