ANT200H5 Midterm: ANT200 Potential Exam 2 Questions
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Which of the following methods cannot be used for dating historic artifacts: argon-argon dating, radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology, seriation. Relative vs absolute dating *may be short answer q. Relative: free, fast, but unscaled, can be performed in the field, on the spot, generally only used regionally, free of time restrictions. Absolute: expensive, slow, but scaled, cannot be performed in the field except for calendric, can be applied globally except for tree-ring. Three basic categories of attributes for archaeological classification *will be tested. Mock question: you excavated an iroquoian village in southern ontario. Each house in this village has several cooking pots and food storage vessels. You noticed that the pots and vessels show varying dimensions, colours, and decorations across the village. Which attribute(s) of the artifacts should you analyze in order to estimate the population size of each house and the entire village: stylistic, form, technological, all of the above.
