NMC469Y1 Chapter : Part One

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10 Oct 2011

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UTSG

Department

Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations

Course

NMC469Y1

Professor

Mason

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Pottery cannot corrode or rot and is therefore the most common find on archaeological sites. Provides information about technology, craft specialization, trade, industry, art, diet, etc. Temper: clay may be unsuitable for making pottery at first, therefore, clay may be tempered with additives, too fat = clay content is too high and clay will shrink. Add: aplastic inclusions (parting agents): sand or grog (a term archaeologists use for crushed pottery) Pottery formed without mechanical aid is called hand-formed. Lugs - not quite a handle, for manipulating. Mason"s handbook: part one: self-slip - also known as a wet-hand finish" - a process in which the surface is manipulated to bring the clay to the surface and push aplastics deeper in the body. Makes a finer surface: false-slip - not a slip but an efflorescence of salts on surface, terra sigillata or red slip ware - important roman and byzantine period ware with an overall slip.

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5. Describe and provide examples of how decorations on early pottery provide archaeologists with chronological information of a group. Provide an example of how you think this concept is important in the study of archaeology and the understanding of human advancement.

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22. Physical anthropologists are interested in

a. how and why the physical traits of contemporary humans vary.

b. reconstructing the evolutionary record of all forms of life.

c. reconstructing the evolutionary record of all humans.

d. a and c only

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23. Paleopathology

a. is a primary focus of research in linguistic anthropology.

b. is the analysis of disease in ancient populations.

c. examines language from the time period before the invention of writing.

d. is the analysis of disease in contemporary populations.

24. Ethnocentrism is the belief that

a. oneâs culture is no better or no worse than any other.

b. other cultures are inferior to oneâs own.

c. other cultures are superior to oneâs own.

d. to understand another cultural feature, you must look at it from within its proper cultural context.

25. Historical archaeology

a. deals with that vast segment of the human record prior to writing.

b. analyzes the first stone tools used by humans.

c. contributes significantly to our understanding of colonial American cultures.

d. none of the above

26. Ecofacts are

a. objects found in the natural environment that were used by people but not made or altered by them.

b. objects that have been made by people and are portable.

c. objects that have been made by people but are not portable.

d. objects found in the natural environment that were formed by natural occurrences such as exposure to great heat or cold.

27. Which statement about applied anthropology is false?

a. It is considered by some to be the fifth sub-branch of anthropology.

b. All four fields of anthropology have applied components.

c. The author of this textbook takes a strong stance against applied anthropology

d. In recent decades, there has been a significant increase in the percentage of applied anthropologists in the discipline of anthropology.

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8. Have you ever worn something from a culture other than your own? This includes thing like hairstyles, clothes and accessories.

Yes. Not only me, at present most of the people, all over the world are doing the same. In this world we live in a together in a society with people from different places, different customs, and backgrounds. As we live together, we grow together, we also learn about other cultures and we accept them. There is a mutual two way exchange of cultural behaviors. This process is usually called "Acculturation". Also with technologies like television, internet, social media, etc. There is a widespread of information which is easily accessible to everyone. People following other cultures is most commonly evident in their dressing style (fashion). For example, long ago in India, ancestors used to wear Kurtas and dhotis. Where as we can see now present generation wearing jeans, t-shirts, and shirts of different patterns which is originally adopted from western culture.

9. If yes, did you know the meaning, significance and importance of that symbol?

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