Practice Final

ANT 207

Spring 2010

Please complete the following exercise by the beginning of class on Monday, April 26. I will post model definitions on the afternoon of that day.

Define three of the following six terms, and explain why it is important to archaeology:

1) Hopewell

2) Shovel Test Pit (STP)

3) Dendrochronology

4) Mound 72

5) Random Sample

6) Disease vector

Answer one of the following two essay questions:

7) Beginning in the 1700s, many scientists believed that native peoples did not build the mounds at Cahokia, but that they were instead built by another group—Phoenicians, the lost tribe of Israel, etc. Why would people believe this? Support your answer.

8) Why did maize spread from Mexico throughout the New and Old Worlds? What were some disadvantages of this? How did the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, or didn’t they?