Practice Final

ANT 207

Summer I, 2009

Please complete the following exercise by the beginning of class on Monday, June 15. 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) Tribe

2) Samarra

3) Jade cong

4) Hopewell

5) Mound 72

6) Disease vector

Answer one of the following two essay questions:

7) What would a chiefdom look like archaeologically? Why are these archaeological markers effective?

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?