ARCH 100 SFU STUDY QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE
Studies the material remains of human activity to learn about
who we were
Archaeology
Artefacts, Structures, Landscapes, Human, animal and plant remains
Archaeology Material includes
First Archaeologist
King Nabonidus of Babylon
interest in ancient monuments
16th century
excavation (uncovering) of monuments
17th/18th century
development of Archaeology
19th century
increasingly systematic survey, changing focus of research
20th/21st century
Ethics
, Preamble, Stewardship, Aboriginal Relationships, Professional Responsibilities, Public
Education and Outreach
The importance is to conserve all the artifacts well also respecting the groups they may
affect.
Why are ethics important?
Helps us understand specific concepts from civilizations around the world like culture and
way of life.
Why is archaeology important?
include how data is to be collected, what instruments will be employed, how the
instruments will be used and the intended means for analyzing data collected.
What is a research design?
Ecological Archaeology early 20th century
Questions developed like what cultures were like/how they changed to respond/adopt to
environments
Processual Archaeology Mid 20th century
A perspective that uses social, economic, and environment dynamics to interpret cultural changes
overtime
Post-Processual Archaeology Late 20th century
The study of a particular culture and their histories
the study of what happens to an organism's remains after death
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE
Studies the material remains of human activity to learn about
who we were
Archaeology
Artefacts, Structures, Landscapes, Human, animal and plant remains
Archaeology Material includes
First Archaeologist
King Nabonidus of Babylon
interest in ancient monuments
16th century
excavation (uncovering) of monuments
17th/18th century
development of Archaeology
19th century
increasingly systematic survey, changing focus of research
20th/21st century
Ethics
, Preamble, Stewardship, Aboriginal Relationships, Professional Responsibilities, Public
Education and Outreach
The importance is to conserve all the artifacts well also respecting the groups they may
affect.
Why are ethics important?
Helps us understand specific concepts from civilizations around the world like culture and
way of life.
Why is archaeology important?
include how data is to be collected, what instruments will be employed, how the
instruments will be used and the intended means for analyzing data collected.
What is a research design?
Ecological Archaeology early 20th century
Questions developed like what cultures were like/how they changed to respond/adopt to
environments
Processual Archaeology Mid 20th century
A perspective that uses social, economic, and environment dynamics to interpret cultural changes
overtime
Post-Processual Archaeology Late 20th century
The study of a particular culture and their histories
the study of what happens to an organism's remains after death
